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| Shahid Afridi: Man of the Match in 4th ODI against Sri Lanka |
Pakistan has an unassailable 3-1 lead in the one-day series with the fifth and final match to be played today (Wednesday, Nov. 23). With the last victory Pakistan has improved their ODI ranking to fifth spot.
The last match is crucial in the sense that to maintain the fifth position in international ODI ranking Pakistan have to win the last match and if Pakistan lose the match they will slip to the sixth spot.
Fourth ODI proved to be all-Afridi match as he played a brilliant innings of 75 runs and then crushed Sri Lankan batting line-up with some superb bowling. He claimed 5 wickets in this match. Only 15 players have scored more than 50 runs and claimed 5 or more wickets in the same ODI match; but Shahid Afridi is the only one who has done it twice.
The media reports suggest that Pakistan coach Mohsin Khan wanted to rest the star all rounder Shahid Afridi and few more experienced players to try few new faces for the final ODI against Sri Lanka.
On the other hand Sri Lanka will definitely try to better their final score-line by winning the final ODI against Pakistan. They will certainly come with full force to win the final match; but injured middle-order batsman Mahela Jayawardene has been ruled out of Sri Lanka's last two matches, including a Twenty20 International, against Pakistan and returned home, team manager Anura Tennekoon said on Tuesday.
Probable squads for the both teams are given below:
Pakistan squad
Misbah-ul-Haq*, Abdul Razzaq, Abdur Rehman, Aizaz Cheema, Asad Shafiq, Imran Farhat, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Hafeez, Saeed Ajmal, Sarfraz Ahmed†, Shahid Afridi, Shoaib Malik, Sohail Tanvir, Umar Akmal, Umar Gul, Younis Khan
Sri Lanka squad
TM Dilshan*, AD Mathews, LD Chandimal†, CRD Fernando, DPMD Jayawardene, S Randiv, FDM Karunaratne, CKB Kulasekara, SL Malinga, BMAJ Mendis, NLTC Perera, S Prasanna, KC Sangakkara†, LPC Silva, WU Tharanga, UWMBCA Welegedara
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