{"id":28476,"date":"2025-11-22T15:04:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T15:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=28476"},"modified":"2025-11-22T15:04:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T15:04:06","slug":"sri-lanka-choose-to-bat-first-against-pakistan-in-the-third-t20i-of-tri-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=28476","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka choose to bat first against Pakistan in the third T20I of tri-series"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat against Pakistan in the T20I Tri-Series at Rawalpindi Stadium on Saturday evening.<\/p>\n<p>This is the third match of the series overall. Sri Lanka will be looking to get a win after they had a disappointing game that they played with Zimbabwe on Thursday, which they lost by 67 runs.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Pakistan defeated Zimbabwe in the opening match of the series on November 18.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan are playing without their ODI captain, pacer, Shaheen Shah Afridi. His absence made way for Mohammad Wasim.<\/p>\n<p>Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) reported that Shaheen Shah Afridi is currently under medical observation after sustaining a minor foot fascial injury before the match between Sri Lanka and Pakistan started.<\/p>\n<p>The injury\u2019s severity and impact on his availability will be determined after further assessment by the medical team, according to details.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan T20 squad held a rigorous training session at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, fine-tuning their skills in preparation for the upcoming match of the Tri-Nation series on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>According to details shared on APP, under the guidance of the coaching staff, the players focused on batting, bowling, and fielding drills, working tirelessly to improve their techniques and strategies.<\/p>\n<p>The players also participated in physical drills, emphasizing fitness and conditionin before the net session.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan<\/p>\n<p>Saim Ayub, Sahibzada Farhan, Babar Azam, Salman Ali Agha, Usman Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Muhammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Wasim, Salman Mirza, Abrar Ahmed<\/p>\n<p>Sri Lanka<\/p>\n<p>Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis, Kamil Mishara, Kusal Janith Perera, Dasun Shanaka, Janith Liyanage, Kamindu Mendis, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dushmantha Chameera, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth, Eshan Malinga<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat against Pakistan in the T20I Tri-Series at Rawalpindi Stadium on Saturday evening. This is the third match of the series overall. Sri Lanka will be looking to get a win after they had a disappointing game that they played with Zimbabwe on Thursday, which they lost [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28476\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}