Pakistan won the toss and chose to bat, these changes happened in both the teams

The 22nd match of the World Cup 2023 is being played today between Pakistan and Afghanistan at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. Pakistan captain Babar Azam won the toss and decided to bat first. Babar Azam said that we have made a change in the team. Due to Nawaz having a fever, Shadab has been included in the playing 11. At the same time, Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi said that we have also made a change in the playing 11 and included Noor Ahmed in place of Fazalhaq Farooqui.

Talking about the head-to-head record of Pakistan and Afghanistan, so far 7 ODI matches have been played between the two teams. Pakistan has won all these seven matches. At the same time, till now one match between the two was played in the World Cup in 2019, in which Pakistan defeated Afghanistan by three wickets. Thus far, Pakistan has the upper hand, but it will have to face a tough challenge from the Afghan team on the spin track of Chepauk.

Pakistan's playing 11: Abdullah Shafiq, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam (captain), Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Saud Shakeel, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Usama Mir, Shaheen Afridi, Hasan Ali, Haris Rauf.

Afghanistan's playing 11: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi (captain), Azmatullah Umarzai, Ikram Alikhil (w), Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Naveen-ul-Haq, Noor Ahmed.