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Team Pakistan in ‘do or die’ position in today’s match against Australia

Mohsin Soomro

MOHALI: After losing two matches against arch-rival India and the New Zealand, Pakistan team’s position is much weak as per the points table. Today’s clash between Pakistan and Australia will decide whether the team will continue to play or it will be thrown out from the World T20 tournament.

Pakistan is now in the ‘must-win’ position against Australia and the match will start at 2.30pm (PST) in Mohali on Friday.

If Afridi eleven does not manage to win the today’s match, Pakistan’s hopes of advancing any further in the tournament will finish off, which would be a huge disappointment.

Australia has prepared the top-ranked batsman Aaron Finch in today’s match which was dumped as T20 captain in favour of Test and ODI captain Smith last month.

The squad of both teams includes:

Australia (from): Steve Smith (captain), David Warner, Ashton Agar, Nathan Coulter-Nile, James Faulkner, Aaron Finch, John Hastings, Josh Hazlewood, Usman Khawaja, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Peter Nevill, Andrew Tye, Shane Watson, Adam Zampa

Pakistan (from): Shahid Afridi (captain), Anwar Ali, Imad Wasim, Khalid Latif, Khurram Manzoor, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Irfan, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Sami, Sarfraz Ahmed, Shoaib Malik, Sharjeel Khan, Umar Akmal, Wahab Riaz.

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M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.