Match Details
Date: June 20, 2024 (Thursday)
Time: 8:00 PM IST
Venue: Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
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Preview
Afghanistan will take on India in the Super 8 Group 1 match of the T20 World Cup 2024 at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados. The inaugural champions from of the T20 World Cup, India will be coming into this match after topping the Group A standings in the league stage with three wins and one no result. Meanwhile, Afghanistan dented the hopes of New Zealand and finished at second place, after West Indies in Group C standings to seal the Super 8 spot.
Pitch Report
The pitch at the Kensington Oval in the T20 World Cup 2024 has provided assistance to the fast bowlers and spinners alike. Furthermore, it has given some assistance to the batters also. With that, the average first innings score of 154 at this venue in T20Is could prove to be quite a competitive total when the Men in Blue take on Afghanistan in a thrilling clash.
Team Analysis
Afghanistan
Afghanistan have drubbed the likes of Uganda, New Zealand, and Papua New Guinea in their first three wins at the T20 World Cup 2024, with their batters and bowlers stepping up as a collective unit. However, in their last match, co-hosts West Indies overpowered their spin attack, handing then a 104-run defeat in St Lucia. But, with the likes of Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Gulbadin Naib, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Naveen-ul-Haq, and captain Rashid Khan, who have been the top performers thus far in the tournament, can turn things in their favour at any given moment.
Afghanistan squad for T20 World Cup 2024
Rashid Khan (c), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Azmatullah Omarzai, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Ishaq, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Karim Janat, Nangyal Kharoti, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Fareed Ahmad Malik
India
The Rohit Sharma-led Men in Blue put together three good performances in the first three matches of the T20 World Cup 2024, with most of their batters and bowlers finding themselves among the runs and wickets. The top performers for India in the tournament are the captain Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Arshdeep Singh, and Jasprit Bumrah. Virat Kohli, who has been one of the top scorers in T20 World Cups over the years, is yet to go out all guns blazing.
India squad for T20 World Cup 2024
Rohit Sharma (c), Hardik Pandya, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Sanju Samson, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj
Match Prediction
Conclusion
Team India, who are yet to lose a match at the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024, will be the favourites to get the better of Afghanistan despite a neck-and-neck battle.
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