Afridi was ruled out of the tournament after being advised a 4-6 weeks rest by the medical team following an injury to the right knee ligament

Rahul and Pant both have captaincy experience at the international level and have also led their respective IPL franchises well

Though Krishna picked just two wickets in ODIs against England and took just one wicket in two matches against the West Indies, the Indian team still picked him for the Zimbabwe series. In the first two matches, Krishna returned with figures of 3/50 and 1/28 before being rested for the final ODI

Amidst Crawley getting supoort from England`s coach McCullum, the fact remains that Crawley has scored just 164 runs at an average of 16.40 in his last 5 Test matches and has a career average of a little over 26 after nearly 50 innings

The three Tests will be played in England`s second half of the trip to the country and will also be their first Test tour of Pakistan since 2005. Before the Test tour, England will play seven T20Is in Karachi and Lahore from September 20 to October 2

Sri Lanka`s pace bowling stocks were bare as it is for the Asia Cup, but Chameera`s injury means the island nation have been dealt a huge setback. His replacement, Nuwan Thushara has only played 4 T20I games

Gill scored 130 off 97 balls to take India to a score of 289 in 50 overs in the third and final ODI match between the two teams

Laurie Evans will now captain the side for the remainder of the competition

While Indian skipper showed his elder statesman-like qualities by letting Dhawan and Gill open in the first ODI, it is essential for KL to bat in today’s second ODI v Zimbabwe, before Asia Cup