Pakistan have received the toss in opposition to Afghanistan and elected to bat first within the first one-day worldwide in Hambantota.
The three-match sequence will assist each groups put together for subsequent week’s Asia Cup in Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
Afghanistan have retained nearly all of the facet which received their first bilateral ODI sequence in opposition to Bangladesh. Teenager Noor Ahmed has returned however the spinner wasn’t within the XI for the primary sport.
Pakistan are at full power for the opener to present gamers match time for the Asia Cup.
That meant recalled allrounder Faheem Ashraf and middle-order batter Saud Shakeel could not make it into the XI. Beside three frontline pacemen – Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Naseem Shah – Pakistan additionally included two leg-spinners in Shadab Khan and Usama Mir.
Pakistan might go prime of the ODI rankings in the event that they sweep Afghanistan within the sequence.
Pakistan: Imam-ul-Haq, Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam (capt), Mohammad Rizwan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Salman Ali Agha, Shadab Khan, Usama Mir, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf.
Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi (capt), Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb-Ur-Rahman, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Azmatullah Omarzai, Abdul Rahman, Ikram Ali Khail.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
