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Pakistan name playing XI against Bangladesh, leave out Nawaz

Wednesday, 06-Sep-2023, 04:24 AM
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Pakistan will clash with Bangladesh on Wednesday at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore in the Super Four match of the ongoing Asia Cup 2023. Ahead of the match, Pakistan announced their playing XI for the match. Pakistan, in their playing XI, made one change as they left out Mohammad Nawaz. Nawaz featured for Pakistan in their last two matches against Nepal and India respectively but for this match Pakistan decided to leave out Nawaz. In place of Mohammad Nawaz, Pakistan have included Faheem Ashraf into their playing XI. 

Bangladesh haven’t yet announced their playing XI as the contest is going be another thriller in the Asia Cup. Shakib Al Hasan is leading Bangladesh in the tournament as he would love to take the team to victory. Bangladesh suffered a jolt in the form of Najmul Hossain Shanto who was ruled out of the tournament with hamstring injury. Shanto was the top run-getter for Bangladesh. Litton Das has come in place of Shanto. 

Pakistan Playing XI: Babar Azam (c), Shadab Khan (vc), Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Salman Agha, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Faheem Ashraf, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf

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