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Naseem Shah Out As Babar Azam Decides To Bowl First In Final T20 World Cup 2024 Match Vs IRE

Naseem Shah in T20 World Cup 2024 (X.com)Naseem Shah in T20 World Cup 2024 (X.com)

Babar Azam, the Pakistan captain has won the toss against Ireland in Florida and has decided to bowl first as both teams look to end the World Cup on a high. Pakistan have made one big change with Abbas Afridi playing in place of Naseem Shah. For Ireland, Ben White comes in for Craig Young.

PAK vs IRE: Playing XIs

Pakistan: Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Saim Ayub, Babar Azam (c), Fakhar Zaman, Usman Khan, Shadab Khan, Imad Wasim, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Amir, Abbas Afridi

Ireland: Paul Stirling (c), Andrew Balbirnie, Lorcan Tucker (wk), Harry Tector, Curtis Campher, George Dockrell, Gareth Delany, Mark Adair, Barry McCarthy, Joshua Little, Ben White

Both the teams are out of the Super 8 race, but their fans would be happy that they have finally got a weather that is fine for cricket in Florida, and let’s see how the wicket behaves after being under covers for the majority of time in the last few days.

Interestingly, Pakistan have decided to retain their four pacers strategy and that means that Abrar Ahmed will not get a look-in this World Cup. Ireland, on the other hand, have replaced a pacer with a spinner. The Irish boys have not won a single game in this World Cup and given the quality in their side, they would be disappointed with their performance.

Pakistan too have only one win against Canada to show for their efforts, so, Babar Azam and co. would be itching to prove a point in this game.