In their upcoming group match on Friday, Australia will be aiming to defeat Afghanistan and get a much-needed win. The crucial meeting is scheduled to take place in Adelaide.
The Aussies want to win this match by a wide margin after defeating Ireland in their previous match to increase their chances of moving on to the semifinals.
Afghanistan, on the other hand, is eliminated from the competition despite having no victories. Rain delayed two of their games, and their defeats to England and Sri Lanka resulted in their elimination from the match.
OVERVIEW:
The campaign of Aaron Finch and company got off to a disastrous start with an 89-run defeat against the Blackcaps. They had considerable confidence after beating Sri Lanka by 7 wickets in the subsequent match. Furthermore, because to rain at the renowned Melbourne Cricket Ground, the hosts and England had to split the point.
Aaron Finch, the team's captain, benefited from the match against Ireland since he hit 63 runs off just 44 deliveries. Marcus Stoinis' all-around performance enabled Australia to set a target of 180 for the Irish men. Ireland, on the other hand, only managed 137 runs and came up short by 42 runs.
Even if the odds do not seem to be in Australia's favour against Afghanistan, the players will want to give it everything they have got.
Afghanistan, on the other hand, has not played well at all during this T20 World Cup. Due to weather, they were forced to split the points with New Zealand and Ireland after losing their opening match by a score of 5 wickets to England.
Their most recent contest was with Sri Lanka, which they lost by a score of 6 wickets. The Asian team had a disappointing tournament overall, but they would like to finish strong.
Predicted 11:
Australia: Aaron Finch, David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Tim David, Matthew Wade, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood
Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaaz, Usman Ghani, Ibrahim Zadran, Najibullah Zadran, Gulbadin Naib, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fareed Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi
Pitch and Weather Report:
As this is a night match, the temperature should be low, with no signs of rain.
Both bowlers and batters might expect for a little time of seclusion since the Adelaide Oval surface typically keeps its level nature. The average first innings score at this location is 180, which is fairly high even by T20 standards.
The team that wins the toss should choose to bat first
Match Details:
Venue: Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Date: Friday, 4th November
Time: 6:30 pm Local time, 1:30 pm IST
Interesting Facts:
1. Australia has never faced Afghanistan in a T20I match before, so it will be their first T20i encounter
2. David Warner is just 19 runs short of becoming the 6th player to 800 T20I World Cup runs
3. Mitchell Starc is just 3 wickets away from getting to 30 T20I world Cup Wickets.
4. Mujeeb-ur-rehman is 2 wickets away from 50 T20I wickets
5. Mohammad Nabi is just 15 runs away from becoming the 2nd player from Afghanistan to get to 1700 T20I runs
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