AFG vs PAK Dream11 Team Prediction: 1st ODI Afghanistan vs Pakistan, Playing 11, Pitch Report, Dream 11 Prediction

Pakistan will lock horns with Afghanistan in the first match of the ODI series on August 2022. This series provides an opportunity for both these sides to get some game and fine-tune their combinations for the upcoming Asia Cup and World Cup. All three ODIs of the Afghanistan-Pakistan bilateral series will be hosted in Hambantota and Colombo in Sri Lanka. This promises to be an exciting match between these two sides.

When: 22 August, 3:00 PM IST

Where: Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium, Hambantota

TV Channel, Live Streaming: Eurosport

Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota Pitch Report

The surface here will be a balanced one with good help for spinners and the average first innings score here is 254. Teams batting first have won just 10 of 25 ODI matches played here and both teams will prefer chasing at this venue.

Afghanistan Playing 11

1. Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk)
2. Ibrahim Zadran
3. Rahmat Shah
4. Hashmatullah Shahidi (c)
5. Najibullah Zadran,
6. Mohammad Nabi
7. Azmatullah Omarzai
8. Rashid Khan
9. Noor Ahmed
10. Wafadar Momand
11. Mohammad Saleem Safi

• Noor Ahmad, who had a successful IPL campaign, made a comeback into the squad after being left out of the previous series agaisnt SL.

Ibrahim Zadran Stats in ODI

Matches Played	Runs	Last 5 performance	Batting Average	S/R
14	749	1, 100, 41, 22, 54	62	85

Rashid Khan Stats in ODI

Matches Played	Wickets	Last 5 performance	Last 2 performance vs Pakistan	Bowling Average
89	167	2/28, 2/21, 0/21, 4/37, 1/40	1/50, 3/46	18.5

Pakistan Playing 11

1. Imam ul Haq
2. Fakhar Zaman
3. Babar Azam (c)
4. Iftikhar Ahmed
5. Mohammad Rizwan (wk)
6. Salman Ali Agha
7. Shadab Khan
8. Faheem Ashraf/ Mohammad Nawaz
9. Shaheen Afridi
10. Naseem Shah
11. Haris Rauf

• All the players are fit and available for selection.

Babar Azam Stats in ODI

Matches Played	Runs	Last 5 performance	Last 2 performance vs Afghanistan	Batting Average
100	5089	1, 107, 54, 65, 49	45, 66	59

Shaheen Afridi Stats in T20I

Matches Played	Wickets	Last 5 performance	Last 2 performance vs Afghanistan	Bowling Average
36	70	3/46, 1/34, 2/53, 2/63, 1/17	4/47, 2/38	23.9

AFG vs PAK Dream11 Team Prediction

Wicket-keepers: R Gurbaz

Batsmen: Babar Azam, I Zadran, Imam ul Haq, Fakhar Zaman

All-rounder: Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nabi

Bowlers: Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Rashid Khan

Captain, Vice Captain for Small League, Head-to-Head contests: Babar Azam, Rashid Khan

Captain, Vice Captain for Grand League:  Shaheen Afridi, Ibrahim Zadran

AFG vs PAK Fantasy Tips

• Babar Azam has so far played 2 ODI matches against Afghanistan in which he has scored 111 runs at an average of 55.2.
• Imam ul Haq and Babar Azam have an average of more than 50 in this format while Fakhar Zaman averages 48. Pakistan have a solid top three and they will be an automatic selection in the fantasy teams.
• Babar Azam has scored 425 runs in 8 ODI matches in 2023 at an average of 53.18.
• Ibrahim Zadran and Gurbaz put up 256 runs opening partnership for Afghanistan against Sri Lanka in the last series which was also the highest ever for Afghanistan in ODIs.
• Ibrahim Zadran has done well in this format and already has 4 ODI hundreds in his short career. He will be a key pick for this match.
• Mohammad Saleem Safi has not played much international cricket and conditions here might not help the pacer. Hence avoid him for this match.
• Shaheen Afridi has picked up 6 wickets in 2 ODIs against Afghanistan.

Who will win Afghanistan vs Pakistan today match?

Pakistan are expected to win this match

Pakistan and Afghanistan have faced each other in 4 matches in ODI. Out of these 4 games, Pakistan have won 4 whereas Afghanistan are yet to win a game.

The last time these two sides met in an ODI was in 2019 at the WC in Leeds. It was a closely fought contest where Pakistan won by three wickets.

Afghanistan won their previous ODI series in Bangladesh 2-1. Before that they won a series against SL 2-1.

If Pakistan manage to win this series 3-0  they will move to the top of the ODI rankings.