Pakistan and New Zealand will play their first T20 match today (Thursday) in Dubai.
Shahid Afridi will lead the Green Shirts who have beaten New Zealand in six of their nine Twenty20s.
After the second T20, also in Dubai on Friday, both teams will play five one-day internationals.
New Zealand Squad
KS Williamson*, CJ Anderson, DG Brownlie, AP Devcich, MJ Guptill, MJ Henry, TWM Latham, MJ McClenaghan, NL McCullum, KD Mills, AF Milne, JDS Neesham, L Ronchi†, LRPL Taylor, DL Vettori.
Pakistan Squad
Shahid Afridi*, Ahmed Shehzad, Anwar Ali, Awais Zia, Haris Sohail, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Irfan, Raza Hasan, Saad Nasim, Sarfraz Ahmed†, Sohail Tanvir, Umar Akmal, Umar Gul, Wahab Riaz.