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- Pakistan have kept the same eleven that won the first match against Afghanistan by a 142-run margin
- Afghanistan made two changes by dropping fast bowler Azmatullah Omarzai and allrounder Rahmat Shah
COLOMBO: Afghanistan skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi won the toss and opted to bat in the second one-day international (ODI) against Pakistan in Colombo on Thursday.
Pakistan kept the same eleven that won the first match in Hambantota in Sri Lanka on Tuesday by a 142-run margin, while Afghanistan brought in Shahidullah Kamal and Riaz Hassan in a double change.
Fast bowler Azmatullah Omarzai and allrounder Rahmat Shah were left out.
The last match will also be played in Colombo on Saturday.
Teams:
Pakistan: Babar Azam (captain), Shadab Khan, Mohammad Rizwan, Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Agha Salman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Usama Mir, Haris Rauf, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi
Afghanistan: Hashmatullah Shahidi (captain), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ikram Alikhil, Ibrahim Zadran, Riaz Hassan, Mohammad Nabi, Shahidullah Kamal, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fazal Haq Farooqi, Abdul Rahman
Umpires: Sharfuddoula (AFG) and Bismillah Shinwari (AFG)
TV umpire: Nitin Menon (IND)
Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle (SRI)