HMD vs BKH Dream11 Prediction: Helmand Province and Balkh Province take on each other in this game. This is the third game that both these teams are going to play in this tournament.
Helmand Province had a horrid start to the tournament in the first game where they were bundled out for just 57 in the tournament opener. However in the second game they came back hard and defeated Kabul after they restricted the Kabul side to just 124 and chased it down with only a loss of 4 wickets in 27 overs. This was a statement that they made.
Balkh Province lost their previous game too against Khost which meant that they have lost both their opening games. This leaves them in a dicey situation in the tournament. They were dismissed for 144 in just 37 overs which their opposition chased down convincingly.
Fixture: Helmand Province vs Balkh Province Afghan One Day Cup
When: 17th August, 10: 00 AM IST
Form Guide:
Helmand Province – W L
Balkh Province – L L
Venue: Mis Ainak Cricket Ground, Khost
Average score at the venue: Teams batting first have found it difficult to post bigger scores in this tournament. A score in excess of 200 can be a fighting total
Points Table :
Helmand Province – 3
Balkh Province – 5
Helmand Province Squad :
Dastgir Dotani (c), Sharifullah, Qudratullah (wk), Abdul Bari, Zalmai Khan, Abdul Nafee, Rahim Sahak, Nazir Ahmad, Kabir Ahmad, Abdul Hakim, Ansarullah, Ahmad Zia, Naveed Zabuli, Hekmatullah, Bari Kakar
HMD Team News
Injuries, unavailability: They should go in for the same team after a good win
Playing combination: Qudratullah, Nazir Ahmad and Sharifullah are the openers for this team and Mohammad Kabir, Rahimullah Sahak and Andul Nafi are the middle order players in this team. Bari, Dastgir Dotani are the lower middle order batsmen, Nawid Mohammad Kabir , Bari Kakar , Ahmad Zia are handling the bowling.
Balkh Province Squad :
Assadullah Matani (c), Zafar Khan, Ehsan Mandozai, Kamil, Abdul Malik, Farhan Zakhel, Mohammad Ibrahim, Jamshed, Abdul Sattar, Azim Khan, Mohammad Hassan, Suleiman Arabzai, Mohammad Haleem, Abdul Razaq and Wasim Mandozai
BKH Team News
Injuries, unavailability: None. They have a full squad to choose from.
Playing combination: The Balkh team are likely to open with Abdul Malik, Zafar Khan and have A Matani , F Zakhail and A Razaq handle the middle order. H Balkhi, M Wasim (wk) and A Mazari are their crisis men when it comes to the lower middle order. They also deliver the lusty blows at the end of the innings if required. Jamshid, K Kakar and M Haleem are the bowlers for them.
HMD Playing 11 (probable)
Qudratullah, Nazir Ahmad, Mohammad Kabir, Sharifullah, Rahimullah Sahak, Andul Nafi, Zalmi, Abdul Hakeem, Naveed Zabuli, Dastgir Dotani (c), Abdul Bari
BKH Playing 11 (probable)
Abdul Malik, Zafar Khan, A Matani (c), F Zakhail, A Razaq, H Balkhi, M Wasim (wk), A Mazari, Jamshid, K Kakar, M Haleem
The Dream 11 fantasy cricket match for the game today is as below.
Wicket keepers : Qudratullah
Batsmen : Zafar Khan, Sharifullah, A Razaq
All rounders : A Matani, A Mazari, R Sahak, A Zia
Bowlers : D Dotani, N Zabuli, Kamil Kakar
Captain, Vice-captain
Abdul Razaq – The batsman was the only rock in the otherwise dismal batting performance by the Balkh team. He stood firm against a lot of pressure and scored 45 of 87 balls which included five fours and one six.
Quadratullah – He scored an impressive 44 in 98 balls to give his team a great start in the previous game and made the chase look easy as he held fort at one end of the wicket.
Grand League
Rahimullah Sahak – He played a vital knock in the previous game and took the game away from the opposition with a run a ball 34. He also contributed with the ball getting 2 wickets for just 25 runs in his 8.2 overs
Dastagir – The captain was on song in the last game and his opening spell absolutely turned the game in the favour of his team. He is expected to repeat his heroics in this game too.
For today match prediction, we will go for the Helmand Province team and the display they put up in the previous game made it an obvious choice. They are expected to win this game pretty easily without any difficulty but as they say cricket is a game of glorious uncertainties.