Pakistan have brought in wrist spinner Zahid Mahmood as the replacement for Shadab Khan for the T20I series against Zimbabwe. Shadab Khan had injured his toe during batting in the second ODI against South Africa.
The leg spinner had made his T20I debut against South Africa earlier this year and impressed one and all with three big wickets. He picked up the wickets of Janneman Malan, Heinrich Klassen and Dwaine Pretorious in his four-over spell.
Apart from Zahid Mahmood’s selection, Pakistan team management under the leadership of skipper Babar Azam and coach Misbah ul Haq has also rewarded Fakhar Zaman for his explosive batting in the second ODI. He has been added to the T20I squad for the series against South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Earlier, he was named only in the squad for the ODI series against South Africa and as per the statement released by the PCB, both these changes were required by the team management and approved by the national selection committee.
The T20I series against South Africa has been scheduled to be played from April 10 to April 16 which will be followed by their tour of Zimbabwe for a three-match long T20 series and two-match long Test series against the hosts.
Pakistan won the first game of the ODI series against South Africa in Centurion while faced a defeat in the second ODI in Johannesburg albeit Fakhar Zmana gave them hope of an unlikely win with a brilliant 193.