Pakistan vs Bangladesh: Pakistan team is on a tour of Bangladesh to play 3 ODI series, which is starting from March 11. The first ODI between the two teams is to be played in Mirpur, for which Pakistan’s playing eleven is full of new players. Although Pakistan has not announced its playing eleven yet, its ODI captain Shaheen Shah Afridi has approved the debut of many players simultaneously in the pre-match conference. After that seal of approval by Shaheen Afridi, there is a change in Pakistan’s top order to middle order.
Debut of 3 players in Pakistan’s top order
It is not easy to defeat Bangladesh at home. Despite this, Shaheen Afridi has entrusted the responsibility of giving a great start to his team to 3 new players. These three are those players who will also make their debut in ODI. Shaheen Shah Afridi told that Sahibzada Farhan, Maaz Sadaqat and Shamil Hussain will debut in One Day International in the first match against Bangladesh. These three will be the first three players of Pakistan’s top order.
Sahibzada Farhan, Maaz Sadaqat and Shamil Hussain will be the 255th, 256th and 257th players of Pakistan to debut in ODI. Shaheen Afridi told that Sahibzada Farhan and Maaz Sadaqat will do the opening. Whereas Shamil Hussain will play at number 3 in place of Babar Azam.
Big expectations from the three players debuting in the top order
Sahibzada Farhan also played T20 World Cup 2026 for Pakistan, where he was the most successful batsman of the tournament. Now he is going to debut in a different format. In such a situation, Pakistan captain Shaheen Afridi expressed hope that he will play his natural game here also. For the three debutants, he said that he is hopeful that on the basis of their performance, they will emerge as the future trio of Pakistan cricket.
This player will debut in the middle order
The fourth player to debut for Pakistan can be in the middle order. According to ESPNcricinfo, Pakistan team can give a chance to all-rounder Abdul Samad in the first ODI. He will be the 258th player of Pakistan to make his ODI debut.