Afghanistan won the toss and chose to bat first against Pakistan in the match of ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 (CWC) at Headingley in Leeds on Saturday.
Pakistan cricket team will eye a win against Afghanistan cricket team in order to move closer towards securing a berth in the semi-finals.
After going down in its initial matches, Pakistan made a solid comeback in the World Cup standings by defeating New Zealand and moving up to occupy the sixth spot with seven points.
Pakistan are trapped in two must-win matches to enter the knock out stage.
Afghanistan, on the other hand, are placed in the bottom without any points as they have not won a single match in their seven fixtures so far.
Pakistan would aim to move up and secure the fourth position in the standings.
For Afghanistan, although the match will have no consequence, they would target Pakistan to earn points in their pride game.