Pakistani team heads to Sri Lanka for Afghanistan ODI series

Pakistan cricket team is heading towards Sri Lanka to play 3 ODIs in a series with Afghanistan.
PCB (Pakistan Cricket Board) has shared a video on X (formerly known as Twitter). In which players can be seen meeting with fans before taking off for Sri Lanka.

Lahore ✈️ Hambantota

Boys are off to Sri Lanka for the three-match ODI series against Afghanistan!#BackTheBoysInGreen #AFGvPAK pic.twitter.com/rg4NFCx2qw

— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) August 17, 2023

Nine Pakistani players took off from Lahore’s Allama Iqbal International Airport this afternoon. These players were Abdullah Shafiq, Tayab Tahir, Salman Ali Agha, Saudi Shakir,

M. Wasim Jnr, Fahim Ashraf, M. Rizwan, Haris Rauf and Shaheen Afridi.
Vice-captain Shadab Khan will fly from Karachi to Sri Lanka to join the team, while leg-turner Osama Mir, who competes in the Hundreds, will join the team from the UK.

Players participating in this edition of the Sri Lanka Premier League (LPL), including captain Babar Azam, will join the team in Hambantota today.
Pakistani team will play their first two matches on August 22 and 24 in Hambantota. While the last match will be played in Colombo.
After that, the Paksitani team will play their first match of Asia Cup 2023 with Nepal on August 30 in Multan.

Pakistan Cricket Squad for Afghanistan series:
Abdullah Shafique, Fakhar Zaman and Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam (captain), Salman Ali Agha, Iftikhar Ahmed, Tayyab Tahir, and Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan and Mohammad Haris, Shadab Khan (vice-captain), Mohammad Nawaz and Naseem Shah, Faheem Ashraf, and Haris Rauf, Mohammad Wasim Jnr and Usama Mir, Shaheen Afridi