New Delhi, Oct. 20 -- England have opted to bowl first in their first ODI against Pakistan in Pakistan after more than two decades on Tuesday during the ongoing Tri-series at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. In the first game of the tri-series, Pakistan rode on a hundred from Salman Ali Agha to defeat Sri Lanka.

England are coming into this series on the back of a 4-0 drubbing of India at home. The last time England played Pakistan in Pakistan was in December 2005, at this same ground. England, led by then-captain Marcus Trescothick, won the game by six runs against a Younis Khan-led side.

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