Zimbabwe will face Pakistan in the third and final T20I of the series as the hosts look to take something out of the series. Get our latest expert Zimbabwe vs Pakistan match betting tips, predictions and picks below.
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Zimbabwe vs Pakistan 3rd T20I Information
- Venue: Queen’s Sports Club, Bulawayo
- Date: Thursday, December 5
- Time: 1 pm local (11 am GMT or 4.30 pm IST)
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What Have The Two Teams Done Recently?
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe are coming off a T20 World Cup Qualifier in which they faced off against teams like Seychelles, Gambia, Rwanda and Kenya and won all those four matches to proceed to the next stage.
Unfortunately for them, their competition here will be Pakistan, who are a few notches above the kind they faced in that T20 World Cup Qualifier.
Before that, they had won a T20I against a second-string India team before losing four in a row.
They had earlier featured in an ODI series against Pakistan who won it 2-1 after being 0-1 down.
In the first game here, Zimbabwe looked to have done a decent job in restricting Pakistan to 165/4 but were then bowled out for 108 in response. The second T20I proved to be worse for them as they fell to 57 all out before losing by 10 wickets.
Pakistan
Pakistan easily clinched the first game of this series, defeating Zimbabwe by 57 runs. And then routed Zimbabwe by 10 wickets in the second game, giving them an overall T20I record of 145-95, despite coming off some poor form in this format.
In 2024 itself, they have lost a series 4-1 in New Zealand, drawn 2-2 with the same opponents at home, even lost a game to Ireland, lost to England 2-0 before crashing out of the T20 World Cup in the very first round.
And they followed that up with a 3-0 loss to Australia in November.
Pakistan were shocked in the first match of their three-match ODI series before winning the next two to grab the series.
Zimbabwe vs Pakistan Head-to-Head Stats
- Overall Zimbabwe vs Pakistan T20I Head-to-Head: There have been 20 previous T20Is played between these two teams including the first two matches in this series and Pakistan lead 18-2 on head to head in this format.
- The last time these two teams had met before this series was in the 2022 T20 World Cup where Zimbabwe had stunned Pakistan by one run in a low-scoring encounter.
- In fact, Zimbabwe have won two of their last four meetings against Pakistan.
- The first game of this series was the very first time they faced off at this venue.
Zimbabwe vs Pakistan 3rd T20I Preview & Predictions with Latest Odds*
Given the complete control that Pakistan have shown in this series so far, it would be difficult to see how Zimbabwe can come close to upsetting the apple-cart.
The one way to do that could be to still bat first like they did in the previous game but do a better job of it – way better than to get bowled out for 57 – but the trouble for the hosts is the wide variety of bowling that Pakistan possess.
It was the turn of Sufiyan Muqeem to grab a five-fer in the previous match, finishing with figures of 5/3 in 2.4 overs. And there are others too, including Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed and Abbas Afridi who can all run through the opposition.
An opposition which seems beret of batting quality and ideas.
Backing Pakistan to come through easily again.
Zimbabwe vs Pakistan Match Winner
Zimbabwe vs Pakistan Top Batsman
- Top Zimbabwe Batter – Sikandar Raza: 7/2 (sign up with Dafabet in India & bet365 in the UK & Australia)
- Top Pakistan Batter – Saim Ayub: 10/3
Zimbabwe vs Pakistan Top Bowler
- Top Zimbabwe Bowler – Richard Ngarava: 4/1 (sign up with 10Cric in India & bet365 in the UK & Australia)
- Top Pakistan Bowler – Haris Rauf: 7/2
Zimbabwe vs Pakistan Toss Prediction
Zimbabwe to win the toss: 10/11
Zimbabwe vs Pakistan Other Predictions
- Team of Top Batter – Pakistan: 4/9
*odds correct at the time of writing.
Zimbabwe vs Pakistan Squads
Zimbabwe Squad: Sikandar Raza (captain), Faraz Akram, Brian Bennett, Ryan Burl, Trevor Gwandu, Clive Madande, Wessly Madhevere, Tinotenda Maposa, Tadiwanashe Marumani, Wellington Masakadza, Brandon Mavuta, Tashinga Musekiwa, Blessing Muzarabani, Dion Myers, Richard Ngarava.
Pakistan Squad: Salman Ali Agha (captain), Saim Ayub, Arafat Minhas, Haris Rauf, Haseebullah, Jahandad Khan, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Hasnain, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Omair Bin Yousuf, Qasim Akram, Sahibzada Farhan, Sufyan Moqim, Tayyab Tahir, Usman Khan, Aamer Jamal, Abrar Ahmed.
How to Watch Zimbabwe vs Pakistan 3rd T20I Live?
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Zimbabwe vs Pakistan Series Schedule
- 1st ODI: November 24 at Bulawayo
- 2nd ODI: November 26 at Bulawayo
- 3rd ODI: November 28 at Bulawayo
- 1st T20I: December 1 at Bulawayo
- 2nd T20I: December 3 at Bulawayo
- 3rd T20I: December 5 at Bulawayo
