NGH vs KHR Dream11 Prediction: Nangarhar Province and Kandahar Province take on each other in this game. This is the third game that both these teams are going to play in this tournament.
Nangarhar Province won their first game very convincingly against Maidan Wardak but ended up losing a very close game against the Fayab team where they narrowly missed out on the chase if 228 runs and ended up at being restricted to 222.
Kandahar Province lost their first game against the Fayab in a close game and also lost their previous game against Maidan Wardak when they could not defend 193. They do not have a chance of qualifying and will be playing for pride in this game
Fixture: Nangarhar Province vs Kandahar Province Afghan One Day Cup
When: 18th August, 10: 00 AM IST
Form Guide:
Nangarhar Province – L W
Kandahar Province – L L
Venue:
Mis Ainak Ground, Kabull
Average score at the venue: Teams batting first have found it difficult to post bigger scores in this tournament. A score in excess of 190 can be a fighting total
Points Table :
Nangarhar Province – 2
Kandahar Province – 4
Nangarhar Province Squad :
Shaukat Zaman (C), Tariq Stanekzai, Bahir Mahboob, Tahir Adil, Batin Shah, Ibrahim Abdul Rahimzai, Abdullah Adil, Abid Mohammadi, Zubaid Akbari, Tamim, Ishaq Mohammadi (WK), Bahar Ali, Qari Fitrat, Wali Agha and Nasir Omar
NGH Team News
Injuries, unavailability: They would expect to go in with an unchanged squad after the win in the previous game.
Playing combination: N Omar, Z Akbari and B Shah are the opening batsmen for this team and handle the top order. T Stanikzai, S Zaman (c) and T Adil handle the middle order for them, M Ishaq (wk), F Khawari and A Adil take care of the lower middle order acceleration and the crisis situation if there is one, I Abdul rahimzai B Abdul Rahimzai handle proceedings with the ball.
Kandahar Province Squad :
Munir Kakar, Naseebullah Sherdali, Abdul Malik, Abdul Raziq, Mohammad Ibrahim, Ainuddin Kakar, Bilal Ahmad, Ahmad Zahir, Najibullah, Khayal Mohammad, Abdul Baqi, Mohammad Alam, Waqarullah Ishaq, Abdullah Tarakhel, Wasiqullah
KHR Team News
Injuries, unavailability: None. They have a full squad to choose from. They could have some changes after the previous game loss Siddiqullah Bawari, Abdullah Agha and Abdul Aziz are options.
Playing combination: N Sherdali, A Raziq and Najibullah are the top order batsmen for this game, A Zahir (wk), M Ahmad and M Ibrahim are the middle order batsmen for them and then Waqarullah and A Tarakhail are the lower middle order players who can provide impetus in the end. K Mohammad, A Baqi, M Alam are their bowlers.
NGH Playing 11 (probable)
N Omar, Z Akbari, B Shah, T Stanikzai, S Zaman (c), T Adil, M Ishaq (wk), F Khawari, A Adil, I Abdulrahimzai, B Abdul Rahimzai
KHR Playing 11 (probable)
N Sherdali, A Raziq, Najibullah, A Zahir (wk), M Ahmad, M Ibrahim, Waqarullah, A Tarakhail, K Mohammad, A Baqi, M Alam
The Dream 11 fantasy cricket match for the game today is as below.
Wicket keepers : M Kakar
Batsmen : B Shah, S Zaman, Tamim Surkhorodi
All rounders : W Ishaq, A Baqi, T Stanikzai, K Mohammad
Bowlers : Najibullah, B Shah, A Adil
Captain, Vice-captain
Basir Shah – He scored an impressive 100 in the first game and anchored the innigns together with other batsmen. He followed it up with another impressive knock of 84 albeit in a losing cause. He kept the hopes of his team alive
Najibullah Zadran – The Afghan international showed why he is such a reliable player when he scored a solid 59 runs in a tough chase in the first game. He failed in the previous game but it would be wrong to count a class player out
Grand League
Batin Shah– He was a star in the first game as he picked up a brilliant 5 wickets giving 11 runs. He bowled well again in the second innings getting 2 wickets for 33 runs.
Abdullah Adil – He had a brilliant game last time around when he picked up an impressive 5 wickets giving away just 44 in his allotted 10 overs.
For today match prediction, we will go for the Nangarhar Province team and the display they put up in the previous games has made it an obvious choice. They have a lot at stake in this game and will put their best foot forward.