Pakistan win toss, opt to bowl first against Bangladesh

Pakistan captain Shaheen Shah Afridi won the toss and opted to bowl first, sending Bangladesh in to bat in the final and decisive ODI of the three-match series. 

The winner of today’s match will claim the series, effectively making it an unofficial final.

In the first two matches, both Bangladesh and Pakistan were once all out for 114 runs, and in each instance, the team scoring 114 ended up losing. This mirrored performance has set the stage for a thrilling decider.

The toss was conducted between Bangladesh captain Mehedi Hasan Miraz and Pakistan captain Shaheen Shah Afridi.

Bangladesh Playing XI: Saif Hasan, Tanzid Hasan, Towhid Hridoy, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Liton Das (wk), Afif Hossain, Mehedi Hasan Miraz (c), Rishad Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Nahid Rana, Mustafizur Rahman.

Pakistan Playing XI: Sahibzada Farhan, Maaz Sadaqat, Gazi Ghori, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Salman Aga, Abdul Samad, Saud Masood, Fahim Ashraf, Shaheen Shah Afridi (c), Abrar Ahmed, Haris Rauf.

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