Oct 28, 2022
11:00 IST / 5:30 GMT
Melbourne Cricket Ground - Melbourne, Australia
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Afghanistan are favorites to win
Afghanistan take on Ireland on Friday afternoon in Match 25 of the 2022 T20 World Cup. Afghanistan are still looking for their first win of the campaign after losing to England and seeing their game with New Zealand abandoned without a ball bowled. Ireland recorded a famous win over England at this venue on Wednesday. Read on as we preview this match. The Super 12 stage game begins at 15:00 local time at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
Afghanistan have struggled to pick up wins over recent games but have a strong overall record over Ireland. They will look to take advantage of Ireland’s supposed weakness against pace bowling.
Ireland will believe they can beat any side in this competition after beating England in their last match. They beat Afghanistan in their last IT20 meeting and will come into this game with plenty of confidence.
TV channels: This match will be shown live on Sky Sports Cricket, Star Network, Fox Sports, ESPN and PTV.
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Although Ireland beat England by batting first on Wednesday, we predict that both captains will choose to field first ahead of this match.
It is never the easiest place to bat with the long boundaries in Melbourne hard to clear. Expect the pitch to offer help to the quick bowlers and grip for the spinners.
The forecast is for very humid conditions and plenty of rain across Friday afternoon in Melbourne.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds, and match prediction for Afghanistan vs Ireland, T20 World Cup 2022
There was no toss or any play in Afghanistan’s fixture with New Zealand on Wednesday evening in Melbourne and we expect to see the same XI selected for the England game in this match. Afghanistan will be pleased to have picked up a point against New Zealand and have no injury worries in the team.
Afghanistan have not won an IT20 since beating Bangladesh at the end of August in the Asia Cup.
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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
24 year old bowling all-rounder Fionn Hand came in for only his third IT20 appearance against England with spinner Simi Singh, who had been expensive in the defeat to Sri Lanka, missing out. Hand bowled Ben Stokes and should enjoy the conditions again in this match.
Ireland are in excellent IT20 form and have won three of their last four games in this format.
Paul Stirling, Andy Balbirnie (c), Lorcan Tucker (wk), Harry Tector, Curtis Campher, George Dockrell, Gareth Delany, Mark Adair, Barry McCarthy, Fionn Hand, Josh Little
Afghanistan have a 10 match overall lead in the head to head in this format against Ireland. However, Ireland won the recent five-match series between the sides 3-2.
| Matches Played | AFG Won | IRE Won | Tie | No Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 23 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Last 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
In spite of Ireland’s series win over Afghanistan in August and their famous win over England on Wednesday, Afghanistan come into this clash as the clear favourites with the bookies.
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Ireland have a team without many stars and the match-winning performances are regularly shared out across the side. Afghanistan have a more attacking line-up and can always rely upon the brilliance of Rashid Khan.
Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran and Najibullah Zadran are our Afghanistan batting choices. Najibullah has hit eight half-centuries in this format.
We are backing Paul Stirling, Andy Balbirnie and Lorcan Tucker with the bat for Ireland. Tucker has scored 89 runs across his last three games in this competition.
We recommend Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Fazalhaq Farooqi with the ball for Afghanistan. Farooqi has 19 wickets at an average of 20.00 since making his IT20 debut in March 2021.
Josh Little, Gareth Delany and Barry McCarthy are our bowling tips for Ireland. McCarthy picked up the key wicket of Dawid Malan against England on Wednesday.
With poor weather expected, this may well turn into a rain-reduced game with both teams batting for very few overs. We anticipate that both sides will see this as a winnable fixture and will look to attack from the start, irrespective of the length of the game. We are predicting a close contest with Afghanistan getting the win.
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