Saturday, August 26, 2023
LAHORE: Pakistan are supposed to draft Saud Shakeel, Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Nawaz and Wasim Junior in the playing XI for the last ODI against Afghanistan, sources told Geo News Saturday.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) group the executives is pondering reporting somewhere around three changes for the present game, the sources trusted and added that the advancement comes after the group's unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.
They said that Saud Shakeel, Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Nawaz and Wasim Junior might be allowed an opportunity in the present match.
It has additionally been suggested that Iftikhar Ahmed, Osama Mir, Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf be refreshed, they said.
The sources said that the group the executives additionally thought about rolling out four improvements to the playing eleven. In any case, a ultimate conclusion about the playing XI will be made before the throw sometime in the afternoon.
It is relevant to take note of that Pakistan's triumph today will have an extra advantage for the country.
Its thrilling one-wicket triumph over Afghanistan in Hambantota in Thursday further developed Pakistan's ODI group rating.
Pakistan will have their eyes on a bigger prize as the final #AFGvPAK ODI looms 👀https://t.co/JR72n70bAR
— ICC (@ICC) August 25, 2023
At the present time, the Green Shirts are barely shy of first-put Australia.
"The Asian side could guarantee the chief situation as the No.1 positioned one-day side as soon as Saturday with a triumph over Afghanistan in the third and last match of their series," an assertion from the ICC read.
Crews
Pakistan: Abdullah Shafique, Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam (chief), Salman Ali Agha, Iftikhar Ahmed, Tayyab Tahir, Saud Shakeel (just for Afghanistan series), Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Haris, Shadab Khan (bad habit skipper), Mohammad Nawaz, Usama Mir, Faheem Ashraf, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Afridi.
Afghanistan: Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ikram Alikhil (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Riaz Hassan, Rahmat Shah, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmad, Mujeeb Ur Rehman, Fazal Haq Farooqi, Abdul Rahman, Mohammad Saleem Safi and Wafadar Momand.
