England captain Ben Stokes was left scratching his head after a Pakistani journalist struggled to border a query across the guests’ 823-run complete from the primary Test in Multan. The incident occurred on the eve of the third and decisive Test in Rawalpindi. The journalist made a hilarious try to border a query in English, leaving Stokes utterly bemused. He wished to ask Stokes whether or not or not England can replicate their 823-run complete from the first Test within the sequence decider at Rawalpindi.
After a few failed makes an attempt, the journalist lastly managed to a get a response from Stokes, who did his finest to speak with the person regardless of the language barrier.
“That would be nice,” Stokes responded after the journalist requested him if England can replicate their mammoth complete on a batting-friendly monitor on the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.
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Meanwhile, Stokes gained the toss and opted to bat within the sequence decider. England are chasing a second successive Test sequence win in Pakistan, following their 3-0 routing of the hosts two years again.
Pakistan levelled the sequence in Multan final week after star batter Babar Azam and pacer Shaheen Afridi had been dropped from the staff by the brand new choice committee.
Pakistan named an unchanged XI consisting of spin-twins Sajid Khan and Noman Ali. The duo took all 20 English wickets in Multan to place Pakistan in rivalry of a sequence win.
Meanwhile, England recalled pacer Gus Atkinson after resting him for the second sport. Spinner Rehan Ahmed additionally makes a return with the guests dropping Durham pacer Brydon Carse and Matthew Potts.
Pakistan XI: Saim Ayub, Abdullah Shafique, Shan Masood (capt), Kamran Ghulam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Salman Agha, Aamer Jamal, Sajid Khan, Noman Ali, Zahid Mehmood
England XI: 1 Zak Crawley, 2 Ben Duckett, 3 Ollie Pope, 4 Joe Root, 5 Harry Brook, 6 Ben Stokes (capt), 7 Jamie Smith (wk), 8 Gus Atkinson, 9 Rehan Ahmed, 10 Jack Leach, 11 Shoaib Bashir.
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