Zimbabwe’s tour to Pakistan Live on Ten Sports

MUMBAI: Ten Sports, the most watched sports channel of the sub-continent, will telecast live Zimbabwe’s important tour of Pakistan.

Zimbabwe, desperate to get more international matches and prove they are worthy of getting back their Test status, will also show to Australia, and other teams, that Pakistan remains a safe place for cricket. Pakistan, on the other hand, would be itching to get into a winning habit after their recent losses to South Africa and India. They will also try out their bench strength and get ready for the more difficult battles ahead.

The five-match One Day International series between the two teams starts January 21 with a day-night match in Karachi, followed by matches in Hyderabad(January 24), Multan (January 27), Faisalabad (January 30) and Sheikhupura (February 2). Off these, Multan and Faisalabad are day-night matches.

Live telecast of the live matches starts 11:45 am IST for the day-night matches, while it will begin from 9:30 am IST for the day matches.

Pakistan will be hoping for a complete recovery of captain Shoaib Malik from the ankle injury that has sidelined him since the end of November last year. He sustained the damage while playing football during training after the opening Delhi Test against India, forcing him to sit out the remaining two Tests.

Zimbabwe are looking up after some recent good performances, including a win against Australia in the Twenty20 World Cup, followed by a victory over West Indies in the ODIs and winning all their three four-day games against a South African Composite XI in South Africa.

And captain Prosper Utseya is confident his side can put on a good show.

Utseya said: “We have played some good cricket in recent months and we have done it against big teams. If we can beat Australia, we can beat anyone. We want to continue doing that in Pakistan.”

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