The 24th match of World Cup T20 2022 is scheduled to play between Pakistan and Zimbabwe on Thursday, 27th October 2022 at Perth Stadium, Perth

Pakistan had been struggling with batting issues since some previous series. They were not good against England in home conditions and also in the tri-series in New Zealand even though they won the series. We started in for a lot of time that if the opening pair of Pakistan fails to put some big runs on the board, they will not put a competitive total on the board. We saw this in their previous match against India where Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan did not perform well and they could manage to score just 159 runs. Shan Masood and Iftikhar Ahmed put up a fight but Shadab Khan, Haidar Ali, Mohammad Nawaz, and Asif Ali once again failed to put some big runs on the board. Well, now Pakistan has no choices and has to play with these batters. Iftikhar Ahmed and Shan Masood scored fifties in the previous match while Shaheen Afridi remained the third-highest run-scorer with 16 runs on just eight balls.

Pakistan is rich in bowling and they showed this against India. They were defending a low total on the board but gave the best performance. Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf provided two major breakthroughs and picked the wickets of KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma on a total of just 10 runs. They picked four key wickets for India on just 31 runs but failed to break the partnership of Virat Kohli and Hardik Pandya. Shadab Khan proved the most economical bowler from their side even though he failed to pick any wicket but saved the runs. Naseem Shah was also good as he leaked just 23 runs in four overs and picked the key wicket of KL Rahul. Shaheen Afridi joined the team after a knee injury but did not make any impact in the previous match and remained wicketless in four overs against 34 runs. Haris Rauf performed well and picked up two wickets in four overs while he was charged for 36 runs. Mohammad Nawaz was the most expensive bowler who picked up two wickets in four overs against 42 runs.

Zimbabwe is not a strong and experienced team in T20 cricket and they also lost their most recent series. They had lost their series against Namibia and Afghanistan. They made some key changes in their squad after losing these series and performed well in some early qualifier matches of the ICC T20 World Cup. They beat West Indies and Scotland in this tournament. Their performance against South Africa in an uncompleted match was also not impressive. They scored 79 runs in nine overs. The top batting order of Zimbabwe like Regis Chakabva, Sean Williams, Sikandar Raza, and the skipper, Craig Ervine totally failed to give the best performance. They even failed to enter into the double figure. Wesley Madhevere and Milton Shumba performed well. Wesley Madhevere was the highest run-scorer from their side scoring 35 runs on just 18 balls with the help of four boundaries and one huge six.

Milton Shumba also performed well and scored 18 runs. The bowlers of Zimbabwe were smashed by the batters of South Africa. They leaked 51 runs in just three overs. Tendai Chatara, Richard Ngarava, and Sikandar Raza are the leading bowlers of Zimbabwe but they were not good in the previous match. Tendai Chatara leaked 23 runs in just one over. Richard Ngarava was charged with 17 runs in one over while Sikandar Raza was charged for 11 runs in one over. Any team can face heavy pressure when their key bowlers leaked such runs. Zimbabwe has to take some actions and change the bowling unit for this match as they are going to face Pakistan which is a strong team and has some best batters in the world. Sean Williams, Muzarabani, and Wesley Madhevere are also in the squad of Zimbabwe and these bowlers should give the best performance in this match.

Pakistan had played 17 T20 matches against Zimbabwe where they won 16 matches while Zimbabwe won just one match against Pakistan.

Pakistan is overall a strong team as compared to Zimbabwe at least on paper. According to our cricket match prediction, Pakistan is the favorite team to win this match. Many factors make Pakistan a favorite group to win this match. Some of the key factors are mentioned as under:

• Pakistan has a decent record while playing against Zimbabwe
• Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan are world-class batters in the Pakistan team
• Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, and Haris Rauf can destroy the batter order of Zimbabwe
• Sikandar Raza can play the leading role in Zimbabwe
• The batting order of Pakistan is much stronger than Zimbabwe
• Pakistan will be under pressure as they had to win this match at any cost

Pakistan is full of experienced and young players in the t20 format. The batting order of this team is also strong and some well-known hitters of the t20 format are part of the squad of this team, so the winning chances of today’s match against Pakistan have been increased. The equation of who will win today’s cricket match prediction and who will win the cricket match today is mentioned as under.

Pakistan has an 80% chance to win this match
Zimbabwe has a 20% chance to win this match

The toss is playing an important role in the decision of all games of World Cup T20. Having a good total on the board is always a big advantage in these kinds of big matches. According to our toss prediction, the team who will win the toss may choose to field first.

The 24th match of World Cup T20 2022 is going to be held at Perth Stadium, Perth. We had observed in the previous matches played here that the pitch here at this venue is good for batting. The pitch is bouncy and fast and run-scoring is not much easy in early and middle overs. We are hoping that the surface is bound to get slower and be a bit more difficult for batting in this match. A score of 170 is going to be tough to chase.

The weather forecast in Perth is predicting some clouds around on match day and the weather forecast is also predicting some chances of rain but we are hoping for a full and uninterrupted match.

Pakistan: Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Shan Masood, Shadab Khan, Haider Ali, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Nawaz, Asif Ali, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf.

Zimbabwe: Regis Chakabva (wk), Craig Ervine (c), Wesley Madhevere, Sean Williams, Sikandar Raza, Milton Shumba, Ryan Burl, Luke Jongwe, Tendai Chatara, Richard Ngarava, Blessing Muzarabani.

Captain: Haris Rauf
Vice-captain: Sikandar Raza
Mohammed Rizwan, Ervine, Babar Azam, Shan Masood, Nawaz, Ryan Burl, Chatara, Shaheen Shah, Naseem

Date: Thursday, 27th October 2022
Time: 11:00 AM GMT / 07:00 PM LOCAL / 04:30 PM IST

• Stadium: Perth Stadium
• Location: Perth, Australia
• Capacity: 60000
• Time Zone: UTC +08:00
• Floodlights: Yes

• Total matches: 4
• Matches won batting first: 1
• Matches won bowling first: 3
• Average 1st Inns scores: 145
• Average 2nd Inns scores: 145
• Highest total recorded: 208/6 (20 Ov) by ENG vs AUS
• The lowest total recorded: 112/10 (19.4 Ov) by AFG vs ENG
• The highest score chased: 158/3 (16.3 Ov) by AUS vs SL
• The lowest score defended: 208/6 (20 Ov) by ENG vs AUS

Babar Azam (c), Shadab Khan, Asif Ali, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Afridi, Shan Masood, Fakhar Zaman.