AFG vs SL Dream11 Prediction, Today Match Prediction, AFG vs SL World Cup 2023

AFG vs SL Dream11 Prediction, Today Match Prediction, AFG vs SL World Cup 2023

Afghanistan and Sri Lanka will lock horns against each in their 30th game of the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 in India. The match is set to take place at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune. This is the second match of this World Cup will be held in this stadium.

Afghanistan is coming after winning its last two matches against England and Pakistan. Afghanistan's confidence will be very high. In the points table, it is in seventh place with three losses and one win out of five matches. In batting, both its openers are batting well, along with this, Rahmat Shah and captain Shahidi also played useful innings in the last match. In the last match against Pakistan, the first three batsmen of Afghanistan played half-century innings and in bowling, Naveen took two wickets, but star bowlers Rashid Khan and Mujeeb could not take any wickets.

On the other hand SL, after falling behind in the initial round, Sri Lanka has made a good comeback by winning the last two matches.  In the last match, it defeated the defending champion England by 8 wickets in a one-sided fashion. In the last match, opener Nissanka played an unbeaten inning of 77 runs and young batsman Sadeera Samarwickrama also played an unbeaten inning of 65 runs to help his team win. Talking about bowling, Lahiru Kumara bowled brilliantly and took three wickets.  Mathews and Rajitha took two wickets each.

This match will be very important for both the teams, both the teams would like to strengthen their position in the points table by winning this match.

Match Preview

Match : Afghanistan Vs Sri Lanka, 30th Match of WC 2023

Venue : Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune

Date & Time : 30th October, Monday at 2:00 PM IST

 H2H Record :

Total matches - 11
AFG won - 03
SL won - 07
NR - 01
Tied - 00

 Pitch Report :

The pitch of Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune is a balanced surface. The team, winning the toss will choose to bat first. Meanwhile, Fast bowlers will witness a bit help from this pitch in the initial overs. While the Spinners might get help in the middle overs. It's a day game So dew doesn't matter. Out of total 7 ODI matches, the team batting first has achieved success in four matches here.

The average 1st innings total in this stadium is 295 runs so far.

Weather Report :

The temperature is expected to hover around 28°C on the Thursday with 55% humidity and 14 km/hr wind speed. There are no chances of rain during the match.

Probable XI :

Afghanistan :

Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Azmatullah Omarzai, Ikram Alikhil (wk), Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi / Noor Ahmad.

Sri Lanka :

Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Perera, Kusal Mendis (c & wk), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Dunith Wellalage / Dushan Hemantha, Chamika Karunatne, Kasun Rajitha, Maheesh Theekshana, Dilshan Madushanka.