India vs Afghanistan

Asia Cup 2022: IND vs AFG Head To Head Data, Tremendous 4, Match 5 (A1 vs B2). India will play towards Afghanistan on eighth September 2022, 19:30 IST at Dubai Worldwide Cricket Stadium, Dubai.

India misplaced its first Tremendous 4 match towards Pakistan whereas Afghanistan misplaced to Sri Lanka within the first Tremendous 4 match. Afghanistan will play towards Pakistan on seventh September 2022. Sri Lanka beat India by six wickets as they chase down a goal of 174 with one ball to spare.

The loss diminished India’s possibilities of reaching the Asia Cup 2022 ultimate and defending its crown. The 2-time defending champion now faces a state of affairs the place its qualification for the ultimate will depend on different outcomes – Pakistan’s to be exact.

India’s highway to the ultimate now will depend on Pakistan’s ends in its remaining Tremendous 4 matches towards Afghanistan (Wednesday) and Sri Lanka (Friday). India would require Pakistan to lose each matches. India may even must beat Afghanistan by an enormous margin on Thursday.

Asia Cup 2022
Asia Cup 2022 Picture Credit score: (Twitter)

Sri Lanka pulled off a significant upset, beating Afghanistan by 4 wickets within the Tremendous 4 opener. With that, Dasun Shanaka-led Sri Lanka additionally avenged their humiliating loss within the Asia Cup 2022 opener. Rahmanullah Gurbaz (84) helped Afghanistan publish 175/5 however impactful innings from Kusal Mendis, Danushka Gunathilaka and Bhanuka Rajapaksa helped them chase the goal with 5 balls to spare.

Kusal Mendis (Photo- Getty)
Kusal Mendis (Picture- Getty)

Kusal Mendis smashed 19-ball 36 to set the tone of the match. After the 62-run opening stand, Sri Lanka by no means had an important partnership however there have been small impactful performances all through. Pathum Nissanka (35 off 28), Danushka Gunathilaka (33 off 20) and Bhanuka Rajapaksa (31 off 14) in addition to Wanindu Hasaranga (16 off 9) all contributed properly.

With a highest particular person rating of simply 36, Sri Lanka nonetheless received over the road comfortably due to cameos proper by way of. The ultimate nail within the coffin was Bhanuka Rajapaksa’s 14-ball 31. With 49 wanted off the final fiver overs, Bhanuka Rajapaksa went 4, 4, 6 towards Naveen ul Haq and introduced the equation down. He stayed put until simply two had been wanted and all however ensured that Sri Lanka received over the road.

Asia Cup 2022: Transient Scores: Afghanistan: 175 for six in 20 overs (Rahmanullah Gurbaz 84, Ibrahim Zadran 40; Dilshan Madushanka 2/37). misplaced to Sri Lanka: 179 for six in 19.1 overs (Kusal Mendis 36, Pathum Nissanka 35, Danushka Gunathilaka 33; Mujeeb Ur Rahman 2/30, Naveen-ul-Haq 2/40).

Mohammad Nawaz surprised India with the bat after serving to prohibit them with the ball after a rampant begin to give Pakistan an exhilarating win of their Tremendous 4 match towards India. Every week after India chased efficiently in an exhilarating group-stage end, Pakistan returned the favour, asking India to bat and getting dwelling with only one ball to spare.

Mohammad Nawaz
Mohammad Nawaz. Picture Credit: Twitter

Mohammad Rizwan anchored the chase with 71 off 51, however it was Mohammad Nawaz who supplied the desperately wanted impetus. Promoted to No. 4, he smashed 42 off 20 balls to place Pakistan again on observe as India’s Virat Kohli’s 44 balls 60 went in useless.

Asia Cup 2022: Pakistan 182 for five (Rizwan 71, Nawaz 42) beat India 181 for 7 (Kohli 60, Rahul 28, Rohit 28, Shadab 2-31) by 5 wickets

Successful the toss is likely to be a substantial benefit however Sri Lanka was not wanting brilliance. Dilshan Madushanka led them with the ball, taking 3 for twenty-four, and was supported by Chamika Karunaratne and Maheesh Theekshana. Rohit Sharma rose above the tough circumstances to attain 72 off 41.

Dasun Shanaka celebrates after leading Sri Lanka to the win
Dasun Shanaka celebrates after main Sri Lanka to the win•AFP/Getty Photos

Within the chase, openers Kusal Mendis and Pathum Nissanka appeared like successful it simply however Yuzvendra Chahal and Ravichandran Ashwin took 4 wickets for 13 runs to make it 64 of 35. Nonetheless, Bhanuka Rajapaksa and captain Dasun Shanaka noticed them dwelling in dramatic trend.

Sri Lanka 174 for 4 (Mendis 57, Nissanka 52, Chahal 3-34) beat India 173 for 8 (Rohit 72, Madushanka 3-24) by six wickets

One unhealthy result’s all it takes to depart a group observing attainable elimination from the Asia Cup 2022. Pakistan confronted – and overcome – that problem after shedding to India within the group phases. And now it’s India who’s in a precarious place after shedding to Pakistan within the Tremendous 4 spherical.

For India, Ravindra Jadeja has sustained a proper knee harm and is dominated out of the Asia Cup 2022. Axar Patel has been added to the squad as his alternative. It’s fascinating to see the Indian group’s mixture towards Afghanistan.

Hardik Pandya
Hardik Pandya. Pic Credit: Twitter

The likes of Hardik Pandya and Yuzvendra Chahal had been too costly within the Tremendous 4 match towards Pakistan. Hardik Pandya, the MOM within the Asia Cup 2022 group league match towards Pakistan additionally was dismissed with out scoring within the Tremendous 4 conflict towards the identical opponents.

India wicketkeeper-batters Rishabh Pant and Dinesh Karthik(Twitter)
India wicketkeeper-batters Rishabh Pant and Dinesh Karthik(Twitter)

India performed Ravi Bishnoi and Deepak Hooda rather than sick Avesh Khan and injured Ravindra Jadeja towards Pakistan. Avesh Khan has additionally been dominated out and Deepak Chahar changed him. Axar Patel could get an opportunity as he’s but to play a sport.

Additionally within the aftermath of Rishabh Pant going for a pointless reverse sweep towards Pakistan when India wanted considered one of their middle-order batters to remain put, it’s price asking if he nonetheless deserves an opportunity forward of Dinesh Karthik who no less than has present type—as designated slog overs specialist—going for him.

Afghanistan would rely lots on opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz who’s the third highest run-getter in Asia Cup 2022 with 135 runs in 3 video games averaging 45. He top-scored with 84 towards Sri Lanka in Afghanistan’s 1st Tremendous 4 sport however it went in useless.

Rahmanullah Gurbaz
Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Picture: Twitter)

Najibullah Zadran, then again, has the most effective strike price of 213.79 in Asia Cup 2022 however want to rating extra runs. He could also be promoted atop the batting order. Skipper all-rounder Mohammad Nabi is out of shape with the bat which is a priority for Afghanistan.

Mujeeb Ur Rahman
Mujeeb Ur Rahman (Picture Credit score: Twitter)

However, off-spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman is the joint highest wicket-taker with 7 scalps averaging a mere 10. Rashid Khan, the world’s top-ranked leg spinner hasn’t picked many wickets-4 in keeping with his liking and want to add extra to his tally towards Pakistan and India. Afghanistan is prone to go unchanged towards Pakistan and India.

Asia Cup 2022: Afghanistan (Possible Taking part in XI): Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Ibrahim Zadran, Mohammad Nabi(c), Najibullah Zadran, Karim Janat, Samiullah Shinwari, Rashid Khan, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fazalhaq Farooqi

Asia Cup 2022: India (Possible Taking part in XI): Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Deepak Hooda, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh

Asia Cup 2022: IND vs AFG Head To Head Data, Tremendous 4, Match 5 (A1 vs B2)

India and Afghanistan have met one another 3 times with India successful every time. All of the matches got here within the T20I World Cups (2010, 2012, and 2021). India efficiently chased 116 within the 2010 T20I World Cup. Within the 2012 T20I World Cup, India bowled out Afghanistan for 136 after scoring 159/5. Within the 2021 T20I World Cup, India scored a mammoth 210/2 and restricted Afghanistan to 144/7.

Rohit Sharma, Ravichandran Ashwin
Rohit Sharma, Ravichandran Ashwin. (Picture: Twitter)

Rohit Sharma has scored probably the most runs-75 and is adopted by KL Rahul-69. The duo is adopted by Afghanistan skipper Mohammad Nabi-66 and Suresh Raina-56. Rohit Sharma has the very best particular person rating of 74. Ravichandran Ashwin has taken probably the most scalps-4.

 

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