As Pakistan team is all set to face International Cricket Council’s (ICC) World XI at Gaddafi Stadium, let’s have a quick look at the expected teams.

Pakistani fans are all set to welcome the international cricket back home, as the ICC has given the Independence series an international status. However, the teams ranking will not vary with the result of the series.

If we look at the squads of both sides, they look quite compatible to each other.

The tourist will enjoy the services of such as batting great Hashim Amla, skipper Faf du Plessis, David Millar, George Bailey and Tamim Iqbal. While they have the balanced bowling attack with Imran Tahir, Morne Morkal, Ben Cutting and Smauel Badree in the side.

So the expected XI are as follows:

Hashim Amla, Tamim Iqbal, (skipper) Faf du Plessis, George Bailey, David Miller, (wicketkeeper) Tim Pain, Ben Cuttings,  Grant Elliott/Darren Sammy, Thisara Perera, Samuel Badree, Morne Morkal.

On the other hand, Pakistan will have ICC Champions trophy heroes in the lineup starting with Fakhar Zaman, Skipper Sarfraz Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Hasan Ali and Shadab Khan.

So the expected XI are as follows:

Ahmed Shehzad, Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam, Shoaib Malik, (Skipper, wicketkeeper) Sarfraz Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Nawaz/ Faheem Ashraf/ Aamer Yameen, Shadab Khan, Sohail Khan, Rumman Raees, Hasan Ali.