New Zealand will take on Afghanistan in the 16th match of the Cricket World Cup 2023. New Zealand have had a great start to the tournament winning three games on the trot. On the other hand, Afghanistan beat England by 69 runs in the last game and caused a massive upset. They will be high on confidence. This should be an exciting match between these two sides.
When: 18 October, 2:00 PM IST
Where: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
TV Channel, Live Streaming: Star Sports, Hotstar
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Pitch Report
The surface here has been helpful for the spinners historically and even in the India match against Australia. But there was good pace and bounce on offer in the last fixture between New Zealand and Bangladesh where New Zealand pacers picked up seven out of the nine wickets . The average score is around 251 at this venue and both teams will prefer chasing.
New Zealand Playing 11
- Devon Conway
- Will Young
- Rachin Ravindra
- Daryl Mitchell
- Tom Latham(c & wk)
- Glenn Phillips
- Mark Chapman
- Mitchell Santner
- Matt Henry
- Lockie Ferguson
- Trent Boult
- Kane Williamson is injured and unavailable for this match. Will Young is expected to replace him.
Devon Conway Stats in ODI
| Matches Played | Runs | Last 5 performance | Strike Rate | Batting Average |
| 25 | 1103 | 45, 32, 152, 78, 0 | 88 | 52 |
Trent Boult Stats in ODI
| Matches Played | Wickets | Last 5 performance | WC 2023 | Bowling Average |
| 107 | 200 | 2/45, 0/34, 1/48, 2/20, DNB | 3 wickets | 23.8 |
Afghanistan Playing 11
- Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w)
- Ibrahim Zadran
- Rahmat Shah
- Hashmatullah Shahidi(c)
- Mohammad Nabi
- Ikram Ali Khil
- Rashid Khan
- Azmatullah Omarzai
- Mujeeb Ur Rahman
- Fazalhaq Farooqi
- Naveen-ul-Haq
- All the players are fit and available for selection.
Rahmanullah Gurbaz Stats in ODI
| Matches Played | Runs | Last 5 performance | Batting Average | S/R |
| 29 | 1106 | 80, 21, 47, 119, 4 | 39.5 | 87 |
Rashid Khan Stats in ODI
| Matches Played | Wickets | Last 5 performance | WC 2023 | Bowling Average |
| 97 | 177 | 3/37, 2/57, 0/48, 1/42, 2/63 | 5 wickets | 18.6 |
NZ vs AFG Dream11 Team Prediction
Wicket-keepers: Rahmanullah Gurbaz
Batsmen: Ibrahim Zadran, Devon Conway, Will Young, Daryl Mitchell
All-rounder: Mohammad Nabi, Rachin Ravindra
Bowlers: Rashid Khan, Lockie Ferguson, Trent Boult, Matt Henry
Captain, Vice Captain for Small League, Head-to-Head contests: Devon Conway, Trent Boult
Captain, Vice Captain for Grand League: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Rashid Khan
NZ vs AFG Fantasy Tips
- Daryl Mitchell scored a half century in the previous match and has been in good form scoring three ODI centuries in his previous nine matches.
- Mujeeb ur Rahman picked up three wickets and also scored 28 runs lower down the order in the last game against England.
- Devon Conway will open the batting and scored 150 in the opening match against England.
- Mitchell Santner picked up six wickets in his previous two matches and knows the conditions very well having played for CSK in the IPL.
- Rachin Ravindra will provide all-round value and has scores of 123, 51, 9 in three matches of this WC. He has also picked up two wickets.
- Ibrahim Zadran has done well in this format and already has 4 ODI hundreds in his short career
- Lockie Ferguson picked up three wickets at this same venue and can be a good captaincy choice for grand leagues.
- Rashid Khan has an impressive record of 1211 runs and 177 wickets in ODI matches. He is a genuine wicket-taking threat.
- Rahmat Shah has not been doing well in the last year and with plenty of better options he can be left out.
- Hashmatullah Shahidi struggled a lot in the previous match scoring 14 runs of 36 balls and can be left out against this opposition.
- The surface here has aided the bowlers quite a bit hence try to cover all the main all-rounders and bowlers.
Who will win New Zealand vs Afghanistan today match?
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- New Zealand are expected to win this match
- The head to head between the two sides is led by New Zealand in ODI cricket. Both sides have played a total of 2 matches and New Zeland have won both of them.
- Afghanistan registered their second win in World Cup history by defeating England in the last game. Their first win was against Scotland in 2015 WC.