Pakistan win toss, elect to bowl first against New Zealand

Pakistan Saturday won the toss and elected to bowl first against New Zealand in the second Twenty20 International of five-match T20I series at Pindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi.

Pakistan were unchanged from the first T20 that was rained off after just two balls. New Zealand made one change as Josh Clarkson was ruled out of tonight’s match with illness and did not travel to the ground with the team. He was replaced by Cole McConchie.

The match would see the return of Mohammad Amir to international cricket for the first time after he took back his retirement.

Usman Khan, Irfan Khan and Abrar Ahmed will also experience their first real taste of international T20 cricket as the rain deprived them of the same during the first match.

New Zealand: Michael Bracewell (c), Mark Chapman, Jacob Duffy, Dean Foxcroft, Ben Lister, Cole McConchie, James Neesham, Tim Robinson, Ben Sears, Tim Seifert (wk), Ish Sodhi

Pakistan: Babar Azam (c), Saim Ayub, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Usman Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Shadab Khan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah, Mohammad Amir, Abrar Ahmed