Pakistan opt to bat and hand ODI debut to Abdullah Shafique among many changes

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Toss Pakistan chose to bat vs Netherlands

Pakistan have opted to bat in the third and final ODI of a series that they have an unassailable lead in. Pakistan have rung in four changes, heavily rotating the side that turned out in the first two games.

Imam-ul-Haq drops out to make way for Abdullah Shafique at the top, while Mohammad Rizwan, Shadab Khan and Haris Rauf are all rested. That sees Shafique make his ODI debut, while wicketkeeper Mohammad Haris, Zahid Mahmood and Shahnawaz Dahani all play. For Netherlands, Wesley Barresi sits out, with 19-year-old spinner Shariz Ahmad replacing him. Tim Pringle also drops to the bench and Musa Ahmed comes in.

Netherlands: 1 Vikramjit Singh, 2 Scott Edwards (capt & wk), 3 Tom Cooper, 4 Teja Nidamanuru, 5 Max O’Dowd, 6 Bas de Leede, 7 Musa Ahmad, 8 Logan van Beek, 9 Aryan Dutt, 10 Shariz Ahmad, 11 Vivian Kingma

Pakistan: 1 Fakhar Zaman, 2 Abdullah Shafique, 3 Babar Azam (capt), 4 Mohammad Haris (wk), 5 Khushdil Shah, 6 Agha Salman, 7 Mohammad Nawaz, 8 Mohammad Wasim, 9 Shahnawaz Dahani, 10 Zahid Mahmood, 11 Naseem Shah

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