Match Details:
Series: Afghanistan vs. West Indies in India, 2019
Venue: Ekana International Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
Date: November 09, 2019
Time: 02:00 p.m. IST
Match Preview:
Afghanistan is on a ten-match losing streak in ODIs and they need to end their streak in the second game in a bid to stay alive in this competition. Even half-centuries from Rahmat Shah and Ikram Ali Khil did not help Afghanistan as they collapsed to 194 all out. While West Indies are back on their winning ways after their series defeat against India, Shai Hope's unbeaten 77 and Roston Chase's 94 helped their side to take a lead of 1-0 in this series and just a way game away from sealing the series.
Weather report:
The chances of rain are nil and conditions are expected to hot. Full 100 overs match is on the card.
Pitch Report:
The Lucknow wicket is expected to help both the pacers and spinners with a little turn too. A low scoring game can be expected once again the chasing team should have more advantages.
Probable Playing XI:
Afghanistan:
Afghanistan did not have a great outing in the first ODI where experienced players like Najibullah Zadran and Mohammad Nabi failed to score in the middle-order, but the bowlers did a great job and took the game to till the wire. Although they got defeated in the first ODI, they are expected to go unchanged for this match.
Predicted XI: Hazratullah Zazai, Javed Ahmadi,
Match Details:
Series: Afghanistan vs. West Indies in India, 2019
Venue: Ekana International Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
Date: November 09, 2019
Time: 02:00 p.m. IST
Match Preview:
Afghanistan is on a ten-match losing streak in ODIs and they need to end their streak in the second game in a bid to stay alive in this competition. Even half-centuries from Rahmat Shah and Ikram Ali Khil did not help Afghanistan as they collapsed to 194 all out. While West Indies are back on their winning ways after their series defeat against India, Shai Hope's unbeaten 77 and Roston Chase's 94 helped their side to take a lead of 1-0 in this series and just a way game away from sealing the series.
Weather report:
The chances of rain are nil and conditions are expected to hot. Full 100 overs match is on the card.
Pitch Report:
The Lucknow wicket is expected to help both the pacers and spinners with a little turn too. A low scoring game can be expected once again the chasing team should have more advantages.
Probable Playing XI:
Afghanistan:
Afghanistan did not have a great outing in the first ODI where experienced players like Najibullah Zadran and Mohammad Nabi failed to score in the middle-order, but the bowlers did a great job and took the game to till the wire. Although they got defeated in the first ODI, they are expected to go unchanged for this match.
Predicted XI: Hazratullah Zazai, Javed Ahmadi, Rahmat Shah, Ikram Ali Khil (WK), Najibullah Zadran, Asghar Afghan, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Rashid Khan (C), Naveen Ul-Haq, Mujeeb Ur Rahman
West Indies:
Last time Romario Shepherd and former USA international Hayden Walsh Jr. made their ODI debut for West Indies, and both picked one and two wickets respectively. While in the batting department Shai Hope and Roston Chase helped their side to take 1-0 lead in this series by scoring 77 and 94 respectively. After winning their first ODI, Kieron Pollard is expected to field the same team.
Predicted XI: Shai Hope (WK), Evin Lewis, Shimron Hetmyer, Roston Chase, Nicholas Pooran, Kieron Pollard (C), Jason Holder, Sheldon Cottrell, Romario Shepherd, Hayden Walsh Jr., Alzarri Joseph
Top Picks:
Wicket-keeper: Shai Hope (10 credits)
Shai Hope and Ikram Ali Khil are the top picks from the wicketkeeper section; however, we are going with Hope because an average of 75.75 in six innings against Afghanistan doesn't lie. He struck an unbeaten 77 in the first ODI as well, so he is an obvious pick for this game.
Batsman: Rahmat Shah (9.5 credits)
Shah too has a pretty good record against West Indies where in just six innings Shah's scored 260 runs at an average of 43.33, and a lot can be expected from him in the top-order once again after scoring 61 runs in the first ODI.
All-rounder: Jason Holder (9.5 credits)
West Indies' spearhead was exceptional in the last match wherein his ten overs he struck two wickets and gave away just 21 runs at an economy of 2.10. Holder has a good bowling strike-rate of 39.75 against the Afghan side. So, he can easily derail the Afghan batting unit with another two wickets in his bag.
Bowler: Mujeeb Ur Rahman (9 credits)
Mujeeb took two wickets in the first ODI although, his side did not win the match, West Indies' side facing challenges to take on him. Looking at his performance against West Indies in ODIs, where he has nine wickets in 39.5 overs at a strike-rate of 26.56, which makes two or more wickets in the cards.
Captaincy options: Shai Hope, Jason Holder, Mujeeb Ur Rahman
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