Oct 26, 2022
15:30 IST / 10:00 GMT
Melbourne Cricket Ground - Melbourne, Australia
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New Zealand are favourites to win
New Zealand face Afghanistan in Group 1 on Wednesday evening at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. After beating Australia in their opening fixture, New Zealand are targeting their second win of the tournament. Afghanistan were beaten by England in their opening clash on Saturday. Read on as we preview Match 20 of the 2022 T20 World Cup. This Super 12 stage game begins at 19:00 local time in Melbourne.
New Zealand once again look like one of the most professional and strongest sides in this tournament. They will enjoy the conditions in Melbourne and we expect them to get another win in this match.
Afghanistan caused England a few problems in the second innings of the game on Saturday but were never really looking like winning the clash. They will need to play at their best is they are to challenge New Zealand.
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Fielding first has been the route to winning IT20s in Melbourne over recent games. It would be a surprise if either skipper chose to bat first in this match.
With very long boundaries square of the wicket, expect to see plenty of short pitched bowling in this match. Any score of over 170 will be very hard to chase down.
There could be rain throughout the scheduled hours of this game in Melbourne. It will be extremely humid and cloudy from start to finish.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds, and match prediction for New Zealand vs Afghanistan, T20 World Cup 2022
Experienced opener Martin Guptill was left out of the side in favour of the in-form Finn Allen ahead of Saturday's match against Australia with Michael Bracewell, Daryl Mitchell and Adam Milne also on the sidelines. We predict that New Zealand will be unchanged for this game.
New Zealand have lost only one of their last five games in this format.
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Finn Allen, Devon Conway (wk), Kane Williamson (c), Glenn Phillips, James Neesham, Mark Chapman, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Lockie Ferguson, Trent Boult
Although Afghanistan were beaten by England on Saturday, they still took five wickets and we do not expect any changes to their XI. That will mean another appearance for left-arm seamer Fareed Ahmed and Usman Ghani getting picked in the top four.
Afghanistan are looking to avoid their fifth successive IT20 defeat in this game.
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
New Zealand and Afghanistan met in the 2021 T20 World Cup in November in their first and only meeting in this format. New Zealand won the clash by eight wickets in Abu Dhabi.
| Matches Played | NZ Won | AFG Won | Tie | No Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Last 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
The bookies have New Zealand as strong favourites ahead of this game. Although Afghanistan clearly have plenty of talent,
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Afghanistan have some very exciting players with both bat and ball but lack the depth of quality across their team which New Zealand undoubtedly have.
Devon Conway, Kane Williamson and Finn Allen are our picks with the bat for New Zealand. Allen hit an impressive 42 runs from 16 balls against Australia.
We recommend Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Hazratullah Zazai with the bat for Afghanistan. Zazai has hit scores over 50 on four occasions in IT20s.
We are backing Trent Boult, Lockie Ferguson and Tim Southee as the key bowlers for New Zealand. Southee took an incredible 3-6 from only 2.1 overs against Australia on Saturday evening.
Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Fazalhaq Farooqi are our tips with the ball for Afghanistan. Farooqi got the big wicket of Jos Buttler at the Perth Stadium.
After losing to England, Afghanistan will be keen to put in a higher level performance against New Zealand. However, they have often struggled against the best teams in international tournaments. New Zealand played very well against Australia and we are predicting another win in this match.
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