Pakistan’s male captain, Salman Ali Agha, won the raffle and chose to hit first in the twenty20 international tri-series final at Sharjah on Sunday.
Pakistan had assured his place in the final of T20 Tri-Series for a second victory of 31 races over the United Arab Emirates, while Afghanistan defeated the EAU in an end closed by 4 races on Friday.
Pakistan has a change since his last meeting against Afghanistan on Tuesday, with Spinner Ahmed playing instead of the pacemaker Haris Rauf.
In the tournament that is played as a warm -up before the Asia Cup, which begins on September 9, both teams have faced twice in the period before the final, and both have won one meeting each.
Pakistan beat Afghanistan thoroughly for 39 races in the first game in the series, while Afghanistan won the last match on Wednesday by 18 races.
Teams:
Pakistan: Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Fakhar Zaman, Salman Ali Agha (Captain), Hasan Nawaz, Muhammad Haris (Wickt-Keepper), Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi, Sufyan Moqim, Abar Ahmed and Muhammad Nawaz.
Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK), Ibrahim Zadran, Sediqullah Atal, Darwish Rasooli, Karim Janat, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan (C), Mohammad Nabi, Am Ghazar, Noor Ahmad and Fazalhaq Farooqi.
