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IND VS AFGH Dream11 Team Prediction of Asia Cup 2018: Preview

By Pranob Thachanthara

Hello and Welcome to our preview for India vs Afghanistan Asia Cup match. We are covering IND vs AFGH Dream11 Team Prediction, Preview and Probable Playing XI. The match is to be played at Dubai International Cricket Stadium.

India are in brilliant form with bat as well as ball and are on a roll in Asia cup 2018 and are emerging as clear favourites for the cup. They are the first team to reach final of Asia cup 2018. They won their last match against Pakistan comfortably by 9 wickets. Jasprit Bumrah, K Yadav and Y Chahal took two wickets each and were able to stop Pakistan at total of 237. Rohit and Shikhar made a brilliant partnership of 210 to easily chase the total on loss of one wicket. Shikhar scored 114 while Rohit scored 111*. They will hope to put a similar clinical performance against Afghanistan.

Afghanistan’s dream run has been unfortunate from last two matches of Super Four. First they lost to Pakistan in a last over defend while against Bangladesh they lost as they could not chase 8 runs in last over. Despite of giving tough challenge to both the teams they are out of Asia cup 2018. In last match, Aftab Alam was the pick among bowlers taking three scalps while H Shahidi and M Shahzad played brilliant knocks of 71 and 53 respectively. They will face India for the first time this season and will hope to put a good show against the undefeated team of Asia cup 2018.

A good match can be expected between the mighty Indians and confident Afghans.

Also read: BAN vs PAK Dream11 Team | A DO-OR-DIE Contest

When and Where:

IND vs AFGH, Match 5, Super Four, Asia Cup, 2018.
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai.
25th Sept, 5:00 PM IST

Venue Stats:

Average first innings score: 226
Average 2nd innings score: 210

Pitch will support spinners and will be batting friendly too.

Squads:

IND:
Rohit Sharma (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni (wk), Dinesh Karthik, Lokesh Rahul, Ambati Rayudu, Manish Pandey, Kuldeep Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, K Khaleel Ahmed, Yuzvendra Chahal , Deepak Chahar, Ravindra Jadeja, Siddharth Kaul.

AFGH:
Asghar Afghan (c), Rahmat Shah, Mohammad Nabi, Aftab Alam, Gulbadin Naib, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Javed Ahmadi, Rashid Khan, Mohammad Shahzad (wk), Ihsanullah Janat, Najibullah Zadran, Sayed Shirzad, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Wafadar, Samiullah Shenwari, Munir Ahmad.

Team News:

India:

India has declared 16 man squad for Asia Cup. As India has already qualified for finals, So rest can be given to key players and bench strength can be tested.

KL Rahul will most probably take opening spot resting Shikhar Dhawan. Manish Pandey can also come in middle order.

Bhuvi and Bumrah can also be given rest giving chance to Khaleel Ahmed and Deepak Chahar. R Sharma, S Dhawan/KL Rahul, A Rayudu will be the key batsman for India. K Jadhav and R Jadeja will bat in lower order. All are in good form.

Yuzi Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav will lead the spin department along with R Jadeja. Kedar Jadhav can support them. Bhuvi/Deepak Chahar and Bumrah/Khaleel Ahmed will lead the pace attack of the team. All are taking wickets at regular interval for team and are also keeping economy at check.

Afghanistan:

They have announced 17 man squad for Asia cup. Unfortunately, They are out of Asia Cup 2018 so will try to give chance to their bench.

Javed Ahmadi can be drafted to opening slot replacing Inshanullah Janat. Left-arm Pacer Sayed Shirzad can also be given chance over Aftab Alam or G Naib.

Place of S Shenwari is also risky. Najibullah or Sharafuddin Ashraf can be given chance over him.

M Shahzad, Rahmat Shah, Asghar Afghan and H Shahidi will be the key batsmen. H Shahidi is in brilliant form. M Nabi and G Naib will play the role of all-rounder for team.

Rashid Khan will lead the spin attack along with Mujeeb and Nabi. Aftab Alam/Sayed Shirzad will lead the pace attack along with G Naib.

Probable Playing XI:

IND:
R Sharma (c), S Dhawan/Lokesh Rahul, A Rayadu, MS Dhoni/Dinesh Karthik (wk), Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, R Jadeja, Y Chahal, K Yadav, J Bumrah/Khaleel Ahmed, Bhuvneshwar Kumar/Deepak Chahar.

AFGH:
M Shahzad (wk), Ihsanullah Janat/Javed Ahmadi, Rahmat Shah, H Shahidi, A Afghan (c), M Nabi, S Shenwari/Sharafuddin Ashraf, G Naib/S Shirzad, R Khan, A Alam/S Shirzad, Mujeeb.