Afghan opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz
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ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024- 43rd Match- Super 8 Group 1- Afghanistan vs India - Cricket Match Predictions - June 20th
Here are the Fantasy Cricket Predictions and Betting Tips for the 43rd match in Super 8 Group 1 of ICC Men's T20 World Cup to be played between India and Afghanistan on the 20th of June.
Match 43- Super 8 Group 2 - Afghanistan vs India (Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados)
Current Form India:
India have successfully qualified for the Super 8's after finishing at the 1st position in Group A points table.
The top run scorer for India in the competition is Rishabh Pant with 96 runs to his name.
The top wicket taker for India in the competition is Arshdeep Singh with 7 scalps under his belt.
The previous outing of India against Canada was cancelled due to rain.
However, in their last completed encounter, India won against USA by 7 wickets.
USA batted first and they were restricted to 110 for 8 in 20 overs. The start was terrible as they lost Shayan Jahangir and Andries Gous quite early into the innings. Steven Taylor made 24 and looked threatening but Axar Patel removed him in the 12th over before he could actually tee off. Nitish Kumar and Corey Anderson played nice knocks of 27 and 15 runs respectively to take USA to a competitive total of 110 on a tough pitch. For India, Arshdeep Singh picked up 4 wickets for just 9 runs.
During the chase, India lost both Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma early on and looked to be in trouble. Saurabh Netravalkar was breathing fire with the ball and jolted the Indian top order. This is when Suryakumar Yadav and Shivam Dube got together, and stitched a match winning partnership of 72 runs to take India home with 7 wickets in hand.
Current Form Afghanistan:
Afghanistan have successfully qualified for the Super 8's after finishing at the 2nd position in Group C points table.
The top run scorer for Afghanistan in the World Cup is Rahmanullah Gurbaz with 167 runs to his name.
The top wicket taker for Afghanistan in the World Cup is Fazalhaq Farooqi with 12 scalps under his belt.
Afghanistan have lost their previous match against West Indies by 104 runs.
West Indies batted first and they posted a total of 218 for 5 in 20 overs. Brandon King got out quite early. Nicholas Pooran then went all guns blazing. He smashed most of the bowlers for fun. Charles also made a significant contribution of 43 runs. Pooran got out after scoring 98, helping his team get to a strong total of 218 in 20 overs of play.
During the chase, Afghanistan lost Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Gulbadin Naib quickly. Ibrahim Zadran and Azmatullah Omarzai led the come back but they were removed shortly by Hosein and McCoy. There was no fight from Afghanistan there on as they were bundled out for 114, losing the match by a huge margin of 104 runs.
Let’s have a look at the squads:
India:
Rohit Sharma (c), Hardik Pandya (vc), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Siraj. Reserves: Shubman Gill, Rinku Singh, Khaleel Ahmed and Avesh Khan
Afghanistan:
Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Azmatullah Omarzai, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Ishaq, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Karim Janat, Rashid Khan (c), Nangyal Kharoti, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Fareed Ahmad Malik. Reserves: Sediq Atal, Hazratullah Zazai, Saleem Safi
Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions* - PrePlay
Who will win the toss? – Afghanistan
Who will win?- Afghanistan
Top Batter (Runs Scored) - Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Afghanistan), Virat Kohli (India)
Top Bowler (Wickets taken) - Fazalhaq Farooqi (Afghanistan), Arshdeep Singh (India)
Most Sixes – Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Afghanistan), Virat Kohli (India)
Player of the Match- Fazalhaq Farooqi (Afghanistan)
Team Scores Batting first – Afghanistan 155+, India 145+
Match Handicap: Afghanistan
*NB these predictions may be changed nearer the start of the match once the final starting teams have been announced and we will be running ‘In-Play’ features, so stay tuned.
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