Who: Afghanistan vs India
What: ICC Males’s T20 World Cup 2024 Tremendous Eight
When: Thursday, June 20, 10:30am native time (14:30 GMT)
The place: Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
How one can comply with: Al Jazeera’s build-up and stay protection begins at 10:30 GMT
When India and Afghanistan meet of their T20 World Cup Tremendous Eight match on the Kensington Oval in Barbados, each groups shall be met with totally different challenges.
Afghanistan have performed all their group matches within the Caribbean, the place their bowlers and opening batters have led them to 3 wins in 4 outings.
However Rashid Khan’s aspect will now face their hardest problem as they face the top-ranked T20 group, whose bowlers might pose severe issues to Afghanistan’s middle-order batters.
Nonetheless, Afghanistan coach Jonathan Trott believes his aspect is not going to be overawed by the event nor the opponents in Thursday’s match and can take it on “like any [other] game”.
“We have still got our best game to come in us and hopefully that’s tomorrow,” Trott informed reporters on Wednesday.
Trott admitted India shall be favourites to win the sport however that may even add stress on Rohit Sharma’s group.
“We come in [to the game] perceived as underdogs, but [we are] fully prepared and ready for the battle that confronts us tomorrow.”
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— Afghanistan Cricket Board (@ACBofficials) June 14, 2024
Will Afghanistan goal Virat Kohli?
The previous England batter requested about India’s star batter Virat Kohli, who has scored 5 runs in three video games, however stated his group will take the gamers’ information under consideration and “not just recent form”.
“All of them [Indian batters] are a menace. It will be naive to say that they don’t seem to be, however I believe that goes for all of our batters as effectively, simply as a lot. So, anyone on their day can take the sport away from you.
“But yes, obviously you do notice if [a player] hasn’t been in form and you look to find ways to exploit [it].”
India is not going to take Afghanistan ‘lightly’
In the meantime, India’s head coach Rahul Dravid praised Afghanistan’s efficiency within the match up to now and stated they’re “a very dangerous team” within the T20 format.
“A lot of their players play in a lot of T20 leagues and are well-travelled cricketers,” Dravid stated in his pre-match feedback.
“They are deservedly in the Super Eights and we will not treat them any differently as we would treat any other team.”
The previous middle-order batter stated his group shall be “flexible” in how they method the sport based mostly on the state of affairs and floor situations.
“We have always been conscious of the concept of being able to have players who can be adaptable and float in that middle order if and when required.”
India shall be cautious of Afghanistan’s bowling assault, which is led by the match’s high wicket-taker Fazalhaq Farooqi within the tempo division and Rashid in spin.
“Their bowlers are some of the most sought-after bowlers in this format across the world in different leagues,” Dravid stated.
“We understand that that is going to pose a challenge to us and we are going to have to play well. We have got the skills, balance and depth in the squad to counter their bowling attack.”
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— BCCI (@BCCI) June 19, 2024
Pitch situation and toss
Whereas the pitch in Barbados has not been a bowler’s paradise, it has supplied some help in holding again the run-scoring, with just one group – Australia – crossing the 200-run mark.
Groups successful the toss have chosen to subject first in all 5 video games on the venue up to now.
Climate forecast
The climate just isn’t anticipated to have a giant position to play as it’s a rain-free forecast with partial cloud cowl and humid situations through the day.
Head-to-head
India command a 7-0 lead over Afghanistan of their eight T20 encounters, whereas one sport resulted in a “no result”.
The 2007 champions gained their dwelling T20 collection in opposition to Afghanistan 3-0 in January, whereas their final T20 World Cup encounter in 2022 resulted in a large 101-run win.
Type information
Each groups have bagged three wins every of their 4 matches within the match up to now, however India are unbeaten whereas Afghanistan had been handed a hammering by hosts West Indies of their final outing.
Afghanistan have performed all 4 of their group matches within the Caribbean, whereas this shall be India’s first within the area.
Afghanistan: L W W W W
India: W W W W W
Afghanistan group information
Afghanistan are anticipated to subject the identical aspect that was handed a heavy loss by West Indies but in addition introduced them three wins.
Squad: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Azmatullah Omarzai, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Ishaq, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Rashid Khan (captain), Karim Janat, Nangyal Kharoti, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Fareed Ahmad Malik.
India group information
Regardless of the temptation of enjoying leg-spinner Kuldeep Yadav, India are unlikely to ring any adjustments of their enjoying XI from their final accomplished match in opposition to the USA.
Squad: Rohit Sharma (captain), Hardik Pandya, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Sanju Samson, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj.
