New Zealand Vs Afghanistan Dream11 prediction, NZ vs AFG Dream11 prediction, NZ vs AFG Playing 11

New Zealand Vs Afghanistan Dream11 prediction, NZ vs AFG Dream11 prediction, NZ vs AFG Playing 11

New Zealand and Afghanistan will lock horns against each other in their 16th game of the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 in India. The match is set to take place at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, the venue that hosted the India vs Australia encounter on October 8.

New Zealand are sitting pretty with three wins from as many matches so far. They have put in a strong show with the bat in both their matches chasing down 283 runs against England and then posting 322 runs against the Netherlands and winning by 8 wickets in the last game against the Bangladesh at same venue. They will be keen on making it a fourth consecutive win in the ongoing mega event with a win over Afghanistan.

Afghanistan gave a memorable performance against England in the last match in Afghanistan and achieved his first win over England in any format. Batting first, Afghanistan had set a challenging target of 285 runs for England.  In this, opener batsman Rahmatullah Gurbaz played a brilliant inning of 80 runs, along with young wicketkeeper-batsman Ikram Alikhil also played an inning of 58 runs.
The England team's batting to chase this target was not good and it looked ineffective in front of Afghan spin. Rashid Khan and Mujeeb Ur Rehman, considered the backbone of Afghan bowling, took three wickets each, while all-rounder Mohammad Nabi also took 2 wickets. With this victory, Afghanistan has reached sixth position in the points table.  He has played three matches so far, out of which he has lost 2 and won one.

 

Match Preview

Match: New Zealand Vs Afghanistan, 16th Match of WC 2023

Venue: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

Date & Time: 18th October, Wednesday at 2:00 PM IST

H2H Record:

Total matches - 02
NZ won - 02
AFG won - 00
NR - 00,
Tied - 00,

Pitch Report:

The pitch at the MA Chidambaram stadium is expected to provide a decent amount of support to both batters and bowlers in this game. Although the pacers have accounted for nearly 70 percent of the wickets in the last five matches, spin is likely to play a big role in this match. Dew is expected to play a role in the match at Chepauk. Both teams will ideally look to bat first upon winning the toss, with the pitch expected to slow down as the match progresses. So spinner like Bishnoi and Piyush Chawla are going to be crucial at this pitch. The spinners can be the match-winning factor at Chennai.

Average first innings score here is 290 runs so far.

Weather Report:

The temperature is expected to hover around 30°C on Wednesday with 71% humidity and 11 km/hr wind speed. There are no chances of rain during the match.

 

Probable XI:

New Zealand:

Devon Conway, Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham (C & WK), Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Mark Chapman/Ish Sodhi, Matt Henry, Lockie Ferguson, Trent Boult.

 Afghanistan:

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