Pakistan vs Afghanistan Asia Cup 2022: Pakistan will be up against Afghanistan in the Super Four of Asia Cup 2022 at Sharjah Cricket Stadium after defeating India in the first match. On the other hand, Afghanistan had lost their first match against Sri Lanka in the Super Four.
Match: Pakistan vs Afghanistan, T20 10 of 13
Date: 7th August 2022
Time: 07:30 PM IST
Venue: Sharjah Cricket Stadium.
Pitch Condition: The tenth T20 match of the Asia Cup will be played at Sharjah Cricket Stadium. The boundaries here are not very big. The pitch is also quite true and typically flat. The spinners had an advantage on this pitch. Batsmen may enjoy bating here. The team winning the toss is expected to bat first.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan – The Squad
Pakistan: Babar Azam (c), Shadab Khan, Asif Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Haider Ali, Iftikhar Ahmed, Haris Rauf, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Nawaz, Naseem Shah, Shahnawaz Dahani, Mohammad Hasnain, Usman Qadir, Hasan Ali.
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.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan – Performance in the Past Matches
After winning the first match against India, Pakistan is all set for the battle against Afghanistan in the Super Four match of Asia Cup 2022 at Sharjah Cricket Stadium. This is their first meeting in this edition of the Asia Cup. Both the teams played a match in the Super Four. But Afghanistan lost the match against Sri Lanka by 4 wickets. On the other hand, Pakistan won the match against India by 5 wickets. Mohammad Rizwan and Mohammad Nawaz were excellent for Pakistan. Also, Pakistan’s bowling line-up was strong throughout the game. Afghanistan team is also strong with their batting line-up as Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran scored much in the last match.
Pakistan vs Afghanistan – Face to Face
Speaking about head-to-head records, Afghanistan has never beaten Pakistan in any form of cricket so far. They both played 4 ODIs and two T20Is against each other in the Asia Cup so far. In the 2 T20 matches in Asia Cup, Afghanistan won 0 whereas Pakistan come out victorious on 2 occasions.
Here our experts at FCL are giving a prediction for the coming match. Hope you could find it helpful by any means.
Wicket-Keepers: Mohammad Rizwan, Rahmanullah Gurbaz.
Batsmen: Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Najibullah Zadran.
All-Rounders: Mohammad Nawaz, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nabi.
Bowlers: Naseem Shah, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Rashid Khan.
Captain: Mohammad Rizwan.
Vice-Captain: Mohammad Nawaz.
Wicket-Keepers: Mohammad Rizwan, Rahmanullah Gurbaz.
Batsmen: Fakhar Zaman, Najibullah Zadran, Samiullah Shinwari, Ibrahim Zadran.
All-Rounders: Mohammad Nawaz, Shadab Khan.
Bowlers: Naseem Shah,Mujeeb ur Rahman, Rashid Khan.
Captain: Samiullah Shinwari.
Vice-Captain: Mohammad Rizwan.
