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The Pakistan Cricket Board has announced a different-looking Pakistan team for a T20I series against Afghanistan in order to rest several of their key stars, including skipper Babar Azam. The team also got a new interim head coach Abdul Rehman while Umar Gul would serve as the bowling coach.

The Pakistan Cricket Board has revealed its decision to uphold the commitment made to Afghanistan by going through with a three-match series in March. However, the series would now feature T20Is instead of the previously announced ODIs and take place at a neutral venue with equal revenue sharing.

Afghanistan have confirmed their place in the 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup, to be played in India, after their second ODI against Sri Lanka on Sunday was abandoned due to rain. Both teams shared five points each, which took Afghanistan’s World Cup Super League tally to 115 points in the current cycle.

According to a recent development, UAE will host Afghanistan for a three-match T20I series once in each of the next five years. Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) and the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) have signed an agreement thus stating that Afghanistan will host their home games in UAE as a result.