AFGH vs AUS Dream11 Team Prediction | ICC World Cup 2019 4th Match, Squads, Fantasy Team News

World Cup kicks off in style with host i-e England winning their 1st match against South Africa. Now, the 4th match of the World Cup is going to be played in between Afghanistan and Australia. Australia is the red hot favorites of winning the Wolrd Cup 2019 whereas Afghanistan is regarded as the strongest underdog in this World Cup. They shocked everyone when they defeated Pakistan in the 1st warm-up match and now let’s see how things go for both the teams as the match is between the favorites vs the underdogs of World Cup 2019.

Australia looks strong after the inclusion of Steve Smith and David Warner in the squad after their ban getting finished just before the World Cup for getting involved in ball tampering case. But just before their campaign opener Australia have got a set back as their opener David Warner has been injured and there are chances that he might not feature in the first match against Afghanistan.

 

When and Where

Afghanistan vs Australia, Match 4
County Ground, Bristol
6:00 PM, 1 June 2019

 

Form Guide (Recent 5 in World Cup)

Aus: W W W W W

Afgh: L W L L L

 

Weather, Pitch and venue stats

The pitch of Bristol is a bit on a slower side which gives support to the spinners. In the match of Pakistan and Afghanistan also it was easily visible that the pitch was acquiring some turn during the spinners was bowling their spells. It can be a high scoring match and the team winning the toss might elect to bat first on this ground as we know towards the end the bowl will start turning a lot and might act crucial in the outcome of the match.

Highest total at the venue – 369-9

Lowest Total at this venue – 92

 

TOSS: Afghanistan won the toss and opted to bat first

Australia Team News

Shaun Marsh, Kane Richardson, Nathan Lyon and Jason Behrendorff are missing out.

Playing XI

Aaron Finch, David Warner, Glenn Maxwell, Steven Smith, Marcus Stoinis, Mitchell Starc, Usman Khawaja, Adam Zampa, Alex Carey, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Pat Cummins

Afghanistan Team News

Afghanistan are playing with three spinners.

Playing XI

Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmat Shah, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Mohammad Shahzad, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Rashid Khan, Dawlat Zadran, Hamid Hassan

 

Squad

Afghanistan

Hamid Hassan, Asghar Afghan, Mohammad Nabi, Noor Ali Zadran, Samiullah Shinwari, Mohammad Shahzad (wk), Aftab Alam, Dawlat Zadran, Gulbadin Naib (c), Hashmatullah Shahidi, Najibullah Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Rashid Khan, Hazratullah Zazai, Mujeeb Ur Rahman.

 

Australia

Shaun Marsh, Aaron Finch (c), David Warner, Steven Smith, Kane Richardson, Usman Khawaja, Jason Behrendorff, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Nathan Lyon, Adam Zampa, Marcus Stoinis, Alex Carey (wk), Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins.

 

AUS vs AFGH Dream11 Team prediction

Captain Choices

• Steve Smith is quite a big batsmen who looks in good touch with the bat although he is returning into the international arena after facing a ban over a ball tampering case. He played an exceptional inning against England scoring a century on his return.
• Usman Khwaja can be noted down as another contender for the spot of captain as he will get going in the playing11 after a class inning of 89 runs being played by him against Sri Lanka.
• Aaron Finch has an average of 35 in England pitches is not a bad choice to be a captain of your dream team.

X-factors

• Glenn Maxwell is a player who can change the game on his day, a great all-rounder who can well contribute with the bat and bowl for the team. In his last 5 innings of ODI, he has got 2, 50+ scores and has taken 3 wickets with the bowl at an economical rate.
• Rashid Khan has turned out to be an exceptional spinner for his side in recent times, his googlies have been unreadable, which sometimes works out as a turning point in the game.