Asia Cup 2022: Pakistan opt to bowl against Afghanistan in Asia Cup

 

SHARJAH:

Pakistan skipper Babar Azam gained the toss and elected to subject first towards Afghanistan in their bid to seal a closing spot in the Asia Cup Twenty20 event on Wednesday.

If Pakistan win this Super Four healthy in Sharjah they will face Sri Lanka in Sunday's remaining and knock arch-rivals India out of the tournament, which acts as a tune-up to the T20 World Cup in October-November.

Pakistan come in unchanged from their preceding win over India, who have misplaced each their Super Four fits so far.

"The pitch appears high-quality and the 2nd factor is the dew factor, this is why we are bowling first," Azam stated at the toss.We're hoping to take early wickets and stop them. The temper is cool and calm and we will strive to proceed the (winning) momentum."

Afghanistan, who misplaced their preceding suit to Sri Lanka at the equal venue, have made two modifications to continue to be in the hunt for the closing with Azmatullah Omarzai and Fareed Ahmad Malik making the team.

Skipper Mohammad Nabi brings up a landmark a centesimal T20 worldwide look in view that making his debut in 2010.

"We would have bowled first. There will be dew later on, the humidity is too an awful lot and the ball does no longer grip toward the end, it is all phase of the game," Nabi said.

"But we will attempt and put a huge rating on the board. It is continually a hard sport in opposition to Pakistan. We have had a lot of accurate video games in the previous and we will attempt our first-rate to no longer repeat our mistakes."

Playing XI teams :

Afghan players include Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wkt), Ibrahim Zadran, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi (capt), Rashid Khan, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fareed Ahmad Malik, and Fazalhaq Farooqi.

Pakistan: Babar Azam (capt), Mohammad Rizwan (wkt), Fakhar Zaman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Asif Ali, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Hasnain

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