Pakistani cricket team against Afghanistan in Sri Lanka in 2023

The Pakistan national cricket team toured Sri Lanka in August 2023 to play three One Day International (ODI) matches against Afghanistan.^[1][2] The dates of the tour was confirmed in July 2023.^[3][4] The tour formed part of both teams' preparations for the 2023 Asia Cup tournament.^[5]

Pakistan cricket team against Afghanistan in Sri Lanka in 2023
	Afghanistan	Pakistan
Dates	22 – 26 August 2023
Captains	Hashmatullah Shahidi	Babar Azam
One Day International series
Results	Pakistan won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs	Rahmanullah Gurbaz (174)	Imam-ul-Haq (165)
Most wickets	Mujeeb Ur Rahman (5) Fazalhaq Farooqi (5)	Shaheen Afridi (6)
Player of the series	Imam-ul-Haq (Pak)

Squads

Afghanistan[6]	Pakistan[7]
Hashmatullah Shahidi (c) Abdul Rahman Noor Ahmad Ikram Alikhil (wk) Fazalhaq Farooqi Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk) Riaz Hassan Rashid Khan Wafadar Momand Mujeeb Ur Rahman Mohammad Nabi Azmatullah Omarzai Mohammad Saleem Rahmat Shah Shahidullah Ibrahim Zadran Najibullah Zadran	Babar Azam (c) Shadab Khan (vc) Shaheen Afridi Salman Ali Agha Iftikhar Ahmed Faheem Ashraf Mohammad Haris (wk) Haris Rauf Imam-ul-Haq Usama Mir Mohammad Nawaz Mohammad Rizwan (wk) Abdullah Shafique Naseem Shah Saud Shakeel Tayyab Tahir Mohammad Wasim Fakhar Zaman

Afghanistan named Fareed Ahmad and Shahidullah as reserves in their squad.^[8] Ahead of the series, Shahidullah was added to Afghanistan's main squad in place of Najibullah Zadran, who got ruled out of the series due to a knee injury.^[9]

ODI series

1st ODI

22 August 2023 15:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Pakistan  201 (47.1 overs)	v	Afghanistan 59 (19.2 overs)
Imam-ul-Haq 61 (94) Mujeeb Ur Rahman 3/33 (10 overs)		Rahmanullah Gurbaz 18 (47) Haris Rauf 5/18 (6.2 overs)

Pakistan won by 142 runs Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Sooriyawewa Umpires: Ahmed Shah Durrani (Afg) and Nitin Menon (Ind) Player of the match: Haris Rauf (Pak)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
• Haris Rauf (Pak) took his maiden five-wicket haul in ODIs.^[10]

2nd ODI

24 August 2023 15:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Afghanistan  300/5 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 302/9 (49.5 overs)
Rahmanullah Gurbaz 151 (151) Shaheen Afridi 2/58 (10 overs)		Imam-ul-Haq 91 (105) Fazalhaq Farooqi 3/69 (9.5 overs)

Pakistan won by 1 wicket Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Sooriyawewa Umpires: Sharfuddoula (Ban) and Bismillah Jan Shinwari (Afg) Player of the match: Shadab Khan (Pak)

• Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd ODI

26 August 2023 15:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Pakistan  268/8 (50 overs)	v	Afghanistan 209 (48.4 overs)
Mohammad Rizwan 67 (79) Gulbadin Naib 2/36 (9 overs)		Mujeeb Ur Rahman 64 (37) Shadab Khan 3/42 (10 overs)

Pakistan won by 59 runs Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Nitin Menon (Ind) and Izatullah Safi (Afg) Player of the match: Mohammad Rizwan (Pak)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
• Mujeeb Ur Rahman score the fastest fifty for Afghanistan in ODI in 25 balls.