We are at the business end of the tournament, Australia will go up against Afghanistan in the 38th match of the T20 World Cup 2022 in Adelaide.
We are at the business end of the tournament, Australia will go up against Afghanistan in the 38th match of the T20 World Cup 2022 in Adelaide. Australia has 5 points from 4 games so far and is stationed at the third position in Group 1 points table due to their negative net run rate. Their game against England was abandoned due to rain but they went on to get brilliant wins against Sri Lanka and Ireland. Aaron Finch and Tim David had hamstring issues in their previous game and are yet to get a green signal. Marcus Stoinis too was injured but is fit to play this encounter. It’s not just a must-win game for Australia but they also need to win it by a good margin and then depend on England’s Net run rate.
Afghanistan has been one of the most unfortunate teams of this T20 World Cup so far. They have only two points under their name and both of them are due to washed-outs against New Zealand and Ireland. They lost their first game against England despite a valiant effort in a low-scoring encounter. In their last game, Afghanistan suffered a defeat at the hands of Sri Lanka, which knocked them out of the hunt for Semis. Hazratullah Zazai has been ruled out of the tournament and Gulbadin Naib has replaced him in the squad.
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Star Sports Network will LIVE TELECAST the match while Disney+ HotStar will LIVE STREAM the game.
Wicket-keeper: Rahmanullah Gurbaz
Batters: AJ Finch(C), David Warner (C), Usman Ghani, Ibrahim Zadran
All-rounders: GJ Maxwell
Bowlers: Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Qais Ahmad, Josh Hazlewood (VC), A Zampa, Mitchell Starc
Australia: AJ Finch(C), David Warne, MR Marsh, MP Stoinis, GJ Maxwell, Tim David, MS Wade, Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, A Zampa, Mitchell Starc
Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Usman Ghani, Ibrahim Zadran, Mohammad Nabi(C), Azmatullah Omarzai, Gulbadin Naib,Najibullah Zadran,Farid Malik, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Qais Ahmad
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