Afghanistan are all set to lock horns with Pakistan within the first ODI of the three-match collection. The battle will happen on the Mahinda Rajapaksa Worldwide Stadium in Hambantota on August 22.

The Afghanistan facet shall be led by dynamic Hashmatullah Shahidi within the collection, whereas Pakistan’s common skipper and star batter Babar Azam will head the Males in Inexperienced.

So far as the squad of the 2 groups are involved, Afghanistan’s crew options many outstanding gamers, together with the likes of Rashid Khan, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Mujeeb-ul-Rahman, Fazalhaq Farooqi and Mohammad Nabi. Alternatively, Pakistan have additionally assembled a powerful line-up comprising Mohammad Rizwan, Shaheen Afridi, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Shadab Khan and Imam-ul-Haq, amongst different notable names.

Each Afghanistan and Pakistan will look to begin the collection on a excessive be aware. These matches will function an ideal platform for each groups to coach themselves for the upcoming Asia Cup 2023.

ODI stats and information at Mahinda Rajapaksa Worldwide Stadium:

• Complete matches: 26
• Matches gained bowling first: 13
• Matches gained batting first: 10
• Common first innings rating: 249
• Common second innings rating: 196
• Highest complete: 368/4 (Sri Lanka)
• Lowest complete: 112 all-out (Kenya)
• Highest run chase: 312/2 (Sri Lanka)

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Mahinda Rajapaksa Worldwide Stadium Pitch Report:

The Mahinda Rajapaksa Worldwide Stadium in Hambantota has supplied equal assist to each batters and bowlers. Nonetheless, spinners have the higher hand on this observe as a result of nature of the floor. Scoring runs at this venue turn out to be tougher as the sport progresses, and the crew successful the toss would look to bowl first. It’s to be famous that 13 of the 26 matches have been gained by crew fielding first. General, an exhilarating and high-scoring sport is anticipated to happen at this floor.

Hambantota Climate Report:

The climate on the Mahinda Rajapaksa Worldwide Stadium in Hambantota is anticipated to be partly cloudy however with no indicators of precipitation. The temperature is anticipated to hover round 32 levels Celsius with humidity ranges to be round 66% and the wind blowing at a pace of 32 Km/hr. The spectators and gamers can anticipate the play to be with none interruptions.

AFG vs PAK 1st ODI, Possible XIs:

Afghanistan: Ibrahim Zadran, Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Rahmat Shah, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Abdul Rahman

Pakistan Babar Azam (c), Fakhar Zaman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Nawaz, Shadab Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Mohammad Haris, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf

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