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Afghanistan vs New Zealand - 40th Match of the ICC Men's T20I World Cup'2021, at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Weather Forecast
Sunny - 33°C
1. TOURNAMENT STATS AND INFO
(i) Points Table Scenario
AFG - 4 - 2w/2l (4th - Group 2)
NZ - 4 - 3w/1l (2nd - Group 2)
(ii) Top Performers
AFG
Mohammad Nabi - 28th highest run scorer (113), Avg (113) - 4M/4I
Najibullah Zadran - 34th highest run scorer (99), Avg (24.75) - 4M/4I
Rashid Khan - 14th highest wicket taker (7), Avg (12), SR (12.2) - 4M/4I
Mujeeb Ur Rahman - 24th highest wicket taker (6), Avg (5.67), SR (8) - 2M/2I
NZ
Martin Guptill - 10th highest run scorer (148), Avg (37) - 4M/4I
Daryl Mitchell - 30th highest run scorer (108), Avg (27) - 4M/4I
Trent Boult - 5th highest wicket taker (8), Avg (12.25), SR (11.7) - 4M/4I
Ish Sodhi - 14th highest wicket taker (7), Avg (15.57), SR (12.8) - 4M/4I
2. VENUE AND PITCH INFO
Venue - Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
(i) Total Matches - T20s
Overall - 162
Avg 1st Innings - 160
Avg 2nd Innings - 144
Highest total - 225/7 (Ireland vs Afghanistan - 30th November'2013)
(ii) Performance of both teams on this ground
AFG - 13 - 10w/3l
NZ - 1 - 0w/1l
(iii) Top Performers on this venue from the current squads - T20s
AFG
Hazratullah Zazai - 25th highest run scorer (258), Avg (36.86) - 7M/7I
Najibullah Zadran - 32nd highest run scorer (239), Avg (29.88) - 14M/13I
Mohammad Shahzad - 36th highest run scorer (230), Avg (23) - 10M/10I
Mohammad Nabi - 68th highest run scorer (173), Avg (21.63) - 12M/11I
Usman Ghani - 70th highest run scorer (172), Avg (34.40) - 6M/6I
Karim Janat - 73rd highest run scorer (164), Avg (54.67) - 6M/5I
Rahmanullah Gurbaz - 97th highest run scorer (140), Avg (23.33) - 6M/6I
Rashid Khan - Highest wicket taker (30), Avg (16.17), SR (15.6) - 20M/20I
Mohammad Nabi - 63rd highest wicket taker (7), Avg (39.14), SR (31.71) - 12M/12I
Hamid Hassan - 84th highest wicket taker (6), Avg (12.5), SR (10) - 3M/3I
NZ
Kane Williamson - 39th highest run scorer (229), Avg (45.80) - 6M/6I
Mark Chapman - 66th highest run scorer (176), Avg (25.14) - 8M/8I
Trent Boult - 33rd highest wicket taker (10), Avg (35.20), SR (24.20) - 11M/11I
(iv) Recent Matches on this venue
1) Sri Lanka vs West Indies - 4th November'2021
189/3 vs 169/8 (SL won by 20 runs)
Pacers - 3w+6w=9w
Spinners - 0w+2w=2w
2) India vs Afghanistan - 3rd November'2021
210/2 vs 144/7 (IND won by 66 runs)
Pacers - 2w+4w=6w
Spinners - 0w+3w=3w
3) Pakistan vs Namibia - 2nd November'2021
189/2 vs 144/6 (PAK won by 45 runs)
Pacers - 2w+2w=4w
Spinners - 0w+2w=2w
4) Bangladesh vs South Africa - 2nd November'2021
84/10 vs 86/4 (SA won by 6 wkts)
Pacers - 7w+2w=9w
Spinners - 2w+2w=4w
5) Afghanistan vs Namibia - 31st October'2021
160/5 vs 98/9 (AFG won by 62 runs)
Pacers - 3w+8w=11w
Spinners - 2w+1w=3w
6) Scotland vs Namibia - 27th October'2021
109/8 vs 115/6 (NAM won by 4 wkts)
Pacers - 7w+2w=9w
Spinners - 0w+4w=4w
7) Bangladesh vs England - 27th October'2021
124/9 vs 126/2 (ENG won by 8 wkts)
Pacers - 4w+1w=5w
Spinners - 4w+1w=5w
8) South Africa vs Australia - 23rd October'2021
118/9 vs 121/5 (AUS won by 5 wkts)
Pacers - 5w+3w=8w
Spinners - 3w+2w=5w
9) Sri Lanka vs Ireland - 20th October'2021
171/7 vs 101/10 (SL won by 70 runs)
Pacers - 6w+5w=11w
Spinners - 1w+4w=5w
10) Netherlands vs Namibia - 20th October'2021
164/4 vs 166/4 (NAM won by 6 wkts)
Pacers - 3w+2w=5w
Spinners - 0w+2w=4w
SUMMARY OF WICKETS
Pacers
1st Innings - 42w
2nd Innings - 35w
Spinners
1st Innings - 12w
2nd Innings - 21w
Overall
77w:33w (Pacers:Spinners)
(v) Toss Based Analysis on this venue
Afghanistan (AFG)
1. Mohammad Shahzad
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4(4), 4(2), 60(46), 45(33)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 5(4), 38(18), 29(27) 15(12), 0(4)
2. Hazratullah Zazai
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 33(27)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 63(26), 0(1), 77(38), 66(44), 6(5), 13(15)
3. Rahmanullah Gurbaz
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4(8)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 19(10)
4. Najibullah Zadran
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(1)*, 12(15), 72(35)*, 71(42)*, 17(27), 0(1), 12(13), 7(11)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4(6), 11(11)*, 11(5)*, 11(6), 11(13)
5. Sharafuddin Ashraf
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2(3)*&0w
6. Usman Ghani
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 10(12), 69(54), 5(7), 49(34), 39(31)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
7. Hashmatullah Shahidi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
8. Mohammad Nabi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 7(11)&0w, 40(15)&2w, 2(5)&1w, 32(17)*&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 6(6)&0w, 26(17)*&2w, 11(8)&0w, 35(32)&0w
9. Gulbadin Naib
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4(4)*&0w, 14(8)*&0w, 18(11)*&0w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 12(6)*, 43(19), 2(7), 0w, 18(20)&1w
10. Karim Janat
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 26(22)&2w, 53(38)&1w, 21(14)&2w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 22(18)*&0w, 42(22)*&1w
11. Rashid Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 3w, 7(3)&3w, 9(5)*&3w, 0w, 8(7)&5w, 7(9)*&1w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 11(7)&1w, 15(5)*&1w, 0w, 11(6)*&2w, 1w, 9(5)&2w, 0w
12. Naveen Ul Haq
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 2w, 1w, 3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w
13. Mujeeb Ur Rahman
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
14. Hamid Hassan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3w, 3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w
15. Fareed Ahmad
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 1w
New Zealand (NZ)
1. Martin Guptill
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
2. Daryl Mitchell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3. Kane Williamson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 41(26), 31(29)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 29(19), 50(44)*, 67(45)
4. Devon Conway
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
5. James Neesham
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(1)&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 7(7)&0w
6. Mitchell Santner
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
7. Glenn Phillips
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 14(8)*&0w
8. Kyle Jamieson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4(12)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
9. Tim Seifert
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(1)
10. Tim Southee
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w
11. Trent Boult
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 2w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 1w, 1w, 0w
12. Adam Milne
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w
13. Ish Sodhi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
14. Todd Astle
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
15. Mark Chapman
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3. HEAD TO HEAD
(i) Overall
They haven't played a T20I against each other yet.
4. SQUAD INFO WITH DETAILING
A) AFGHANISTAN (AFG) SQUAD:
OUT - Asghar Afghan
IN - Sharafuddin Ashraf
Probable XI
1) Mohammad Shahzad - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 0, 45, 8, 22, 54, 0, 11, 48, 32, 35
2) Hazratullah Zazai - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 13, 33, 0, 44, 56, 0, 6, 66, 77, 0
3) Rahmanullah Gurbaz - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 19, 4, 10, 46, 33, 19, 12, 28, 5, 59
4) Najibullah Zadran - LHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 11, 7, 22, 59, 23, 6, 12, 0, 17, 71*
5) Karim Janat - RHB, RMF
Last 10 - 42r 1w, 0w, 15r 0w, 0w, 1w, 16, 2w, 1w, 35r 2w
6) Mohammad Nabi - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 35r 0w, 32r 0w, 35r 1w, 11r 0w, 6r 3w, 34r 1w, 3r 0w, 6r 2w, 1w
7) Gulbadin Naib - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 18r 1w, 2w, 35*, 0w, 17r 0w, 36r 0w, 1w, 1w, 9r 2w, 0w
8) Sharafuddin Ashraf - RHB, LAO
Last 10 - 2r 0w, 0w, 13, 11, 3, 2r 3w, 3r 2w, 1w, 23r 2w
9) Rashid Khan - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 2w, 4w, 0w, 9r 2w, 7r 1w, 8r 1w, 17r 1w
10) Naveen Ul Haq - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 0w, 3w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 10r 0w, 1w, 2w, 1w
11) Mujeeb Ur Rahman - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 1w, 5w, 0w, 3w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 1w
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Hamid Hassan (if Mujeeb is still injured)
BENCH
12) Hamid Hassan - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 0w, 3w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 1w
13) Farid Ahmad - LHB, LFM
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 2w, 14r 2w, 1w, 18r 0w, 16r 1w, 2w, 0w
14) Hashmatullah Shahidi - LHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 0*, 200*, 6*, 5, 4, 10, 82, 61, 26
15) Usman Ghani - RHB
Last 10 - 39, 49, 0*, 7r 0w, 18, 64, 42, 11, 40
Safe C/VC choices
Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan
B) NEW ZEALAND (NZ) SQUAD:
OUT - Lockie Ferguson
IN - Adam Milne
Probable XI
1) Martin Guptill - RHB
Last 10 - 18, 93, 20, 17, 41, 30, 0, 5, 43, 4
2) Daryl Mitchell - RHB, RMF
Last 10 - 19, 13, 49, 27, 2r 0w, 33*, 43, 2, 38r 2w, 23r 1w, 23r 2w, 2w
3) Kane Williamson - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 28, 0, 33*, 25, 37, 31, 26, 11, 51*, 1, 18
4) Devon Conway - LHB, WK
Last 10 - 17, 1, 2*, 27, 20, 12, 22, 34, 23, 18, 4
5) Glenn Phillips - RHB, Offbreak, WK
Last 10 - 39*, 33, 13, 7r 1w, 2, 8r 1w, 14r 0w, 80*, 0
6) James Neesham - RHB, RMF
Last 10 - 35r 1w, 10, 1r 0w, 31r 0w, 2w, 3w, 0w, 6r 1w, 0w, 2w
7) Mitchell Santner - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 1w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 3w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 2w
8) Tim Southee - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 2w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 10r 1w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 4w, 30r 1w, 1w
9) Adam Milne - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 15r 2w, 1w, 2w, 2w, 1w, 0w
10) Ish Sodhi - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 1w, 2w, 2w, 2w, 25r 3w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 13r 6w, 0w, 4w
11) Trent Boult - RHB, LF
Last 10 - 2w, 2w, 3w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 2w
BENCH
12) Kyle Jamieson - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 31r 1w, 0w, 0w
13) Mark Chapman - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 1, 0*, 7, 0w, 57, 19*, 1w, 18, 16, 36
14) Todd Astle - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 16r 0w, 0w, 4w, 1w, 17r 3w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 1w
15) Tim Seifert - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 8, 8, 2, 10, 11, 1, 12, 24*
Safe C/VC choices
Martin Guptill, Trent Boult
Differential GL C/VC choices
AFG - Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Mohammad Shahzad, Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmanullah Gurbaz
NZ - Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, Kane Williamson, Devon Conway, Ish Sodhi
My Fantasy Team (SL)
(Pre Toss)
Wk - Gurbaz/Shahzad
Bat - Guptill, Williamson, Mitchell, Zazai, Zadran
AR - Neesham/Santner, Naib/Nabi
Bowl - Boult/Southee, Sodhi, Rashid
GL Picks - Hassan, Conway, Phillips, Ul Haq