India Vs Afghanistan T20 World Cup: Match preview, players to watch out for and more
ALSO READ: India vs Afghanistan Live Score UpdatesHowever, the Kensington Oval's pitch at Barbados is known to test both batters and bowlers. It is not like the pitch in the USA, as it has bounce, swing and the grounds are quick.Apart from this, Afghanistan are renowned to run tables in big tournaments.
They finished sixth in the ICC Men's World Cup 2023 after winning four of their league matches out of nine.In this T20 World Cup too, they have won three out of four matches in the Group stage and qualified for Super 8s.On the other side, India are unbeaten in this T20 World Cup with three wins and one ended in a washout due to rain.ALSO READ: India vs Afghanistan: Will Virat Kohli's struggle in opening order pose challenge in T20 World Cup match?India: Rohit Sharma (c), Hardik Pandya, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wk), Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj.Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi,, Rashid Khan (c), Noor Ahmad, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq FarooqiThe Barbados pitches are expected to be more favourable for batters and conducive to pacers. It can be said that fast bowlers have have and extra edge over spinners.
The team winning the toss should choose to bat first and score more than 160-170 runs on this pitch.ALSO READ: AB de Villiers urges Virat Kohli at No. 3 in T20 World Cup 2024, says ‘He can play attacking game…’Though there are slight chances of rain, it is expected that the fans will enjoy the 40-overs match.The LIVE streaming of India vs Afghanistan will take place on star sports (telecast for tv) and Disney+Hotstar for digital.
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