COLOMBO, Aug 26, 2023 (BSS/AFP) - Pakistan skipper Babar Azam won the toss

and decided to bat in the third and final one-day international against
Afghanistan in Colombo on Saturday.

Pakistan has already won the three-match series by winning the first match by
142 runs and the second by one wicket -- both in Hambantota.

A 3-0 win would push them above Australia to number one in the ODI rankings.

Their unassailable position prompted Pakistan to make four changes from the
second match, bringing in Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Wasim and
Saud Shakeel.

Haris Rauf, Naseem Shah, Usama Mir and Iftikhar Ahmed are left out.

Afghanistan made two changes, replacing Ikram Alikhil and Abdul Rahman with
Gulbadin Naib and Fareed Ahmad Malik.

Teams:

Pakistan: Babar Azam (captain), Shadab Khan, Mohammad Rizwan, Fakhar Zaman,
Imam-ul-Haq, Agha Salman, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf,
Mohammad Wasim, Shaheen Shah Afridi

Afghanistan: Hashmatullah Shahidi (captain), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Gulbadin
Naib, Ibrahim Zadran, Riaz Hassan, Mohammad Nabi, Shahidullah Kamal, Rashid
Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fazal Haq Farooqi, Fareed Ahmad Malik

Umpires: Nitin Menon (IND) and Izatullah Safi (AFG)

TV umpire: Sharfuddoula (BAN)

Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle (SRI)