India is starting the Super 8 in the T20 World Cup with a match against Afghanistan in Bridgetown. Apart from India, there are teams like the United States of America (USA), Australia, and Bangladesh in this group. Both the teams that will clash on Thursday will face each other at 8 pm Indian time.
Match Details
Match: Afghanistan vs India, 43rd Match, Super 8 Group 1
Date & Time: Jun 20, 10:30 AM LOCAL (8 PM IST)
Venue: Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
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This time during the group stage, the Afghanistan team defeated a strong team like New Zealand with a score of just 75. In such a situation, the Indian team will not try to take him lightly even by mistake. Apart from this, even though the batsmen score a lot of runs on the Bridgetown ground, the spinners dominate the middle overs. After 2022, the spinners on this ground have taken a total of 61 wickets in 17 innings between 7 and 15 overs. Afghanistan team is full of good spinners and they are taking full advantage of this opportunity.
The Indian team has not allowed any opposition team to score even 120 in this tournament so far. So far, Jasprit Bumrah has been awarded Player of the Match in two matches and Arshdeep Singh in one match. Besides, Hardik Pandya is also supporting him fully. So far in this World Cup, Hardik has given only 50 runs while bowling eight overs between seven and 15 overs and has also taken five wickets. Overall, the Afghanistan team will have to stay away from this trio.
On the other hand, Fazal Haq Farooqui from Afghanistan can trouble the Indian batsmen. He has taken 12 wickets in four innings so far and is currently the highest wicket-taker in this tournament. Apart from him, Rashid Khan can also prove to be dangerous for Rohit and Company. His name is second in the list of bowlers with the best economy (at least 10 wickets) since 2022. During this period, he has bowled with an economy of only 5.41.
At the same time, the Indian team continued to move its winning chariot forward even on the difficult pitch of New York and remained undefeated throughout the group stage. Now a big challenge for them will be how he maintains their winning streak in a changed situation and with what strategy they come up with on the field.
IND vs AFG Predicted XI
Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Azmatullah Omarzai, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Karim Janat, Rashid Khan (C), Gulbadin Naib, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Noor Ahmad
India: Rohit Sharma (C), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wk), SA Yadav, S Dubey, HH Pandya, RA Jadeja, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, JJ Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj
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