MULTAN – Pakistan skipper Shan Masood has won the toss and elected to bat first in the second Test match against England at the Multan Cricket Stadium on Tuesday.
The visiting team is leading the three Test-match series 1-0, with the third Test scheduled to take place at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on 24 October.
For Pakistan, 29-year-old Kamran Ghulam has made his Test debut. The right-handed batter has played 59 first-class matches and scored 4,377 runs at an average of 49.17, which includes 16 centuries and 20 half-centuries.
For England, skipper Ben Stokes has come back to the side after missing the first Test due to injury.
Pakistan Playing XI: Saim Ayub, Abdullah Shafique, Shan Masood (captain), Kamran Ghulam, Saud Shakeel (vice-captain), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Salman Ali Agha, Aamir Jamal, Noman Ali, Sajid Khan and Zahid Mehmood
England Playing XI: Zak Crawley, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Ben Duckett, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (captain), Jamie Smith (wk), Brydon Carse, Matt Potts, Jack Leach and Shoaib Bashir
