*ISLAMABAD – Top ranked T20 side Pakistan would face off against T20Iheavyweight New Zealand tonight (Wednesday), Sheikh Zayed Stadium, AbuDhabi.*

“They [New Zealand] have a strong team with ideal batsmen for T20I and abalanced bowling attack so we need to set the tone from the first game bywinning it,” said Sarfraz, while talking to media.

The skipper added that his side would look to carry forward momentum, afterwhitewashing Australia 3-0 in the recently concluded series.

Top order batsman, Babar Azam has been in an exceptional form for hiscountry, and has gone on to become their most successful batsman in T20Isthis year with a phenomenal average of 72.83 from nine games.

However, the Green Shirts has dented the batting line after opening batsmanFakhar Zaman suffered an injury. Meanwhile, for Pakistan the bowling attackis main artillery especially in the UAE.

*Probable Teams:*

*Pakistan:* Babar Azam, Sahibzada Farhan, Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik,Asif Ali, Sarfraz Ahmed(w/c), Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Ali, Imad Wasim, ShadabKhan, Usman Khan

*New Zealand:* Colin Munro, Glenn Phillips (wk), Kane Williamson (c), RossTaylor, Mark Chapman, Corey Anderson, Colin de Grandhomme, Tim Southee, IshSodhi, Ajaz Patel, Lockie Ferguson