Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live Score, World Cup 2023: Pakistan Skipper Babar Azam Wins Toss, Opts To Bat vs Afghanistan

Live Cricket Score: Afghanistan’s Playing XI

Afghanistan (Playing XI): Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi(c), Azmatullah Omarzai, Ikram Alikhil(w), Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Naveen-ul-Haq, Noor Ahmad

Live Cricket Score: Pakistan’s Playing XI

Pakistan (Playing XI): Abdullah Shafique, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam(c), Mohammad Rizwan(w), Saud Shakeel, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Usama Mir, Shaheen Afridi, Hasan Ali, Haris Rauf

Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live Score: Here’s what Hashmatullah Shahidi said at the toss

We wanted to bat first, but the toss is not in your hand. One change for us – Noor Ahmad is in for Fazalhaq Farooqi. We played a series against them in Sri Lanka and we wanted more spinning options. We want to restrict them to 250 or less.

Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live Score: Here’s what Babar Azam said at the toss

We will bat first. The pitch looks very dry and might spin. We have one change, unfortunately Nawaz has fever and Shadab is back. We will have to give our 100% in every match and step-up, that’s what I want from my players. The pitch might help the pacers under lights.

PAK vs AFG Live Score: Toss

Pakistan skipper Babar Azam won the toss and opted to bat against Afghanistan in their ODI World Cup 2023 match on Monday in Chennai. 

PAK vs AFG Live Score: Pitch report

A bit of a breeze today coming through the stands. 75m straight boundaries while the square sides are at 65 and 66m respectively. Not a lot of pace in this pitch and you can’t hit through the line. Not a blade of grass and expect this pitch to spin. This could be the slowest pitch in this ground today, reckon Pommie Mbangwa and Aaron Finch, in their pitch report.

PAK vs AFG Live Score: Pakistan batters in focus

Pakistan’s big headache will be their batsmen’s travails, especially against spinners. Even on a batting beauty in Bengaluru, their batters gave four crucial wickets to Aussie leg-spinner Adam Zampa, and they struggled to read his skidders. Afghanistan have undeniable quality in their spin ranks as Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi and Mujeeb Ur Rahman can really trouble the best, and on a potentially favourable surface here they can kick up a mayhem. In that context, Pakistan will need some steady effort from their batters particularly from Babar, who have been underwhelming in this event so far.

PAK vs AFG Live Score: Crucial match for Pakistan

A win is mandatory for Babar Azam’s side after two successive defeats against India and Australia, as another slip up will severely hamper their ambitions to reach the semifinals of the tournament. Currently, they are in the fifth position with four points from as many matches but their net run rate of -0.456 is a worry, and it needs improvement.

PAK vs AFG Live Score: Hello

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the ODI World Cup 2023 match between Pakistan and Afghanistan, straight from MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai. Stay tuned for all the live updates.