Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq has won the toss and elected to bat. Experienced Younis Khan fails to make the team after a string of failures and Rahat Ali gets his first game of the tournament.
Pakistan, who have been mauled by 76 runs by bitter-rivals India and suffered a 150-run rout at the hands of the West Indies, will look to get their first win to keep their quarter-final hopes alive against Zimbabwe.
Pakistan hold a 4-0 head-to-head record against Zimbabwe in the World Cups.
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