Pakistan face Afghanistan in a threematch oneday international series in Sri Lanka starting on Tuesday . Skipper Babar Azam sees it as good preparation for the Asia Cup and World Cup . Afghanistan have developed into a good side said Azam of a team which beat Bangladesh in an ODI series last month .
Pakistan have won all four ODIs against Afghanistan since the countries first met in . Afghanistan are captained by batsman Hashmatullah Shahidi and have new faces in fast bowlers Abdul Rahman Mohammad Saleem Safi and Wafadar Momand . The series is a home series for Afghanistan who cannot stage international cricket in their own country because of security fears .
Afghanistan has worldclass spinner Rashid Khan fit again after he withdrew from The Hundred competition in England after he withdraws from The hundred competition in The Hundred . Pakistan won the first bilateral ODI against Afghanistan in the last five ODIs in the series last year .
The Asia Cup begins on August and the World Cup in India and Pakistan will be held in Sri Sri Lanka and Pakistan beginning on October 1 . Pakistan are winning all four ODI matches in their home series against Sri Lanka in the first of the series against the hosts in Colombo and Pakistan in a one-off series since 2001.
Afghanistan are winning their first one of their last three ODIs since the first match in 2007.
