Pakistan won the toss against Afghanistan and elected to bat first. Pakistan team has a rivalry with Afghanistan as the Green Shirts played at least seven matches, winning each of them.
Starting with Abdullah Shafiq playing 58 runs inning against Afghanistan created some momentum as Imam Ul Haq departs early today.
Baber Looks stable today and completed his 74 as the scorecard is 209/5. Rizwan was dismissed by Noor Ahmad.
Pakistan Cricket Team Analysis
Pakistan Cricket team needs to win this match today to improve their standing on the Points Table as well as its run rate because, in the other three matches, they will face South Africa, New Zealand and England which is difficult to handle and win those matches as moving on to become one of key prospects for semifinals.
One thing that Green Shirt lacked in that Australia vs Pakistan Match was consistency at bat. That is why they lost that match because of inconsistent batting and their middle order completely collapsed. So it is important to improve their batting in the current and next few matches.
