Hello and Welcome to our preview for Afghanistan versus Ireland match. We are covering AFGH vs IRE 3rd T20 Dream11 Team Prediction, Preview and Probable Playing XI for the three-match T20I series. The match is to be played at Bready Cricket Club, Bready, Northern Ireland.
Afghanistan has dominated Ireland in both the T20Is played so far. They have crushed the host nation and have overcome Ireland with ease. We now head into the third and final T20I with Ireland hoping to earn some pride.
Afghans won the toss and opted to bat first in the second game. Irish made an impressive start as they reduced the visitors 8/2. Hazratullah Zazai once again dazzled with his extraordinary knock of 82(54). The Afghans collapsed from 124/2 to 160/8 with Peter Chase picking 3 wickets.
Ireland stumbled in the chase and was tottering at 9/3 in after the first three overs. W Porterfield and captain G Wilson then stitched a partnership of sort. They were blown away by Rashid Khan and Ireland ended up for 79 all out. Rashid grabbed four wickets while Mujeeb took three.
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AFGH vs IRE, 3rd T20, 24th August
Bready Cricket Club, Bready, Northern Ireland
08:30 PM IST
1st innings average total: 160
2nd innings average total: 147
Afghanistan:
Asghar Afghan (c), Fareed Ahmad, Aftab Alam, Mirwais Ashraf, Usman Ghani, Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Shafiqullah, Mohammad Shahzad (wk), Samiullah Shenwari, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Najibullah Zadran, Hazrat Zazai.
*NOTE– Asghar Stanikzai has changed his surname to Asghar Afghan.
Ireland :
Gary Wilson (c), Andrew Balbirnie, Peter Chase, David Delany, George Dockrell, Josh Little, Andrew McBrine, Kevin O’Brien, William Porterfield, Boyd Rankin, James Shannon, Simi Singh, Paul Stirling, Stuart Thompson.
With this being a dead rubber, both the teams are likely to try out their reserves by resting a few players. Be careful with your selections.
Afghanistan:
With series in the bag, AFGH will try to experiment and rotate a few benched players while resting their major players.
Mirwais Ashraf, Gulbadin Naib, Usman Ghani and Farid Malik were all benched in the 2nd T20I, one or two of them are likely to receive a chance.
Ireland:
Boyd Rankin replaced Tyrone Kane in the last match and took two wickets.
Ireland has not given a chance so far to Andy McBrine, James Shannon and David Delany. They are also likely to experiment with the team.
Afghanistan:
Mohammad Shahzad (wk), Hazratullah Zazai, Gulbadin Naib/Samiullah Shenwari, Asghar Stanikzai (c), Shafiqullah Shafiq, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Aftab Alam, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fareed Ahmad/Mirwais Ashraf
Ireland:
Paul Stirling, J Shannon/Stuart Thompson, William Porterfield, Kevin O Brien, Gary Wilson (c & wk), Andrew Balbirnie, Simi Singh, George Dockrell, Joshua Little/Andrew McBrine, Boyd Rankin, Peter Chase
M Shahzad (wk)
A Stanikzai
H Zazai
J Shannon
P Stirling (vc)
M Nabi (c)
K O’Brien
Rashid Khan
Mujeeb Zadran
A Alam
B Rankin
Captain and Vc choice: H Zazai, P Stirling, M Nabi, Rashid Khan.
IRE:
Paul Stirling
Gary Wilson
Kevin O’Brien
George Dockrell
Peter Chase
AFGH:
Mohammad Shahzad
Asghar Stanikzai
Mohammad Nabi
H Zazai
Rashid Khan
Mujeeb Ur Rahman
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