India vs Afghanistan Asia Cup 2022: With the unexpected failures against Pakistan and Sri Lanka, India is ready to lock horns against Afghanistan in the Super Four of Asia Cup 2022 at Dubai International Stadium on 8th September, Thursday. Afghanistan also lost their first match against Sri Lanka in the Super Four.
Match: India vs Afghanistan, T20 11 of 13
Date: 8th August 2022
Time: 07:30 PM IST
Venue: Dubai International Stadium.
Pitch Condition: The eleventh T20 match of the Asia Cup will be played at Dubai International Stadium. The pitch has aided batters more than bowlers in the previous matches. The spinners may get a good range of wickets due to the slow nature of the pitch. The chasing teams have won all games on this pitch. 143 is the average first innings score.
India vs Afghanistan – The Squad
India: Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Deepak Hooda, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), Dinesh Karthik (wicket-keeper), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Yuzvendra Chahal, R. Ashwin, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan.
Afghanistan: Mohammad Nabi (c), Najibullah Zadran, Afsar Zazai, Farid Ahmad Malik, Azmatullah Omarzai, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Hazratullah Zazai, Ibrahim Zadran, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Karim Janat, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Naveen ul Haq, Noor Ahmad, Najibullah Zadran, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Rashid Khan, Samiullah Shinwari.
India vs Afghanistan – Performance in the Past Matches
With two successive wins against Pakistan and Hong Kong, India entered into the Super 4 of Asia Cup 2022, but in the Super 4, team India failed to retain their consistency and lost the two matches they played. In the first match, India lost the game to Pakistan by 5 wickets. The second match against Sri Lanka also ended in a 6-wicket loss. Despite their setbacks against Pakistan and Sri Lanka, India will try hard to win this game because their prospects for a final berth rest on this match. Also, Afghanistan lost their first match against Sri Lanka. Even though they played really well, Sri Lanka won the match by 4 wickets.
India vs Afghanistan – Face to Face
Afghanistan and India have faced each other in 2 matches in the Asia Cup tournaments. Out of these 2 matches, Afghanistan has won 0 whereas India has come out victorious on 1 occasion. Also, India and Afghanistan have faced each other in 3 T20 matches. India won the three matches.
Here our experts at FCL are giving a prediction for the coming match. Hope you could find it helpful by any means.
Wicket-Keepers: Rahmanullah Gurbaz.
Batsmen: Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Najibullah Zadran, Ibrahim Zadran.
All-Rounders: Hardik Pandya, Mohammad Nabi.
Bowlers: Mujeeb ur Rahman, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal.
Captain: Rohit Sharma.
Vice-Captain: Virat Kohli.
Wicket-Keepers: Rahmanullah Gurbaz.
Batsmen: Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav.
All-Rounders: Deepak Hooda, Hardik Pandya, Mohammad Nabi.
Bowlers: Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal,Mujeeb ur Rahman, Rashid Khan.
Captain: Mujeeb ur Rahman.
Vice-Captain: Rahmanullah Gurbaz.
