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Pak vs Afg 3rd ODI: Pakistan eye series whitewash

Saturday, 26-Aug-2023
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Pakistan and Afghanistan will come against each other in the third and final ODI on Saturday at R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. Pakistan are leading the three-match 2-0 after having registered their victories in the first and second match. Pakistan won the first match by (142) runs while they had one-wicket victory in the second match which was also a big thriller. In the second match, Afghanistan had given a befitting fight to Pakistan with their 300-run total in the first innings. Their bowling was also good as they kept on fighting till the last moment. Gurbaz had played a big knock with his score of (151). 

For Pakistan, Imam-ul-Haq and Babar Azam had hammered half-centuries to take the team over the line. Afghanistan would now hope to register their victory after having given a tough fight in the first match. Rahmanullah Gurbaz would be expected to repeat his 2nd match performance to lead the team to a victory. Pakistan, on the other side, would look to complete series whitewash. 

Pakistan Probable XI: Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Agha Salman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Usama Mir, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf

Afghanistan Probable XI: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Riaz Hassan, Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Ikram Alikhil, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Abdul Rahman, Shahidullah Kamal

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