Afghanistan vs India: After
a thumping win against arch-rivals Pakistan, the men in blue take on
Afghanistan in the 28th fixture of the World Cup 2019. Team India, after
4 games are currently placed at number 4 & a win against the
Afghani lads will move them to the 3rd spot. Bhuvneshwar Kumar left the
field after suffering an injury but that didn’t seem to bother the
Indian bowling attack. Vijay Shankar chipped in & the wrist spinners
conjured a magical spell helping India to better their head-to-head
record against Pakistan at the World Cups. As it stands, the number is
7-0, advantage India.
INJURY WOES FOR TEAM INDIA
Bhuvneshwar
Kumar will be out for 2-3 weeks & Mohammad Shami will be his
replacement. Shami had a stupendous series down under where his ability
to pick wickets with the new ball was there to see. However, for the
World Cup, India chose Bhuvneshwar Kumar. India now have an opportunity
to test their bench strength & this before they move to the last
stages of the mega event. In the year 2019, Shami has picked 19 wickets
in 11 matches & in conditions that favour seam bowling, he’ll be a
handful.
Rishab
Pant, at 21, is realising his dream. The young dasher has been included
in the squad after Shikhar Dhawan was ruled out of the tournament. Will
he make it to the starting XI? Will he replace Vijay Shankar?
LACKLUSTRE AFGHANS
The
stakes are super high, the expectations even higher when the
quadrennial event begins. Afghanistan have come a long way in a very
quick time but to compete against the big boys was never going to be
easy. Here they are, at the bottom of the table after 5 games. The only
team the Afghans came close to challenging was Sri Lanka. The top order
hasn’t done what was needed of them, the middle order did the repair job
to a certain extent but the bowling does look extremely timid.
Rashid
Khan was smashed for 110 in 9 overs against England & hasn’t been
in the thick of things are far as wickets are concerned. Hashmatullah
Shahidi has been their only saving grace & come this game against
one of the best teams in world cricket, their quality will be tested to
the limit.
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MATCH DETAILS
When: 22nd June 2019, Saturday
Where: The RoseBowl Southampton
Kick-Off Time: 3:00 PM
HEAD-TO-HEAD
The teams have met only twice in ODIs. India have won 1 & the match finished in parity in the Asia cup encounter last year.
TEAM NEWS
India
are unlikely to make any changes after Vijay Shankar was declared fit.
The all-rounder was struck by a Jasprit Bumrah yorker but will be
available for the game against Afghanistan
Afghanistan will take the field unchanged.
EXPECTED PLAYING XI
INDIA
Rohit
Sharma, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Vijay Shankar, MS Dhoni, Kedar Jadhav,
Hardik Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit
Bumrah
AFGHANISTAN
Noor
Ali Zadran, Gulbadin Naib, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Asghar
Afghan, Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran, Rashid Khan, Ikram Ali Khil,
Dawlat Zadran/Hamid Hassan, Mujeeb ur Rahman
PLAYERS TO WATCH OUT FOR
KL Rahul is
one player everybody would pay money to watch. The stylish opener was
contentiously included into the 15-member squad but he’s responded
decently so far. Rahul scored a magnificent hundred in the warm-up game
against Afghanistan & with no major threats in the Afghani bowling
unit, he’ll fancy his chances. In England, Rahul has scored a century
each in the test & the T20I format. He’ll be a player to watch out
for.
Hashmatullah Shahidi has
been Afghanistan’s, main man. Although his strike-rate hasn’t been as
impressive, his knack to see off the crucial overs has worked
brilliantly for him. In 2019, Shahidi has scored 355 runs at 35.50. He’s
scored 4 fifties this year out of which 2 have been scored in the
ongoing tournament. 59 against the Kiwis & a fighting 76 against the
English fury. If the likes of Gulbadin Naib, Noor Ali Zadran or Rahmat
Shah get going, Shahidi has the technique to hold the innings together.
Watch out for this southpaw.
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