AFGH vs PAK Dream11 Match Prediction | ICC World Cup 2019 1st Warm-up Match, Squads, Fantasy Team News

AFGH vs PAK Dream11 1st Warm-up Match Prediction | Afghanistan vs Pakistan ICC World Cup 2019

The ICC World Cup 2019 is a week away and prior to the mega event, it is time for the warm-up matches to take place. The first warm-up match will be played between Afghanistan and Pakistan at the County Ground in Bristol.

Both teams got here in England and Wales pretty early to get used to the conditions. Pakistan contested against England in a 5-match ODI series which they lost 4-0 with the first ODI abandoned due to rain. Afghanistan, on the other hand, played 2 ODIs against Scotland at the Grange Club in Edinburg where conditions are almost similar to England. After the 1st ODI got washed out due to rain, the second ODI also witnessed a rain halt but eventually won the game by 2 runs via DLS method.

This is the best chance for Pakistan to gain some winning momentum before the start of the World Cup which will definitely help their confidence to reach another level. As far as Afghanistan are concerned, pounding Pakistan ahead of the mega event will definitely give them a boost.

Head to Head

Total Played: 03

Pakistan won: 03

Afghanistan won: 00

No Result: 00

Match Schedule

Afghanistan vs Pakistan

Venue: County Ground in Bristol

Time: May 24, 03:00 PM

The Surface at the County Ground in Bristol

Bristol offers relatively short boundaries which will help the batsmen to go blazing. The seamers can get some assistance with the new ball in the beginning as the movement in the air might help them. There are predictions of showers with a temperature of 19 degrees.

Afghanistan vs Pakistan News

• Hasan Ali is back in the Pakistan colors after missing out the England one-day series with a virus.
• Pakistan have dropped the trio of Junaid Khan, Abid Ali and Faheem Ashraf from their World Cup.
• The trio is replaced by pacers Mohammad Amir, Wahab Riaz.
• Afghanistan who pipped Ireland and Scotland in Dublin and Edinburgh will be relying on their past performance to put a decent show here.
• The duo of Rashid Khan and Mohammad Nabi who were impressive in the IPL will be looking continue their rich vein of form.

Afghanistan squad to face Pakistan: 

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

Pakistan squad to face Afghanistan: 

Sarfaraz Ahmed (c), Haris Sohail, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Hafeez, Shadab Khan, Shoaib Malik, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Hasan Ali, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Amir, Wahab Riaz, Babar Azam, Asif Ali, Imam-ul-Haq, Fakhar Zaman.

Players in focus

• Shoaib Malik has played only one innings against Afghanistan where he scored unbeaten 51.
• Two fifties and a century has been scored by Fakhar Zaman in his last 7 ODI innings. His career average is 51.31 and has scored 270 runs in his last 7 innings.
• Another man in form with the bat for Pakistan is Imam-ul-Haq. He has played only one ODI against Afghanistan in the year 2018 where he scored 80 runs. These are the runs he has scored in his last 5 ODI innings 46, 42*, 35, 151 and 6*.
• Shadab Khan has not taken more than 2 wickets in his last six ODIs. His best performance in this duration came against South Africa on 27th Jan 2019 where he scalped 2 for 42.
• Afghanistan wicket-keeper batsmen Mohd Shahzad has been dismissed 5 times by spinners and right arm seamers in his last 10 innings.
• In his last 5 ODI’s Rashid Khan has scalped 6 wickets with 2 for 22 from 6 overs being his best which came against Ireland. In three appearances against Pakistan, he has scalped 3 wickets.
• Afghanistan ex-skipper Asghar Afghan has had success against the Pakistan bowlers as he has scored 107 runs from 2 innings against them which includes a fifty-plus score and averages 53.50.

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