KABUL: The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) on Friday, unveiled the commentary panel and match officials for the three-match T20I series between Pakistan and Afghanistan, scheduled to commence today.

Former Pakistan cricketer Aamir Sohail and renowned commentator Sikandar Bakht, alongside New Zealand’s Simon Doull, India’s Raman Bhanot, Zimbabwe’s Tino Mawoyo and England’s Owais Shah will commentate during the upcoming series.

Mawoyo will be available for the second and third T20Is while Shah will only be commentating in the first fixture.

Furthermore, the ACB also announced match officials for the historic T20I series against Pakistan. Ahmad Shah Pakteen, Bismillah Jan, Farooq Khan and Akbar Ali will officiate the matches during the series while Hamim Talwar will serve as the match referee.

Notably, the upcoming T20I series will mark the first bilateral series between Pakistan and Afghanistan as the two sides had only met in Asia Cups and ICC events.

For the series, PCB announced a fresh-look squad under the captaincy of Shadab for the upcoming away assignment as the key players, including all-format captain Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, Haris Rauf and Shaheen Afridi were rested.