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Pakistan vs Afghanistan Scorecard, 3rd ODI, Afghanistan v Pakistan in Sri Lanka 2023
Result · Aug 26 2023, Sat - 03:00 PM (IST)
PAKISTAN268/8
AFGHANISTAN209
Pakistan won by 59 runs
CRR:4.29
Player Of The Match
Player Of The Series
Match Info
| Series: | Afghanistan v Pakistan in Sri Lanka 2023 |
| Date: | Aug 26 2023, Sat - 03:00 PM (IST) |
| Country: | Sri Lanka |
| City: | Colombo |
| Venue: | R. Premadasa Stadium |
| Toss: | Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat. |
| Afghanistan Playing XI: | Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Gulbadin Naib, Riaz Hassan, Shahidullah Kamal, Mohammad Nabi, Farid Malik, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fazalhaq Farooqi |
| Pakistan Playing XI: | Fakhar Zaman, Imam ul-Haq, Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Saud Shakeel, Agha Salman, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi, Muhammad Wasim |
- Pakistan have won all six of their previous men’s ODIs against Afghanistan including a one-wicket win with one ball remaining in the most recent game of this ongoing series; though, Pakistan have won the toss only once in that term.
- Pakistan have won their last five games on the bounce when playing outside Pakistan in men’s ODIs; the last time they won more in succession away from home was a six-game stretch from July to September in 2018.
- Afghanistan are on a three-game losing streak in men’s ODIs including the first two games of this ongoing series against Pakistan; the last time they lost more than three straight games in the format was a 12-game stretch from June to November 2019.
- Pakistan have won five of their six men’s ODIs at R.Premadasa Stadium in Colombo against teams other than Sri Lanka, including their last four in a row, while this will be the first time that Afghanistan have played a men’s ODI at the Colombo venue.
- Afghanistan have faced Pakistan six times in men’s ODIs without registering a win; they are the opponent that Afghanistan have faced the most times without ever logging a victory.
- Afghanistan have scored exactly 21 runs during the power play in two of their last three men’s ODIs after reaching at least 30 runs in all of their 14 previous innings in the format.
- Mujeeb Ur Rahman (Afghanistan) has a bowling economy of 3.9 runs per over in the current men’s ODI series against Pakistan, the best of any player to have featured in both games of the series thus far.
- Babar Azam (Pakistan) scored 53 runs in the second game of this current men’s ODI series against Afghanistan and has now scored 50+ in four of his last six innings in the format; though, his batting average (47.8) and strike rate (83.3) in 2023 are his lowest since 2018 (36.4 average, 81.2 strike rate).
- Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Afghanistan) has hit 18 boundaries (3 sixes, 15 fours) throughout the current men’s ODI series against Pakistan, more than twice as many as any other player in the series.
- Imam-ul-Haq (Pakistan) has made a good connection on 84% of his 199 balls faced in the current men’s ODI series against Afghanistan, the highest rate of any player in the series; in fact, he’s played and missed at just 1% of balls he’s faced.