Afghanistan Vs Ireland, Match 25 of T20 World Cup, dream11 prediction today match

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Match : Afghanistan Vs Ireland, Match 25 of T20 World Cup,

Vanue : Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne.

Date & Time : 28th October Friday at 9:30 AM IST

H2H Record :

Total matches - 24
AFG won - 16
IRE won - 07
NR - 01,

Pitch Report :

The pitch at the MCG is a decent one to bat on, Expect the bowlers to hit short of a length and force the batsmen to hit square, where the boundaries are huge. The pacers have accounted most of the wickets in compare to Spiners. The spinners should also have a say, with the dimensions of the ground bound to come into play. The chasing team have won the last three matches here, enticing sides to bat second upon winning the toss.

The average first innings scored here is 160 runs.

Weather Report :

The temperature is expected to hover around 15°C on the Friday with 80% humidity and 6-10 km/hr wind speed. There is 55% chance of precipitation during the game.

Probable XI :

Afghanistan:

Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Usman Ghani, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi (c), Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fareed Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi.

Ireland:

Paul Stirling, Andy Balbirnie (c), Lorcan Tucker (wk), Harry Tector, Curtis Campher, George Dockrell, Gareth Delany, Mark Adair, Fionn Hand, Barry McCarthy, Josh Little.

Preview :

Afghanistan and Ireland will be playing the 25th match of the T20 World Cup 2022 on Friday at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne. This will be the third game for both teams in the Super-12 stage. Afghanistan lost their first game against England after failing to defend a total of 112 runs. However, the bowlers did create some pressure as it took 18.1 overs for England to chase this mere total. The second game against South Africa ended in a no result due to rain and both shared a point each. They are placed in the last position in the points table currently. Ireland, on the other hand, have had a dream run in the T20 World Cup so far this year. They defeated West Indies to qualify for the Super-12 stage and lost the first game against Sri Lanka. However, the best performance came against England in the last game as they managed to thump the ODI World Champions by five runs based on the DLS method. Ireland and Afghanistan have played a total of 23 T20Is against each other so far in which Ireland have won seven while Afghanistan have won the rest 16 matches. They played a five-match T20I series in August this year which Ireland won by a margin of 3-2.

Team Guide

Make various team combinations with the help of these information.

Wicket keeper :

Lorcan Tucker:

Lorcan Tucker is a decent wicketkeeper-batsman whos coming from fantastic T20ls series against South Africa, were he's played one of the best knock of his career scored 78 off just 38 balls overall he's scored 791 runs in 47 matches. But he's didn't succeed to scored big in ongoing tournament, he's played four matches in this tournament so far and scored just 120 runs, and 34 in the last match. However he's capable to scores incrucial occasions, punt pick.

Rahmanullah Gurbaz :

Rahmanullah Gurbaz is a brilliant attacking opening batter who can able to play big innings with a healthy strike rate. He's coming from fabulous performance in Asia cup were he's accumulated 156 runs at an average of 30.50 in five matches and played an aggressive knock of (84 off 45) against Sri Lanka recently. He has played 33 matches in his T20I career so far in which he has scored 838 runs with an average of 25.70. He have a solid figures in this year played 15 matches in which he has scored 307 runs with an average of 21.10. which make him one of the best pick from Afghanistan's Wicket keepers section.

Batters :

Paul Stirling :

Paul Stirling is the best Irish batter who can also bowled in crucial occasions. He has managed to score a total of 3133 runs at an average of 29.20 & also taken 20 wickets in 119 T20Is with 1 century and 21 half-centuries. He's scored just 61 runs in last series against New Zealand and played wonderful match winning knock of 66 runs against the West indies. Paul Stirling has the most runs in IRE-AFG T20Is (614) at an average of 27.91 and strike rate of 140.50. Still must have pick from Irish side.

Harry Tector :

Harry Tector was fantastic in concluded T20 series against India scored 103 runs in two matches. And he's looking in fabulous in ODIs hits two century in three match against strong kiwi's bowling line-up, but he's not his best in recently T20Is series against NZ & AFG. He's scored 828 runs at an average of 23.65 in 47 T20Is. Tector looking in good touch against srilanka scored 45 runs. Will look to continue his good run with the bat in this tournament also. Thus he can be backed as vice-captain.

Andy Balbirnie :

Andy Balbirnie is in great form in 50 over format but not looking in T20Is, but he's scored 123 runs in last series against Afghanistan. in the last five matches third times he has been dismissed for less than 15 runs and he's scoring runs at an average of 23.80 in T20Is, but he was scored valuable 37 runs against West Indies recently, and played a one of the best knock of his career in the last match 62 off 47 balls, which should be give him a confidence to perform well in this match. Must have pick.

George Dockrell :

George Dockrell have a decent all-rounder abilities but he's didn't bowl from couple of matches. He's scored 708 runs in 61 innings & picked up 80 wickets in 100 matches and picked up a wicket in the last match. George Dockrell is the only Ireland player to average above 30 in T20Is this year. He has struck 409 runs at an average of 34.08 and impressive strike rate of 141.03. Punt pick.

Hazratullah Zazai :

Hazratullah Zazai is an attacking batsman who can provide his team with a flying start while open the innings. He was performed very well in T20Is series against Zimbabwe and Asia Cup and also looking in solid touch in recently concluded Shpageeza Cricket League. He's played 34 maches so far and scored 967 runs at an impressive average of 32.10, with one century & three half century. He will be an important pick for this game.

Najibullah-Zadran :

Najibullah-Zadran is an consistent middle order batter, he's in tremendous form at the moment smashed 125 runs in five matches against Ireland in last series and batted well in recently concluded Kabul T20 league smashed four half-centuries. He has played 83 T20 Internationals so far, of which he has made 1573 with an average of 32.17 and scored 43 runs off just 17 balls against Bangladesh. can showcase his power-hitting skills with a solid show of consistency that why he will be a solid c/vc pick for this match.

Ibrahim Zadran :

Ibrahim Zadran is a dashing opening batter, he was showing his talent in ODIs and as well able to made good impact in T20 format. He was looking good in Asia Cup were he's strucked two half centuries and scored 186 runs with the fabulous average of 65.33. He's also amazing record in domestic circuit, but he's not performed well in T20Is yet. Scored just 333 runs in 14 matches and he was smashed 64 off 59 balls against India recently and valuable 32 in the last match. Ibrahim Zadran has made five consecutive 30+ scores in T20Is. must have pick.

All-rounder :

Gareth Delany :

Delaney comes into this series off the back of good form in Ireland's Inter-Provincinal T20 Trophy and fabulous series against Afghanistan. He has struck scores of 12, 9, 24, 42, 22, 40 and 20 in his past five knocks and total 124 runs at a strike-rate of 182.35 along with seven wickets (in IP T20). Moreover, he has made 778 runs while striking at 130.20 with 33 wickets in 54 T20Is and he was the played an important role in last last match victory against West Indies scalped three wickets and get a one wicket in the last match. Good pick.

Curtis Campher :

Curtis Campher could be a utility option for this match. He has played 25 T20Is in his career so far and has scored 384 runs at an average of 21.39 apart from taking 20 wickets. He was performed well in recently matches from Irish side scored 119 runs also picked up three wickets in last five T20Is matches. Campher was the match winner for Ireland in the second match against Scotland scored magnificent 72 runs off just 32 balls also scalped two wickets. Must have pick.

Simi Singh :

Simi Singh is underrated blowing allrounder, who can able to scalped wickets in regular basis & make good contributions with bat also in lower order. He's played 51 matches so far and scored 299 runs & taken 44 wickets in these and picked up two wickets in the first game and gose wicketless in the last match. Good pick.

Mohammad Nabi :

Mohammad Nabi is one of the best all-rounders from the Afghan team, who's played his 100th match recently against Pakistan but unfortunately got out on a golden duck. He will bat at the middle order and bowl right-arm spin and able to wickets on crucial stages. Nabi has scored 1670 runs and picked 85 wickets from 102 T20Is matches so far. Mohammad Nabi has scored just 151 runs at an average of 12.05 and strike rate of 115.80 in T20Is this year. He was performed well with ball & bat in recently Kabul T20s . Can provide good fantacy points with controlled bowling skills that is well backed up with his amazing batting potential which could make him another safest c/vc option for this match.

Gulbadin Naib :

Gulbadin Naib is a good allrounder for Afghanistan in the recent past. Moreover, in his 53 T20I matches so far, Naib has made 564 runs and picked up 20 wickets. He is a safe pick for Afghanistan for today's match.

Rahmat Shah :

Rahmat Shah is an experienced batting allrounder who has played 82 ODIs for Afghanistan, scoring 2797 runs at an average of 36.32 and also taking 14 wickets. He's all set for his T20Is debut in this match. Rahmat shah coming from fantastic Kabul T20 league, scored 105 runs & picked up four wickets in five matches. Punt pick.

Bowlers :

Mark Adair :

Mark Adair will be a decent bowler, he's able to picks wickets with consistency. He has taken 74 wickets in his T20I career so far. He was performed well recently against India & NZ. He's bowled well in T20I series against Afghanistan recently were he was scalped seven wickets in just five matches. He was performed well against Zimbabwe in first match picked up two wickets & get a wicket against scotland in the second match, he's also a handy batter. One of the best option from Irish bowling unit.

Joshua Little :

Joshua Little is a wicket-taking bowler and looking in good shape in The Hundred scalped 13 wickets in just five matches. he's taken seven wickets T20Is series against Afghanistan and 8 wickets in three matches against New Zealand and also bowled well in the first in the last match scalped two wickets, overall he's picked up 56 wickets in 50 T20I matches. can repeat his performance like against Zimbabwe in this tournament also? Good pick.

Barry McCarthy :

Barry McCarthy is a young talented medium pacer who has a very good series against Afghanistan recently picked up four wickets in as many matches and also get a wicket in the last match. Overall he's taken 28 wickets in 31 T20Is so far. Punt pick.

Rashid Khan :

Rashid Khan is the best spinner in the world at the moment, he has has an outstanding record in this format, he's picked three wickets in recently concluded Asia cup. But his higher-than-usual bowling strike rate of 22.80 in 16 T20Is this year. Rashid not only with ball as well as he's a very handy with bat also and capable to plays impact full knocks. He was the second highest wicket-taker for Afghanistan’s with 120 wickets in 73 T20I matches at an economy of 6.22 and average of 14.23. As many as six times Rashid has snared four or more wickets in an innings, including best of 7/18. Rashid having a great experience in Australian soil scalped 93 wickets in just 62 Big Bash matches at average of 16.75 and economy of over six runs per over. Rashid has a incredible number against Ireland with 37 wickets in just 18 matches at an average of 11.05 and economy of 6.39. will be a great C/VC option.

Mujeeb-ur-Rahman :

Mujeeb-ur-Rahman is fine bowler who can bowled also in Powerplays, he's not in his best recent matches, but he was the highest wicket-taker with six wickets in recently concluded series against Ireland & scalped seven wickets in the five matches of in Asia cup, and also he has solid figures in T20Is picked up 47 wickets in 35 matches, can provide early breakthrough for his team. Must have pick.

Fazalhaq Farooqi :

FazalHaq Farooqi is coming back from good series against Ireland and looked fine in Kabul T20s matches were he's picked up ten wickets in nine matches as well looked in good shape in Asia cup. Farooqi's form in this year is exceptionally well his nine of 20 wickets in T20Is this year have come in the Powerplay. He's played just 16 T20I matches and picked up 20 wickets & gone wicketless only twice. Farooqi bowled well in warm-up match scalped three wickets and also picked up a wicket against strong English batting order, which make him great punt pick for this match.

Details Analysis

Cheat sheet

IrelandT20Is

WK:

Lorcan Tucker –

1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn,
34(27), 10(11), 45(35)*, 20(17), 11(11), 34(35), 14(12),

Stephen Doheny –

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open , Open, 1dwn
13(18), 58(42), 26(22), 35(34), 3(8), 46(34), 74(49)*, 74(54)*

Batter :

Andy Balbirnie (c) –

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open,
62(47), 1(5), 37(23), 14(12), 3(4), 9(9), 15(5), 1(5), 46(36), 51(38),

Paul Stirling –Right Arm Offbreak

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open,
14(8), 34(25), 66(48)*, 8(10), 0(2), 37(30), 16(10),20(9), 0(2),

Harry Tector –Right Arm Offbreak

2dwn, 2dwn, DNB, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn,
0(2), 45(42), DNB, 14(16), 1(4), 0(2), 9(5)*, 13(9),

George Dockrell –Left Arm Orthodox

4dwn, 4dwn, DNB, 4dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 5dwn,
0(1), 14(16), DNB, 39(27)*, 24(20), 2(4), 7(4)*, 41(27)*, 58(27)*,
1/5(1), DNB, DNB, 0/9(1), DNB, DNB, DNB, DNB, 2/7(2), DNB,

All-rounder :

Curtis Campher –Right Arm Medium

3dwn, 3dwn, DNB, 3dwn, 3dwn, 5dwn, DNB, 3dwn,
18(11), 2(4), DNB, 72(32)*, 27(22), 0(2), DNB, 8(12),
DNB, 0/8(1), 0/28(2), 2/9(2), 0/29(3), 0/27(4), 0/21(4), 0/14(1),

Gareth Delany –Legbreak Googly

5dwn, 5dwn, DNB, DNB, 5dwn, 4dwn, DNB, 4dwn, 4dwn, 5dwn, DNB,
12(10)*, 9(6), DNB, DNB, 24(20), 8(10), DNB, 3(4), 16(13), 3(5)*, DNB,
0/33(4), 1/28(4), 3/16(4), 0/28(3), 0/21(2), 1/11(2), 0/10(2), 3/33(3), 0/33(4), 2/19(4), 1/27(4),

Simi Singh –Right Arm off-break

7dwn, DNB, DNB, 7dwn, 8dwn, DNB, 8dwn, Open, Open, Open,
7(8)*, DNB, DNB, 0(1), 11(11)*, DNB, 0(0), 9(13), 9(11), 43(27),
0/20(2), 1/11(2), 0/16(2), 2/31(3), 1/16(2), 0/20(1), 0/10(1), 2/26(3),1/21(4),

Bowler :

Josh Little –Left Arm Fast Medium

2/16(3), 0/45(4), 0/31(4), 1/30(4), 3/24(4), 0/30(4), 2/14(3),

Mark Adair –Right Arm Medium Fast,

0/10(2), 0/16(2), 0/26(4), 1/23(4), 2/39(4), 0/30(4), 3/16(2),

Barry McCarthy –Right Arm Medium

1/20(3), 0/16(2),1/33(4), 0/59(4), 0/24(4), 1/21(4), 0/14(3), 1/25(2),

Fionn Hand –Right Arm Medium

1/17(2), 1/11(1), 1/29(3), 0/44(3), 0/17(1), 1/34(1), 1/18(2), 1/36(4)

Graham Hume –Right Arm Medium fast

0/41(4), 0/43(3), 0/53(4), 1/9(3), 1/36(4), 2/29(4)

Conor Olphert - Right Arm Medium

0/47(3), 0/18(2), 0/19(3), 2/34(4), 2/39(4)

AfghanistanT20Is

WK :

Rahmanullah Gurbaz–

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open,
10(9), 0(3), 26(20), 0(1), 17(11), 84(45), 11(18), 40(18),

Afsar Zazai -

3dwn, 3dwn, 2dwn, Open, 3dwn, 3dwn,
14(16), 16(20), 67(42)*, 14(15), 2(5)*, 3(7),

Batter :

Hazratullah Zazai–

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open,
7(17), 9(11), 15(16), 0(4), 21(17), 12(16), 23(26), 37(28)*,

Ibrahim Zadran –Right Arm Medium

1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn,
32(32), 35(34), 46(39), 64(59), 35(37), 40(38), 42(41)*, 15(13),

Usman Ghani–

2dwn, 6dwn, 2dwn, 4dwn, 2dwn, DNB, Open, Open, Open,
30(30), 32(20)*, 3(7), 7(8), 44(40)*, DNB, 1(9), 59(42), 69(53),

Najibullah Zadran –

3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn,3dwn, 2dwn, 3dwn,
13(11), 6(8), 5(5), 0(2), 10(11), 17(10), 43(17)*,

Darwish Rasooli -

2dwn, 1dwn, 3dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn
12(12), 51(30), 41(19)*, 12(9), 11(20), 9(8)*

All-rounder :

Mohammad Nabi (c)-Right Arm Offbreak

4dwn, 4dwn, DNB, 4dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn, 2dwn, DNB,
3(5), 51(37), DNB, 7(7), 0(1), 1(4), 8(9),DNB,
1/16(3), ABN, 1/11(3), 0/34(3), 0/22(3), 1/34(4),0/23(3), 2/14(4),

Rahmat Shah - Legbreak Googly

DNB, Open, 1dwn, Open , Open, 3dwn
DNB, 12(10), 2(7), 61(46), 20(15), 1(4)
2/20(4), 1/14(3), 0/20(2), 1/12(3), 0/10(3), DNB

Gulbadin Naib - Right Arm Medium

3dwn, 2dwn, 3dwn, 4dwn, 2dwn
1(4), 40(25), 22(23), 27(22)*, 37(22)
DNB, 0/9(1), 1/19(3), 0/27(3), 1/24(4), 0/12(1)

Karim Janat –Right Arm Medium

2dwn, 2dwn, 5dwn, DNB, DNB, Open, Open,
2(4), 15(19), 0(1)*, DNB, DNB, 4(9), 30(14)*,
DNB, DNB, DNB, DNB, 0/32(4), 1/25(4), 2/16(4),

Azmatullah Omarzai –Right Arm Medium

5dwn, 5dwn, 5dwn, 5dwn, 5dwn, DNB, DNB, 5dwn,
8(6),0(2), 1(2), 1(6), 10(10)*, DNB, DNB, 15(14)*,
0/11(1), DNB, 0/20(2), 0/8(1), 0/6(1), DNB, 0/7(1), 0/20(1),

Sharafuddin Ashraf –Left Arm Orthodox

3dwn, 2dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn, DNB, 4dwn, 4dwn,
13(10)*, 12(8), 44(23), 3(4)*, DNB, 44(27), 20(15),
1/34(3), 1/8(3), 0/47(3), 3/27(4), 1/23(3), 3/7(3), 0/37(2),

Bowler :

Rashid Khan– Legbreak Googly

6dwn, 6dwn, 6dwn, 4dwn, DNB , DNB, DNB, 6dwn,
0(1), 15(19), 18(15)*, 9(7), DNB, DNB, DNB, DNB,
1/17(4), 0/33(4), 2/25(4), 1/39(4), 3/22(4), 0/12(4), 3/25(20B), 0/30(20B),

Fareed Ahmad –Left Arm Fast Medium

1/23(2), 2/9(2), 2/57(4), 3/31(4), 0/14(2), 3/14(2), 0/39(4), 2/15(3),

Fazalhaq Farooqi –Left Arm Fast Medium

1/24(4), 3/42(4), 0/51(4), 3/31(4), 0/34(3), 0/25(4), 3/11(4),

Mujeeb Ur Rahman –Right Arm Offbreak

1/22(4), 1/5(3), 0/29(4), 0/12(4), 2/30(4), 3/16(4), 2/24(4),

Qais Ahmad –Legbreak

0/4(3), 2/23(4), 0/12(3), 1/24(4), 2/32(4), 2/26(4), 3/18(4),

Naveen-ul-Haq – Right Arm Medium

2/40(4), 0/31(4), 1/23(3), 0/7(1), 2/25(2), 3/38(4),

Noor Ahmad –Left Arm wrist spin

0/31(15B), 2/38(3), 1/31(4), 1/11(2), 0/18(2), 0/52(4),

Fareed Ahmad –Left Arm Fast Medium

1/23(2), 2/9(2), 2/57(4), 3/31(4), 0/14(2), 3/14(2), 0/39(4), 2/15(3),

Saleem Safi - Right Arm Medium

1/43(4), 1/22(4), 1/22(4), 3/29(4), 1/27(4)

Cheat Sheet

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