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  "path": "/news/1982326/pakistan-win-toss-opt-to-bowl-in-final-odi-against-bangladesh",
  "publishedAt": "2026-03-15T08:09:33.000Z",
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  "textContent": "Pakistan on Sunday won the toss and opted to bowl against Bangladesh in their final and third One-Day International in Dhaka.\n\n“Pakistan win the toss and opt to field first in the third ODI,” said the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on X, referring to ODI captain Shaheen Afridi’s decision.\n\nThe match is being played at Dhaka’s Sher-E-Bangla National Cricket Stadium.\n\n> \n\nIn a post revealing today’s Playing XI, the PCB highlighted that Ghazi Ghori and Saad Masood were making their ODI debut today.\n\nIn their second ODI on Friday, Pakistan defeated Bangladesh by 128 runs via the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) method as rain hampered the match, levelling the series 1-1 after the hosts’ win in the opening match.\n\nOn Saturday, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said it had officially reprimanded Salman Ali Agha for breaching Level 1 of its code of conduct during Friday’s game.\n\n## Teams\n\n**Pakistan:** Sahibzada Farhan, Maaz Sadaqat, Ghazi Ghori, Mohammad Rizwan, Salman Ali Agha, Abdul Samad, Saad Masood, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed\n\n> \n\n**Bangladesh:** Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Saif Hassan, Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Tawhid Hridoy, Litton Kumer Das, Afif Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Rishad Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Nahid Rana\n\n> \n\n* * *\n\n_More to follow_",
  "title": "Pakistan win toss, opt to bowl in final ODI against Bangladesh"
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