Pakistan are favorites to win
Australia will round-off their month-long tour of the UAE when they face-off against Pakistan in the third and final T20 international on October 28. The Dubai International Cricket Stadium which hosted the second T20I will be the venue for this match as well. Live telecast of the game is scheduled to begin at 8 PM local time.
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The pitch at this ground is not expected to change at all after the first period of play and since the side bowling first here has won more often than the side batting first in the past few matches, the team that wins the toss on Sunday will probably elect to field first.
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Shoaib Malik has returned to the side and he is likely to replace Hussain Talat in the playing eleven for this Sunday's encounter. No further changes are expected in their side and none of the Pakistani players were reported to be injured.
Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam and Shoaib Malik are the key figures in Pakistan's batting line-up. Babar is going through a good phase and he seems a top candidate to score the most runs for his side in this match. Shoaib's return has boosted the hosts' batting and he is going to be their biggest hope in the middle order. Fakhar has an impressive strike-rate in T20Is and he will look to take Pakistan off to a flyer. In terms of bowling, Imad Wasim and Shadab Khan will be the main threats. The pitch at Dubai is conducive to spin bowling and so these two will test the Australian batsmen once again. Among the seamers, Hasan Ali is the one to watch out for.
Pakistan have been hitting top form in T20 cricket of late. They came into this series on the back of a tri-series win in Zimbabwe that also featured Australia. The hosts secured a thumping victory in the opening game of the ongoing series. However, they will be concerned about their batting after having experienced a middle-order collapse at Abu Dhabi.
Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam, Mohammad Hafeez, Asif Ali, Shoaib Malik, Faheem Ashraf, Sarfraz Ahmed (c/wk), Shadab Khan, Imad Wasim, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi
There are no injury concerns for Australia ahead of this final T20 international as all of their players seem to be in good physical condition. We expect Mitchell Marsh and Nathan Lyon to play in place of Ben McDermott and Ashton Agar respectively.
Australia will have their hopes pinned on Chris Lynn, Aaron Finch and Glenn Maxwell when it comes to batting. All three have the potential to single-handedly change the complexion of the game and it will be crucial that at least two of them go on to score big. Mitchell Marsh is a good striker of the ball and Australia's middle-order batting will rely heavily on him. With the ball, it will be up to their pacers Andrew Tye and Billy Stanlake to do the early damage. Both took three wickets each in the opening game and they will look to run through Pakistan's top order. Adam Zampa and Nathan Lyon are both experienced campaigners and they could get decent grip off this surface.
Australia have not been performing too well in the shortest format of the game. In the first T20 international, the visitors lost their first six wickets inside the powerplay for just 22 runs on the board. Five of their top six batsmen failed to reach double figures and that cost them the game. The Aussies will hope for a much better batting display on Sunday.
Aaron Finch (c), D Arcy Short, Chris Lynn, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey (wk), Nathan Lyon, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Andrew Tye, Adam Zampa, Billy Stanlake
Australia have a power-packed batting line-up but they have failed to read the Pakistani spinners on this tour. The hosts on the other hand may not be the greatest batting unit in the world but their top three certainly know how to pace their innings in these slow conditions. Also, the Australian spinners have not looked as threatening as their Pakistani counterparts and this has been another big difference between these two sides. The home team has made better use of the conditions and so we predict them to prevail in this final T20 international.
Final Verdict: Back Pakistan to beat Australia in the third T20 international.
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