Aaron Finch, Pakistan vs Australia 2018
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Australia T20I skipper Aaron Finch is hopeful of turning the tables in the three-match T20I series against Pakistan. The visitors had lost the two-match Test series by 1-0 when they lost the second match by a big margin of 373 runs. Meanwhile, Finch believes the new faces will help Australia move on from the Test defeat. Australia will have nine new faces for the shortest format of the series.

Thus, Aaron Finch is one of five players who were part of the Test squad. Meanwhile, the first T20I will take place at Abu Dhabi today. Subsequently, Australia will like to make a solid comeback after losing the Test series.

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Australia will like to come up with a better performance.

“There are nine fresh guys that have come into our squad from the Test series, so there’ll be no baggage from them whatsoever,” Finch said on the eve of the first T20I against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi. “I think I’m the only batsman out of the top handful that was here for the Test series. So I think in that regard they’re just going to come in and play their natural game.”

Meanwhile, Chris Lynn is also back into the squad. However, the combative batsman is always vulnerable with his injuries. Finch confirmed Lynn is fully fit and had played a brisk knock against UAE.

“He played nicely [against UAE], but being injured for quite a while it’s always a bit uncertain with Chris in the field, whether he’s diving and stuff like that, but from all reports he’s 100%, he says he’s feeling great at the moment, it’s great to have him back. We’ve also got Ben McDermott who made his debut yesterday and played really well towards the end of the innings. When you have new guys coming in it’s really exciting, particularly on their debut.”

Aaron Finch, Pakistan vs Australia 2018
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On the other hand, Shadab Khan will also return to Pakistan squad after recuperating from the thigh injury. Thus, Finch is looking to be smart against the quality leg-spinner.

“He’s a world-class spinner Shadab, I thought we played him really well in Harare on a wicket that was spinning a little bit, especially towards the back end of that tri-series,” Finch said. “But teams who take wickets in the Powerplay tend to win games, and teams who, when they get a team on the ropes really squeeze them, I think goes a long way to winning the game. We’re going to have our game plans on how we approach it and how we plan out our game, so it’ll be an exciting three games. Both sides are very attacking, particularly in the Powerplay, both sides have plenty of power, so it’ll be a great series.

Australia will like to turn the tide in the shortest format of the game. Aaron Finch has been in good form and would like to lead from the front.

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