Pakistan vs World XI: 5 Pakistani players who will be keenly watched

#3 Fakhar Zaman

Fakhar Zaman has had a promising start to his international career

Every team needs solid openers who can handle the swinging new ball, and build a platform for the rest of the batting order to launch from. It also helps if the opener is an attacking batsman.

Pakistan have got two talented openers for the upcoming series - Ahmad Shehzad and Fakhar Zaman. Both are really talented and can contribute big time to their team’s success.

While Shahzad comes in off the back of a successful PSL season, Zaman comes off a stupendous, stunning, match-winning performance against arch rivals India in the Champions Trophy finals.

After a tournament in which he had shown some signs of form with starts not leading to big scores, he pulled a rabbit out of his hat with a fantastic display of hard-hitting batting which took India by surprise.

And since this happens to be Pakistan’s first assignment as a team after the Champions Trophy triumph, he can carry forward his prime form into the upcoming series. Also, with competition for the openers slot in ODIs and T20s, Zaman would look at consolidating his position in the side with some good performances.