Pakistan are set to rest four key all-format players - Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, Shaheen Afridi and Hasan Ali - for the upcoming ODI series against Afghanistan in Sri Lanka next month. The series is set to begin on September 3.

ESPNcricinfo has learnt that the decision will be taken to manage their workload, allowing them to take a break from their life in the bio-bubble, with the T20 World Cup later this year the priority.

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Umar Farooq is ESPNcricinfo's Pakistan correspondent