SHARJAH: Pakistan have won the toss and elected to bat first against Afghanistan in the first T20I of the three-match series.

PLAYING XIs

Pakistan: Shadab Khan (c), Mohammad Haris, Saim Ayub, Abdullah Shafique, Tayyab Tahir, Faheem Ashraf, Azam Khan, Imad Wasim, Naseem Shah, Zaman Khan, Ihsanullah.

Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Karim Jannat, Azmatullah Omarzai, Gulbadin Naib, Rashid Khan (c), Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Naveen ul Haq.

HEAD TO HEAD (T20Is)

Matches 3, Pakistan 3, Afghanistan 0