Australian skipper Pat Cummins and Pakistan’s Mohammad Rizwan pictured through the toss on the first ODI at MCG on November 4, 2024. — Fb@PakistanCricketBoard
MELBOURNE: Australia on Monday gained the toss and put Pakistan to bat first within the first ODI with the collection opener being performed on the Melbourne Cricket Floor (MCG).
Led by skipper Mohammad Rizwan — who was appointed as Males in Inexperienced’s white-ball captain after Babar Azam stepped down from mentioned put up — Pakistan are taking part in their first ODI since their 93-run loss in opposition to England within the Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) Males’s Cricket World Cup 2023.
The nationwide facet had a dismal run on the mega occasion and didn’t qualify for the semi-final.
Australia, quite the opposite, are contemporary from their 3-2 away collection victory over England.
Each nations have come nose to nose 108 instances in ODIs with the five-time World Cup winners boasting a dominant file with 70 victories, in comparison with the Inexperienced Shirts’ 34.
The Kangaroos have an equally spectacular file at dwelling in ODIs as they gained 37 out of 56 fixtures, whereas Pakistan secured 17 victories.
For Pakistan, Shaheen Shah Afridi is main a four-strong fast-bowling assault with Irfan Khan making his ODI debut within the center order for the nationwide facet.
Pakistan’s Take a look at coach Jason Gillespie, the Australian former worldwide, is in command of the guests for the collection and three subsequent T20Is following Gary Kirsten’s resignation because the Inexperienced Shirts’ white-ball coach.
With Mitchell Marsh and Travis Head on paternity depart, world champions Australia have a new-look opening partnership in Jake Fraser-McGurk and Matt Quick.
Veteran Josh Hazlewood was rested with Sean Abbott becoming a member of Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc within the hosts’ tempo assault on an overcast day.
Enjoying XIs
Pakistan: Mohammad Rizwan (c), Salman Ali Agha (vc), Abdullah Shafique, Saim Ayub, Babar Azam, Kamran Ghulam, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Hasnain.
Australia: Matt Quick, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Steve Smith, Josh Inglis (wk), Marnus Labuschagne, Aaron Hardie, Glenn Maxwell, Sean Abbott, Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa.
