Updated On: 11 November, 2021 01:25 PM IST | Dubai | ANI
Pakistan and Australia will lock horns in the semi-final on Thursday

Mohammad Rizwan. Pic/AFP
Ahead of the semi-final clash in the T20 World Cup, Pakistan batters Mohammad Rizwan and Shoaib Malik missed the team`s practice session on Wednesday due to mild flu. Pakistan and Australia will lock horns in the semi-final on Thursday. According to ESPNcricinfo, an official described the condition of two batters as "light flu and low fever". Rizwan and Malik`s training was delayed but the two batters had to miss out on practice.
Meanwhile, when Pakistan batting consultant Matthew Hayden coaches his side in their semi-final against Australia on Thursday, he isn`t just vying to guide his side to a third ICC men`s T20 World Cup final. The former opener will also be coming up against his home country, for whom he was the tournament`s top-scorer in the 2007 T20 World Cup, and Hayden will also face his former opening partner Justin Langer, now Australia`s head coach.