{"id":46865,"date":"2024-01-12T05:20:27","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T05:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/pak-v-nz-pakistans-playing-xi-announced-for-first-t20i\/"},"modified":"2024-01-12T05:20:27","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T05:20:27","slug":"pak-v-nz-pakistans-playing-xi-announced-for-first-t20i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/pak-v-nz-pakistans-playing-xi-announced-for-first-t20i\/","title":{"rendered":"Pak v NZ: Pakistan&#8217;s playing XI announced for first T20I"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><strong>The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Friday unveiled the playing XI for the first match of the T20I series against New Zealand set to take place today at Eden Park in Auckland.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The first match of the 5-match series will be played at 11:10 Pakistani time.<\/p>\n<p>PCB took to social media platform X (Twitter) to announce playing XI.<\/p>\n<p><b>Pakistan\u2019s Playing XI:\u00a0<\/b>Shaheen Shah Afridi (captain), Mohammad Rizwan (vice-captain, wicket-keeper), Aamir Jamal, Abbas Afridi (debutant), Azam Khan (wicket-keeper), Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Saim Ayub, and Usama Mir (debutant).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udea8 Pakistan\u2019s playing XI for the first T20I \ud83d\udea8<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NZvPAK?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NZvPAK<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BackTheBoysInGreen?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BackTheBoysInGreen<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7gDFGxWUC1\">pic.twitter.com\/7gDFGxWUC1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheRealPCB\/status\/1745650045788262859?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 12, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Mohammad Rizwan and Saim Ayub will open the innings with Babar Azam featuring in the middle order.<\/p>\n<p><b>Full schedule:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>1st T20 \u2013 12 January 2024 at Eden Park, Auckland<\/p>\n<p>2nd T20 \u2013 14 January 2024 at Seddon Park, Hamilton<\/p>\n<p>3rd T20 \u2013 17 January 2024 at University Oval, Dunedin<\/p>\n<p>4th T20 \u2013 19 January 2024 at Hagley Oval, Christchurch<\/p>\n<p>5th T20 \u2013 21 January 2024 at Hagley Oval, Christchurch<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script type=\"rocketlazyloadscript\">\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n    FB.init({\n      appId      : '161345524510473',\n      cookie     : true,\n      xfbml      : true,\n      version    : 'v3.0'\n    });\n    FB.AppEvents.logPageView();   \n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Friday unveiled the playing XI for the first match of the T20I series against New Zealand set to take place today at Eden Park in Auckland. 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