Pakistan vs Afghanistan , dream11 prediction today match

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Match : Pakistan vs Afghanistan ,

Venue : Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah

Date & Time : 7th September Wednesday at 7:30 PM IST

H2H Record :

Total matches - 02
PAK won - 02
AFG won - 00
NR - 00,

Pitch Report :

The pitch at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium is batting friendly and the boundaries of the Sharjah Cricket Stadium are too small, and the pitch here is quite true and typically flat, but it can also play a bit slow when spinners are present. Batsmen generally enjoy batting here, and the team that wins the toss is expected to bowl first if no dew is expected to fall in the second half.

The average first innings score at this vaune in the last 5 T20 matches is 170 runs.

Weather Report :

The temperature is expected to hover around 36°C on the Wednesday with 47% humidity and 12 km/hr wind speed. There are no chances of rain during the match.

Probable XI :

Pakistan :

Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Babar Azam (c), Fakhar Zaman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Shadab Khan, Asif Ali, Mohammad Nawaz, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Hasnain, Naseem Shah.

Afghanistan :

Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Mohammad Nabi (c), Najibullah Zadran, Karim Janat, Rashid Khan, Samiullah Shinwari, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fazalhaq Farooqi.

Preview :

The fourth match of the Super 4 stage of the Asia Cup 2022 will see the clash between Pakistan and Afghanistan in Dubai. These two teams have had different fates in the Super 4 so far, Pakistan is coming off a win against India while Afghanistan is coming off a defeat against Sri Lanka. Pakistan’s batting domination was the reason they hunted down India in their first Super 4 game, they have been improving their batting with each passing match in the Asia Cup 2022. They will be hoping to make considerable improvements in the bowling department as well.
On the other hand, Afghanistan was defeated by Sri Lanka by 4 wickets in their first Super 4 game. They batted pretty well and piled up 175 runs, but failed to defend the total.
Pakistan and Afghanistan have faced each other in 2 T20Is so far, where Pakistan managed to win both games. A good cricketing contest is anticipated here once again.

Team Guide

Make various team combinations with the help of these information.

Wicket keeper :

Mohammad Rizwan :

Mohammad Rizwan is an amazing batter specially in limited overs format. He will be open the innings along with skipper Babar Azam, The keeper-batsman has magnificently scored 1854 runs in 59 T20Is at an impressive average of 52.97. Rizwan was smashed 71 off 51 against India in last match and played an important knock of unbeaten 78 runs in earlier against HK. Must have 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 home T20 season were he's accumulated 343 runs at an impressive average of 49.10 in nine innings including a century & two half-centuries and scored 108 runs in the last series against Ireland and played an aggressive knock of (84 off 45) in the last match. He has played 30 matches in his T20I career so far in which he has scored 811 runs with an average of 27.03. He have a solid figures in UAE. He has played 11 matches here in which he has scored 334 runs with an impressive average of 30.36. which make him one of the best pick from Wicket keepers section.

Batter :

Babar Azam :

Babar Azam is currently the best T20Is batsman in the world. He has scored two consecutive half-centuries (66 off 46 vs Aus & 79 off 53 vs WI) in the last two matches before started this tournament but he's managed to scored only 33 runs in last three matches. He's becomes more dangerous on this Vanue, scored 1022 runs with average of 37.00. He has played only one matches against Afghanistan in which he played an unbeaten innings of 51 runs to lead his team to victory in T20WC 2021. Overall he's made 2719 runs, with 1 century & 26 half-centuries in 77 matches. Maintaining his evergreen form in shortest form the game he's scoring with the average of 43.85. Such innings will be expected in this match as well. No doubt he will be a default captain choice for this match.

Fakhar Zaman :

Fakhar Zaman is a dashing opening batter, he's looking for play attacking cricket specifically in powerplays overs. Fakhar scored 1331 runs at an average of 22.55 in 68 matches. In the last five matches, he was dismissed scoring under 15 runs in forth. But he's good numbers on this Vanue with 488 runs in 23 innings with the average of 22.24. Another solid c/vc pick from batter section.

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 Ireland and also looking in solid touch in recently concluded Shpageeza Cricket League and scored 13 off 16 balls in the last match. He's played 31 maches so far and scored 940 runs at an impressive average of 33.57, 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 80 T20 Internationals so far, of which he has made 1549 with an average of 33.67 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.

Khushdil Shah :

Khushdil Shah is an utility player, he's a proper allrounder who can able to contribute to with both bat & ball. He's batted in the middle order and also bowled 1-2 overs in crucial occasions, he's smashed 35 off just 15 balls recently against HK. Khushdil scored 239 runs at an average of 26.55 in T20Is. Will be a solid option for grand if Pakistan's top order collapse earlier.

Asif Ali :

Asif Ali is an attacking batter who can smash the ball very well. But he's not in his best from couple of times, he's out on single digit fourth times in last five innings. However he's a game changer, able to change the Scenario of the game within a few balls. He's scored just 452 runs in the 42 matches so far. Looking his current form, it would be better to avoid him in H2H or small leagues, but will be the best option for a grand league.

Hashmatullah Shahidi :

Hashmatullah Shahidi is the experienced middle order batter who's known for his consistency but recently series against Ireland & zimbabwe was nothing special for him, where he scored only 47 runs in four innings. But coming back brilliantly in Kabul T20 league were he's smashed 411 runs at an impressive average of 58.71. He's played just six T20Is so far & scored just 48 runs. However, he's a very good batter can score big today? Good pick.

Ibrahim Zadran :

Ibrahim Zadran is a dashing opening batter, he was showing his talent in ODIs but not able to made good impact in T20 format. He was looking good in kabul T20 league were he's strucked three half centuries and scored 318 runs with the fabulous average of 53.05. He's also amazing record in domestic circuit, but he's not performed well in T20Is yet. Scored just 292 runs in 11 matches and scored 40 runs in the last match. must have pick.

All-rounder :

Shadab Khan :

Shadab Khan made a return to the Pakistan team after missing the game against Australia. He's making a spectacular comeback in the again West indies since from almost one year, he took three wicket for only 17 runs in his spell but could not do much with the bat, was scored only 28 runs. He is expected to contribute massively with both bat and ball in this game. Shadab has so far scored 285 runs and has also picked up 79 wickets from 67 matches in this format. Shadab Khan was the match winner for Pakistan against HK where he took 4 wickets giving only 8 runs and also scalped two wickets in the last match against India. Must have pick.

Mohammad Nabi :

Mohammad Nabi is one of the best all-rounders from the Afghan team who's all set to play his 100th match. He will bat at the middle order and bowl right-arm spin and able to wickets on crucial stages. Nabi has scored 1662 runs and picked 83 wickets from 99 T20Is matches so far. Nabi has a very good record in UAE scored 602 runs with the average of 24.80 & also picked up 34 wickets in 38 matches. 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.

Mohammad Nawaz :

Mohammad Nawaz has been impressive with his ability to contribute in both departments. However, he has not performed well in international circuit. He has played 33 T20Is matches and scored just 166 runs & picked up 32 wickets so far. Nawas is highest wicket-taker in this tournament so far, scalped 7 wickets in three matches out of which three came against India in the first match earlier, expected same performance here. Good pick.

Iftikhar Ahmed :

Iftikhar Ahmed is a more effective with ball than bat because he's batted very low, Because Pakistan's top order is very strong, the chances of them batting are very less. He has played only 21 matches so far in which he has scored 301 runs and has also taken a wicket with bowling, also he was played a useful inning of 28 runs earlier india. Risky pick.

Karim Janat :

Karim Janat is a good allrounder for Afghanistan in the recent past. Moreover, in his 39 T20I matches so far, Janat has made 345 runs and picked up 31 wickets. He is a safe pick for Afghanistan for today's match..

Bowlers :

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 last The hundred match and also picked three wickets in recently concluded T20I series against Ireland and also bowled well in the last match picked a wicket and scalped three wickets earlier against Bangladesh, not only with ball as well as he's a very handy with bat also. He was the second highest wicket-taker for Afghanistan’s with 116 wickets in 69 T20I matches at an economy of 6.21 and average of 13.95. As many as six times Rashid has snared four or more wickets in an innings, including best of 7/18. Along with bowling, he is also capable of playing good innings with the bat if needed. Rashid having a great numbers in UAEs soil scalped 36 wickets in just 22 matches at average of 13.19 and economy of under six runs per over and also scalped two wickets in just one match against Pakistan, will be a great C/VC option.

Hasan Ali :

Hasan Ali is a quality pacer who's able to picks wickets in crucial occasions. He has so far taken 60 wickets in his T20Is career with an average of 23.15 in 49 matches. He has played 15 matches in UAE in which he has taken 20 wickets, India will have to be watchful against his hard-hitting lengths. Good pick.

Haris Rauf :

Haris Rauf is a key bowler for his team. His pace, variations, and perfect executions at the death over make him the death over specialist in Pakistan bowling unit. He has scalped 43 wickets from 38 T20i matches. He's the top performer from bowling section from couple of matches, he's scalped six wickets in last five matches but gone wicketless in two matches of this tournament so far but finally gets a wicket in the last match against India. Must have pick.

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 two wickets in the last match, and also he has solid figures in T20Is picked up 45 wickets in 31 matches, can give early breakthrough for his team. He's played eight maches in UAE and picked up 16 wickets in these. 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. He was the highest wicket-taker, taking 5 wickets in the series between Bangladesh and Afghanistan and he was destroyed Sri Lankan top order in first match picked up three wickets for just 11 runs in his remarkable spell. He's played just 12 T20I matches and picked up 15 wickets & gone wicketless only twice which make him great punt pick for this match.

Mohammad Hasnain :

Mohammad Hasnain is a talented young pacer who's impressed everyone with his disciplined bowling capabilities. He was picked up four wickets in two matches against England earlier of this year. He's played just 19 matches so far and picked up 18 wickets in these with economy of 8.00, and picked up a wicket in last match against India. Punt pick.

Usman Qadir :

Usman Qadir is only specialist spin bowling option in Pakistan's bowling lineup. He was bowled well against Australia in his last match picked up two wickets. He's managed to get 24 wickets from 18 T20Is so far. Can be proved to more effective on surface like this. Good pick.

Details Analysis

Cheat sheet

Pakistan T20Is

WK :

Mohammad Rizwan -

Open,Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open
71(51), 78(57)*, 43(42), 23(19), 87(45), 38(30), 78(52), 40(43)

Batter :

Babar Azam (c) –

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open
14(10), 9(8), 10(9), 66(46), 79(53), 7(7), 0(2), 19(25)

Fakhar Zaman –

1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn
15(18), 53(41), 10(6), 0(1), 12(8), 10(5), 10(10), 57(51)*

Khushdil Shah –Left Arm Orthodox

3dwn, 2dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 6dwn, DNB, 2dwn, 2dwn,
14(11)*, 35(15)*, 2(7), 24(31), 32(23), DNB, 2(6), 10(4),
DNB, DNB, DNB, 0/9(1), 0/26(3), 1/23(3), 0/15(2), 2/17(4),

Haider Ali –

DNB, 2dwn, 2dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn
DNB, 31(34), 68(39), 45(38), 24(12)

Asif Ali –

4dwn, 5dwn, 4dwn, 2dwn, 5dwn, 3dwn, 5dwn
16(8), 9(7), 3(5), 21(7)*, 9(7), 1(4), 12(9)

All-rounder :

Shadab Khan –Legbreak Googly

DNB, DNB, 4dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 5dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn
DNB, DNB, 10(9), 34(24), 21(12), 6(10), 3(5), 26(16)
2/31(4), 4/8(3), 0/19(4), 0/31(4), 2/29(4), 1/48(4), 2/31(4), 1/19(2)

Iftikhar Ahmed –Right Arm Offbreak

5dwn, DNB, 2dwn, 2dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn
2(1)*, DNB, 28(22), 13(16), 1(1)*, 32(19), 7(5), 6(2)
DNB, 0/3(1), DNB, DNB, 0/15(1), DNB, DNB, 0/13(4)

Mohammad Nawaz - Left Arm Orthodox

2dwn, DNB, 6dwn, 3dwn, 5dwn, 5dwn, DNB,3dwn
42(20), DNB, 1(3), 25(12)* 47(22), 1(2), DNB,5(2)*
1/25(4), 3/5(2), 3/33(4), 0/18(2), 2/32(4), 0/13(1), 1/19(4), 3/44(4)

Bowler :

Haris Rauf –Right Arm Medium

1/38(4), 0/6(1),0/35(4), 1/35(3), 2/40(4), 1/21(3), 1/32(4),

Naseem Shah - Right Arm fast

1/45(4), 2/7(2), 2/27(4), 1/23(4), 2/27(4), 2/50(4), 2/14(4), 4/27(4)

Hasan Ali –Right Arm Medium Fast

0/30(3), 0/34(3), 3/30(4), 0/47(4), 0/39(4)

Shahnawaz Dahani –Right Arm Fast

1/7(2), 0/29(4), 1/23(4), 1/24(3), 3/19(4),

Mohammad Wasim - Right Arm Medium

2/30(4), 2/44(4), 2/39(4), 4/40(4), 2/15(4)

Mohammad Hasnain - Right Arm Medium fast

1/38(4), 1/25(15B), 1/27(15B), 0/10(10B), 2/40(15B), 2/27(4),

Usman Qadir – Legbreak

2/33(4), 2/35(4), 3/25(4), 1/34(3), 1/29(3)

Afghanistan T20Is

WK :

Rahmanullah Gurbaz -

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open,
84(45), 11(18), 40(18), 4(5), 24(13), 53(35),

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, Open,
12(16), 23(26), 37(28)*, 10(6), 6(4), 39(40), 30(17), 20(12), 73(39),

Najibullah Zadran -

2dwn, 3dwn, 2dwn, 3dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 3dwn, 2dwn,
17(10), 43(17)*, 2(2)*, 10(16), 50(24), 42(18), 8(8), 15(10),

Hashmatullah Shahidi -

1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn,
36(42), 11(12), 90(55), 62(44), 8(4), 15(19),

Ibrahim Zadran - Right Arm Medium

1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 2dwn, 4dwn,
40(38), 42(41)*, 15(13), 8(8), 1(3), 36(22), 17(13), 29(18)*

Usman Ghani -

2dwn, DNB, Open, Open, Open, Open,
44(40)*, DNB, 1(9), 59(42), 69(53), 4(3),

Samiullah Shinwari - Legbreak

2dwn, 2dwn, 3dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn,
40(25)*,0(2), 24(25), 32(24), 72(55), 14(7)*,

All-rounder :

Mohammad Nabi (c)- Right Arm Offbreak

3dwn, 2dwn, DNB, 4dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn,
1(4), 8(9), DNB, 0(1), 5(5), 6(5), 9(9), 5(6),
1/34(4), 0/23(3), 2/14(4), DNB, DNB, 1/38(4), 2/15(2), 1/27(3),

Azmatullah Omarzai - Right Arm Medium

DNB, DNB, 5dwn, 4dwn, DNB, 5dwn, 5dwn, 6dwn,
DNB, DNB, 15(14)*, DNB, 11(13), 11(5), 10(10), DNB,
DNB, 0/7(1), 0/20(1), DNB, 1/25(2), 0/13(2), 0/15(2), 0/25(2), 3/16(4),

Karim Janat - Right Arm Medium

5dwn, DNB, DNB, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, 1dwn,
0(1)*, DNB, DNB, 4(9), 30(14)*, 24(18), 44(21), 40(32),
DNB, DNB, 0/32(4), 1/25(4), 2/16(4), 0/15(2), 1/34(4),

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

4dwn, DNB , DNB, DNB, 6dwn, 6dwn, 7dwn,
9(7), DNB, DNB, DNB, 25(12)*, 11(13), 3(4),
1/39(4), 3/22(4), 0/12(4), 3/25(20B), 0/30(20B), 2/24(4), 3/30(4), 1/21(4),

Mujeeb Ur Rahman - Right Arm Offbreak

2/30(4), 3/16(4), 2/24(4), 2/17(2), 0/13(2),2/28(4), 1/23(4),

Fazalhaq Farooqi – Left Arm Fast Medium

0/34(3), 0/25(4), 3/11(4), 2/11(2), 1/27(4), 0/32(4), 0/34(4), 2/10(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), 1/12(3), 1/39(4), 1/32(4),

Nijat Masood - Right Arm Medium

0/41(4), 0/29(3), 2/3(2), 1/12(2), 0/14(2), 1/29(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), 0/35(4), 1/24(4), 1/27(4), 2/12(4)

Qais Ahmad - Legbreak
2/23(4), 0/12(3),1/24(4), 2/32(4), 2/26(4), 3/18(4),

Fareed Ahmad – Left Arm Fast Medium
0/14(2), 3/14(2), 0/39(4), 2/15(3), 0/34(4), 0/10(3),

Cheat Sheet

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