AFGH vs SL Dream11 Team Prediction | ICC World Cup 2019 7th Match, Squads, Fantasy Team News

AFGH vs SL Dream11 7th Match Prediction | Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka ICC World Cup 2019

Two sub-continent teams who started their World Cup 2019 campaign on a disappointing note will collide in the 7th match ICC World Cup 2109 which will be played at the Sophia Gardens in Cardiff. This would be the second game of the event for both these sides.

Afghanistan showed some character against the reigning champions Australia after being reduced to 5 for 2 in 1.2 overs. They got a formidable 207 on the board but Australia answered with the bat even more easily and reached the target in 34.5 overs.

Sri Lanka had a miserable start to their campaign as they were thumped by the Blackcaps in their World Cup opener by 10 wickets. They were down in every facet of the game and will look to start fresh here.

The last meeting between these two sides took place in the Asia Cup 2018 which saw Afghanistan pummeling Sri Lanka for the first time in ODI cricket by 91 runs.

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Best Performance in the World Cup:

Sri Lanka: Champions in 1996.

Afghanistan: Finished Sixth in the league stage in the 2015 edition.

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Match Schedule

Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka

Venue: Sophia Gardens, Cardiff

Time: June 04, 03:00 PM

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Head to Head in ODIs

Matches: 03

Afghanistan won: 01

Sri Lanka won: 02

Ties: 00

No result: 00

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The Surface and weather at the Sophia Gardens, Cardiff

The surface is expected to remain wet for the whole day with rain showers forecasted. This could be a well shortened day, with seamers getting assistance from the wicket. Nothing muh for the spinners though.

Matches: 24

Won batting first: 06 (29%)

Won batting second: 14 (67%)

Tied: 01 (4%)

Highest Total: 342/8 (50 Ov) by ENG vs AUS, June 16, 2018

Lowest Total: 138/10 (36.3 Ov) by SL vs NZ, June 9, 2013

300+ Totals: 10

400+ Totals: 00

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Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka News (After Toss)

TOSS: Afghanistan have won the toss and opted to bowl.

• Afghanistan are unchanged.
• Srilanka have replaced Jeevan Mendis with Nuwan Pradeep .

Afghanistan squad to face Sri Lanka: 

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

Sri Lanka squad to face Afghanistan: 

Dimuth Karunaratne (c), Lahiru Thirimanne, Jeffrey Vandersay, Suranga Lakmal, Lasith Malinga, Isuru Udana, Angelo Mathews, Avishka Fernando, Jeevan Mendis, Kusal Mendis, Dhananjaya de Silva, Kusal Perera, Thisara Perera, Nuwan Pradeep, Milinda Siriwardana

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AFGH vs SL Playing11

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

Sri Lanka: Isuru Udana, Thisara Perera, Kusal Mendis, Lahiru Thirimanne, Lasith Malinga, Nuwan Pradeep, Dhananjaya de Silva, Suranga Lakmal, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kusal Perera, Angelo Mathews.

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Players in focus

Rashid Khan

• Currently ranked as the number 3 bowler in the world, Rashid Khan is definitely an asset in this team with both bat and ball.
• In the last match against Australia, he scored a quick-fire 27 and scalped a wicket as well.
• In his last 5 ODI’s he has scalped 6 wickets.

 

Rahmat Shah

• He is one of the mainstays of Afghanistan’s batting line-up.
• In the Asia Cup 2018 when he played against this opponent he scored a brilliant 72.
• He has accumulated 239 runs is last 5 ODI innings at an average of 47.8.

Gulbadin Naib

• Afghan skipper Gulbadin Naib will be a vital player with both bat and ball.
• In his last 4 ODI’s he has scalped 11 wickets and with the bat, he has scored 54 runs from 3 innings.

 

Mohammad Shahzad

• The pocket dynamite wicket-keeper batsman Mohammad Shahzad is an unstoppable force right at the top.
• In the year 2019, he has amassed 212 runs from 7 innings with a highest score of 101 which came against Ireland.

Dimuth Karunaratne

• The Lankan skipper Dimuth Karunaratne is leading from the front with the bat.
• Returning to ODI cricket after a span of 4 years, he has hit fifties in both innings he has played since his return. Even in the World Cup warm-ups, he struck a fifty against South Africa.

 

Kusal Perera

• He is definitely a game-changer in their ranks. Stability is one of the concerns with Kusal Perera but his prowess to score runs quickly is what Sri Lanka would be looking for in the middle overs.
• He has hit a century in his last 6 ODI innings and has accumulated 209 runs at an average of 34.84.

 

Kusal Mendis

• His last 4 ODI innings have seen him scoring 143 runs which include two scores of fifty plus.

Lasith Malinga

• Lasith Malinga is still a workhorse in this set-up even at this age.
• He has scalped 4 wickets against this opposition from 3 matches with his best figures being 3 for 41 in the last edition of World Cup i.e. 2015.

 

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