The second T20 match of Independence Cup 2017 between Pakistan and World XI is scheduled to play tonight at Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium from 19:00 local time. In the first match of series, Pakistan defeated World-11 comfortably by 20 runs and hosts will look to win the series by winning tonight’s match.
ICC Champions Trophy 2017 winner Pakistan team played their first time after England’s glory and it was fantastic game other night. South Africa’s Faf Du Plessis will be leading ICC’s World-11 in the series which is going to be the historic moment in Pakistan.
Pak batsmen smashed the ball all over the park and put up 197 runs on the scoreboard after completion of 20 overs. Local boy Babar Azam was terrific as hit 86 runs in just 52 balls that includes 10 fours and 2 sixes. Thisara Perera was the expensive bowler for team world XI as he spent 51 runs in 4 overs bowling quota.
For World XI, their middle order needs to click and well today to win against inform Pakistan. Faf Du Plessis, Miller, Elliot and Paine need to score runs at good pace to put up a great show against Pak. To make series alive, World-11 needs to register victory tonight and let the proceedings for 15th September.
UBL Independence Cup 2017 live broadcast can be watched on PTV Sports in Pakistan meanwhile Daily Pakistan to stream live matches online and will provide live scores too. Pakistan vs World-XI 2nd T20 live cricket streaming can be watched online on cricketgateway.com world wide.
TV Channels Listing
Pakistan: PTV Sports, TEN Sports
India: DSports
Middle East & North Africa: Yupp TV
Bangladesh: Gazi TV
Sri Lanka: Dialog
UK: Prime TV
USA: Willow TV
Africa: SuperSport
Squads
Pakistan
Sarfaraz Ahmad (Captain), Fakhar Zaman, Ahmed Shehzad, Babar Azam, Shoaib Malik, Umer Amin, Imad Wasim, Shadab Khan, Muhammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Hassan Ali, Amir Yamin, Muhammad Amir, Rumman Raees, Usman Shinwari, Sohail Khan.
World XI
Faf du Plessis (Captain), Hashim Amla, David Miller, Morne Morkel, Imran Tahir (South Africa), Samuel Badree, Darren Sammy (WI), George Bailey, Tim Paine, Ben Cutting (Australia), Grant Elliott (New Zealand), Thisara Perera (Sri Lanka), Paul Collingwood (England), Tamim Iqbal (Bangladesh).
Predictions
World XI looks favorite tonight against Pakistan in the second T20 match of Independence Cup 2017. As per our predictions, World-11 has got 55 percent winning chances.
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