Teams:

Pakistan (Playing XI): Babar Azam(c), Saim Ayub, Mohammad Rizwan(w), Usman Khan, Irfan Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Abbas Afridi, Abrar Ahmed

New Zealand (Playing XI): Tim Seifert(w), Tim Robinson, Dean Foxcroft, Mark Chapman, James Neesham, Michael Bracewell(c), Cole McConchie, Zakary Foulkes, Ish Sodhi, Jacob Duffy, William ORourke

Babar Azam: Today’s pitch is much better than yesterday, typical Pindi pitch, if we had won the toss, we would have batted first, we are looking for a score around 180-190. It’s a good thing for Pakistan team, we have a good bunch of players, we have good bowlers and I have options. We have once change, Amir is not playing,

New Zealand have won the toss and have opted to field

Michael Bracewell: We are having a bowl, hopefully we can replicate what Pakistan did last night. We have a great opportunity, we have got two debutants today, Zakary Foulkes and William ORourke are playing tpday.

New Zealand have won the toss and have opted to field

18:30 Local Time, 13:30 GMT, 19:00 IST: Hello and a warm welcome to our live coverage of the 3rd T20I between Pakistan and New Zealand at Rawalpindi. The first match was washed out due to rain as the series got off to a false start. In the second match, the hosts put in a clinical performance to win comprehensively. Their bowlers were on the money throughout and the inexperienced Kiwi batters were found wanting. Pakistan bowled out the tourists for 90 runs and chased down the target with almost 8 overs left. The visitors need to adjust to the conditions as soon as possible or else they will be staring down the barrel.

Squads:

Pakistan Squad: Babar Azam(c), Saim Ayub, Mohammad Rizwan(w), Usman Khan, Irfan Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Mohammad Amir, Abrar Ahmed, Fakhar Zaman, Imad Wasim, Usama Mir, Abbas Afridi, Zaman Khan

New Zealand Squad: Tim Seifert(w), Tim Robinson, Dean Foxcroft, Mark Chapman, James Neesham, Cole McConchie, Michael Bracewell(c), Ish Sodhi, Jacob Duffy, Ben Sears, Ben Lister, Josh Clarkson, Tom Blundell, William ORourke, Zakary Foulkes