Pakistan suffered an early blow as Fakhar Zaman was dismissed off the very first ball of the match by England pacer Gus Atkinson.
Atkinson struck immediately to give England the breakthrough, leaving Pakistan under early pressure after electing to bat first.
England won the toss and elected to field first against Pakistan in the second match of the ODI tri-series at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Tuesday.
Squads: Playing XI and Bench
| No. | Pakistan | Role | England | Role |
| Playing XI | ||||
| 1 | Saim Ayub | Allrounder | Ben Duckett | Top-order batter |
| 2 | Fakhar Zaman | Opening batter | Tom Banton | Wicketkeeper batter |
| 3 | Babar Azam | Batter | Joe Root | Top-order batter |
| 4 | Saad Baig † | Wicketkeeper batter | Harry Brook (c) | Middle-order batter |
| 5 | Hasan Nawaz | Top-order batter | Jordan Cox † | Wicketkeeper batter |
| 6 | Salman Agha | Allrounder | Sam Curran | Allrounder |
| 7 | Arafat Minhas | Allrounder | Will Jacks | Batting allrounder |
| 8 | Faheem Ashraf | Bowling allrounder | Jamie Overton | Bowling allrounder |
| 9 | Shaheen Shah Afridi (c) | Bowler | Gus Atkinson | Bowler |
| 10 | Naseem Shah | Bowler | Adil Rashid | Bowler |
| 11 | Haris Rauf | Bowler | Sonny Baker | Bowler |
| Bench | ||||
| 12 | Abrar Ahmed | Bowler | James Coles | Allrounder |
| 13 | Ghazi Ghori | Wicketkeeper batter | Mason Crane | Bowler |
| 14 | Razaullah | Bowler | Henry Crocombe | Bowler |
| 15 | Shadab Khan | Allrounder | Liam Dawson | Allrounder |
| 16 | Sufyan Moqim | Bowler | Josh Tongue | Bowler |