India is unbeaten in the competition and the only points it has dropped have been unpaid to rain. Afghanistan has mislaid all of its matches by a gigantic fringe and has even failed to be aggressive. This is a competition between teams at the opposite ends of the gamut.
Of way, these are the kinds of matches where a suffering would be actually appreciated by the whole cricketing world. Is there something to advise that Afghanistan may be brilliant to pull off incredible special alongside India and pull off the main victory in its cricketing history? Let’s locate out.
The defeat of Shikhar Dhawan from the squad due to injury has been a huge one but India has the resources to defeat that as well. Lokesh Rahul performed glowing at the top of the batting order beside Pakistan and Vijay Shankar bowled glowing in that game too.
There will be a difficulty mark about Vijay Shankar’s batting currently that Rishab Pant is a part of the squad as well. India may covet to give Rishab Pant an opening in this match and just see how that affects their batting recipe.
The situation in England has not been obliging to Afghanistan. It is also becoming rather obvious that they were blessed to make it during the qualifiers and are perhaps more suited to T20 cricket right now.
Afghanistan’s main force was supposed to be its trio of spinners. Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi, and Mujeeb ur Rahman have played T20 cricket around the world and even complete glowing in subcontinental conditions. All three of them rendered appealing useless in England and that has been very complicated for Afghanistan.
Pitch report & Weather forecast
Weather Report : The weather forecast for The The Rose Bowl, Southampton is not good for this match. There are 60% chances of rain. It is possible that we may not see the full 50 overs match.
Pitch Report : The pitch here at this stadium is much favored as batting pitch. It has a decent amount of pace, bounce, and enough carry to allow the batsmen to play their shots freely. A large number of boundaries will be hit on this venue. The pitch may also have some help in it for the seamers.
STATISTICS OF THE VENUE
- Avg 1st inn score: 249
- Highest Total: 373/3 (50 Ov) by ENG vs PAK
- Lowest Total: 65/10 (24 Ov) by USA vs AUS
- Highest Chased: 306/7 (49 Ov) by NZ vs ENG
- Lowest Defended: 251/7 (50 Ov) by ENG vs SL
Record of chasing teams: Won – 3, Lost – 2
AFGHANISTAN 2019 World Cup Squad
Gulbadin Naib (c), Mohammad Shahzad (wk), Noor Ali Zadran, Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmat Shah, Asghar Afghan, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Najibullah Zadran, Samiullah Shinwari, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Dawlat Zadran, Aftab Alam, Hamid Hassan and Mujeeb ur Rahman
INDIA 2019 World Cup Squad
Virat Kohli (c), Rohit Sharma (vc), Shikhar Dhawan, MS Dhoni (wk), Kedar Jadhav, Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Vijay Shankar, Dinesh Karthik (wk), KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja
Best World Cup 2019 Fantasy Team for League11
Suggested Playing X1 No. 1 for League11
keeper – MS DHONI
Batsman – N ZADRAN, R SHAH, V KOHLI, ROHIT SHARMA(C)
Allrounder –M NABI(VC), HARDIK PANDYA
Bowler – AFTAB ALAM, JJ BUMRAH, YS CHAHAL, RASHID KHAN
Suggested Playing X1 No. 1 for League11
keeper – MS DHONI
Batsman – R SHAH, H ZAZAI, V KOHLI(C), ROHIT SHARMA
Allrounder – KEDAR JADHAV, M NABI(VC), HARDIK PANDYA
Bowler – AFTAB ALAM, JJ BUMRAH, RASHID KHAN
AFGHANISTAN vs INDIA 2019 World Cup Match Details
28TH match, ICC Cricket World Cup at Southampton
22 June 2019, 3:00 PM IST
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