Who Will Win Afghanistan vs Pakistan, Asia Cup 2018?
Pakistan will take on Afghanistan in the second game of the Super Four stage of the ongoing Asia Cup 2018. The Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi will be the venue for this match to be played on September 21. Live telecast is scheduled to commence at 3:30 PM local time.
Pak vs Afg: Where to Watch/Live Streaming
TV channels: Star Sports, Fox Sports, Sky Sports Cricket, OSN Sports Cricket HD, SuperSport
Live Streaming: Bet365, Hotstar, Now TV, SuperSport Live
Toss Prediction
The wicket at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, in recent times, has been the best to bat on during the first period of play. Since bowlers are expected to get more assistance from the surface later in the evening, the toss-winning skipper is more likely to bat first.
Read on for team previews, betting odds, betting tips and match prediction for Pakistan vs Afghanistan Super Four match, Asia Cup 2018...
Pakistan Team News & Playing 11
PAK Team News
Pakistan, after their humiliating defeat at the hands of India, might want to make a few changes to their side for their next match against Afghanistan. They could bring Haris Sohail in place of a struggling Asif Ali and Mohammad Nawaz at the expense of a seam bowler due to more spin-friendly conditions. Usman Khan might be the one to sit out in that case.
PAK Key Players
Babar Azam is definitely the key man for Pakistan when it comes to batting. The second-best ODI batsmen in the world has scored 80 runs collectively in the first two matches and he even has two centuries and a fifty from five ODI innings at this venue. Imam-ul-Haq who hit an unbeaten half-century against Hong Kong and Shoaib Malik who looked in pretty good touch in his knock of 43 against India are the other two batsmen in this line-up who could score the big runs for Pakistan in this match. Hasan Ali, Mohammad Amir and Shadab Khan will be the go-to bowlers for skipper Sarfraz. Hasan is third on the ICC ODI rankings and he has six wickets in the three ODIs he has played at this ground. Amir has been very economical in both the matches while Shadab can be dangerous with his leg-spin on this dry pitch.
PAK Recent Form
Pakistan have finished second in the Group A standings at the end of the group stage with a win and a loss from two games. They decimated Hong Kong with an eight-wicket win in their first game but received an eight-wicket thrashing at the hands of India in their last game. That was Pakistan's first defeat in their last seven one-day internationals.
Pakistan Predicted Playing 11
Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam, Shoaib Malik, Sarfraz Ahmed (c/wk), Asif Ali/Haris Sohail, Shadab Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Amir, Hasan Ali, Usman Khan/ Mohammad Nawaz
Afghanistan Team News & Playing 11
AFG Team News
Afghanistan are free from all injury worries at the moment as all their players seem to be physically fit for this upcoming Super Four clash against Pakistan. We expect them to come up with the same line-up that recorded a convincing victory over Sri Lanka in the third game of the tournament.
AFG Key Players
Afghanistan will look to the likes of Rahmat Shah, Mohammad Shahzad and Ihsanullah Janat to play the big knocks against Pakistan. Rahmat has been scoring consistently and he is going to hold the key to his team's batting. Ihsanullah and Shahzad were involved in a 50-run opening partnership against Sri Lanka and the team will want the opening pair to bat well again. Skipper Asghar Afghan is having a lean run and it will be crucial that he steps up and performs. The spin troika of Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi and Mujeeb Ur Rahman is the obvious threat in Afghanistan's bowling attack. They all picked two wickets each against Sri Lanka and they are likely to cause problems for the Pakistani batsmen on a surface that seems conducive to spin bowling. Rashid, the world's number two ODI bowler, could finish with the best figures in this match.
AFG Recent Form
Afghanistan had defeated Ireland 2-1 in a three-match ODI series at Belfast before coming into the Asia Cup. They played their first match of the tournament against Sri Lanka and ended up winning quite comfortably by a margin of 91 runs. The Afghan bowlers had a splendid outing in that game as they rolled the Lankans over for just 158 with more than eight overs to spare.
Afghanistan Predicted Playing 11
Mohammad Shahzad (wk), Ihsanullah Janat, Rahmat Shah, Asghar Afghan (c), Hashmatullah Shahidi, Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran, Gulbadin Naib, Rashid Khan, Aftab Alam, Mujeeb Ur Rahman
Sep 21, 2018
17:00 IST / 11:30 GMT
Sheikh Zayed Stadium - Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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