Aiming at clean-sweep in the three-match series, Pakistan on Saturday won the toss in third and final One-Day International against Afghanistan and decided to bat first, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.
After winning the first two matches, Captain Babar Azam has opted to field the bench players in the final match.
Pakistan has made four changes as it brought in Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf and Mohammad Wasim Jr by leaving out Usama Mir, Iftikhar Ahmed, Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf.
Our team for the final match of the series 💪🇵🇰#AFGvPAK | #BackTheBoysInGreen pic.twitter.com/9VGf2Vabwf
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) August 26, 2023
Afghanistan also made two changes. All-rounder Azmat Omarzay was ruled out of today’s match after sustaining a side strain. He was replaced by another all-rounder Gulbadin Naib. Farid Ahmad replaced Abdul Rahman.
🚨 Squad Alert 🚨
— Afghanistan Cricket Board (@ACBofficials) August 26, 2023
Afghanistan all-rounder @AzmatOmarzay has been ruled out of the 3rd #AFGvPAK #SuperColaCup ODI after sustaining a side strain. He has been replaced by another all-rounder @GBNaib.
Wish you recover soon, Azmat! 🤲#AfghanAtalan | #ByaMaidanGato pic.twitter.com/iZFRjr0tOs
🚨 STARTING XI 🚨
— Afghanistan Cricket Board (@ACBofficials) August 26, 2023
We have got ✌️ changes in our lineup for the 3rd ODI
⬅️ Farid Ahmad and Gulbadin Naib come in
➡️ Abdul Rahman and Ikram Alikhil miss out
Here's our full lineup 👇#AfghanAtalan | #AFGvPAK | #SuperColaCup | #ByaMaidanGato pic.twitter.com/Kl2uNTGacw