It’s time for some spin test for team India who has remained unbeaten in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 so far. In four games, India has secured three convincing wins while one of the encounters against New Zealand got abandoned due to rain. Placed fourth with 7 points in 4 games, team India will look to continue their winning run in the tournament when they will square off against Afghanistan at The Rose Bowl in Southampton on Saturday. While Shikhar Dhawan’s injury comes as a big blow to the Men in Blue, KL Rahul’s fine outing with Rohit Sharma at the top against Pakistan would have come as a relief for skipper Virat Kohli and management.
Afghanistan, on the opposite, has failed to leave an impact in the tournament. They were considered as a side with the potential to cause upsets but have looked ineffective so far. Batting is their biggest woe as the side has failed to cross 250- runs mark in each game they have played so far. In five games, they have five losses and are still searching their first win.
The clash will begin at 03:00 PM IST.
Afghanistan vs India
Venue: The Rose Bowl, Southampton
Time: June 22, 03:00 PM
Matches: 02
India won: 01
Afghanistan won: 00
Tied: 01
The Rose Bowl in Southampton is a good batting wicket. The average first innings score here is 249. Plus, the sunny conditions will also ease out the batting a bit. Spinners too can get a favourable outing. The wicket remains the same in both the innings as the win ratio is quite equal 52% for the team batting first and 48% for the team batting second. Expect the team winning the toss to bat first.
Average 1st innings score: 249
Average 2nd innings score: 214
Highest Total: 373/3 (50 Ov) by ENG vs PAK
Lowest Total: 65/10 (24 Ov) by USA vs AUS
Shikhar Dhawan has been ruled out of the tournament following a thumb injury
Rishabh Pant has been named as his replacement
Bhuvaneshwar Kumar will miss this encounter due to a niggle he encountered against Pakistan in the previous encounter
Mohammad Shami is likely to take up his place
Like the previous game, Vijay Shankar is expected to take up the fourth spot
Afghanistan can undergo a couple of changes
Mujeeb Ur Rahman has been ineffective in all the games he has played
Hazratullah Zazai can come in place of Noor Ali Zadran
Afghanistan:
Asghar Afghan, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Mohammad Nabi, Noor Ali Zadran, Dawlat Zadran, Rashid Khan, Gulbadin Naib (c), Najibullah Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Ikram Ali Khil (wk), Mujeeb Ur Rahman
India:
Virat Kohli (c), M Shami, MS Dhoni (wk), Kuldeep Yadav, Lokesh Rahul, Jasprit Bumrah, Rohit Sharma, Kedar Jadhav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Vijay Shankar, Hardik Pandya
Rohit Sharma has an average of 58.33 in 2019. In 16 innings, he has amassed 875 runs, including three hundred and five fifties. His last five ODI innings are – 95, 56, 122*, 57 and 140
In 2019, Virat Kohli has amassed 788 runs in 14 innings at an average of 56.29, including 3 hundred and 3 fifty. He has smashed the fifties in last two games against Australia and Pakistan
Hardik Pandya has smashed 150 runs in last five innings at an average of 30.00 and has also picked 4 wickets
Hashmatullah Shahidi is the leading run-getter for the side in the tournament. In 5 innings, he has slammed 165 runs at an average of 33.00 including two fifties
Asghar Afghan has scored 44 runs in two innings at an average of 22.00
Skipper Gulbadin Naib and Dawlat Zadran are the leading wicket-takers for the side with 5 scalps each
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