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২৬ আগস্ট, ২০২৩ ০৭:৪৯ অপরাহ্ণ
Pakistan win toss, bat against Afghanistan in third ODI
Pakistan win toss, bat against Afghanistan in third ODI
Pakistan
skipper Babar Azam won the toss and decided to bat in the third and final
one-day international against Afghanistan in Colombo on Saturday.
Pakistan has already won the three-match series
by winning the first match by 142 runs and the second by one wicket -- both in
Hambantota.
A 3-0
win would push them above Australia to number one in the ODI rankings, BSS
reports.
Their unassailable position prompted Pakistan to
make four changes from the second match, bringing in Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem
Ashraf, Mohammad Wasim and Saud Shakeel.
Haris Rauf, Naseem Shah, Usama Mir and Iftikhar
Ahmed are left out.
Afghanistan made two changes, replacing Ikram
Alikhil and Abdul Rahman with Gulbadin Naib and Fareed Ahmad Malik.
Teams:
Pakistan: Babar Azam (captain), Shadab Khan,
Mohammad Rizwan, Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Agha Salman, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad
Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Wasim, Shaheen Shah Afridi
Afghanistan: Hashmatullah Shahidi (captain),
Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Gulbadin Naib, Ibrahim Zadran, Riaz Hassan, Mohammad Nabi,
Shahidullah Kamal, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fazal Haq Farooqi, Fareed
Ahmad Malik