Afghanistan (AFG) and India (IND) will face each other in the Super 8 match of the Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 on Thursday, June 20. The Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados, will host the encounter.
India, led by Rohit Sharma, have had an impressive run thus far in the tournament. The Men in Blue finished the group stage on top of the table. They won 3 out of 4 matches and had 7 points and a net run rate of +1.137. India began with a comprehensive 8-wicket win over Paul Stirling’s Ireland.
Thereafter, they defeated arch-rivals Pakistan by 6 runs on a difficult pitch to bat on. Jasprit Bumrah won the Player of the Match award as India successfully defended 119. After taking down Pakistan, India got the better of co-hosts USA. Their last match against Canada in Florida did not take place due to rain.
Afghanistan, led by Rashid Khan, have been on top of their game and made their way through to the second round. They began with an 84-run win over Kane Williamson’s New Zealand. Thereafter, they got the better of Uganda after which they handed Papua New Guinea a massive defeat.
But on Tuesday, the Afghans lost to co-hosts West Indies by 104 runs. After being asked to chase down a target of 219, they were bowled out for 114. Barring Ibrahim Zadran, none of their batters stepped up. Azmatullah Omarzai had a dreadful day after he leaked 36 runs in his second over.
India will go into the match as favourites, without a doubt. India is still the tournament favourite, with the best price to win at 3.00 with Dafabet.
Although Afghanistan put their best foot forward in their group games, having not beaten even once in T20Is, they have their task cut out.
Virat Kohli has had a disastrous outing thus far in the tournament. He is yet to enter double digits and clearly struggled to find his feet in tough batting conditions in New York. The fact that his only T20I hundred came against Afghanistan back in 2022 makes him a dangerous prospect in the next match.
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Jasprit Bumrah has been outstanding for India in the ongoing mega event in the USA and West Indies. He won the Player of the Match award in the matches against Pakistan and Ireland. Although he could not pick up a wicket against the USA, he remains a brute force and is expected to be a key bowler in the next match.
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India and Afghanistan have faced each other 8 times in T20Is since their first meeting back in 2010. India are yet to lose against their Asian rivals with 6 wins to their name. 1 match did not produce a result while 1 game ended in a tie.
In their previous match, India came up trumps in the Super Over after the match was tied. Rohit Sharma won the Player of the Match award after he scored an unbeaten 121 off 69 balls with 11 fours and 8 sixes. Rinku Singh also chipped in with a vital knock of 69 off 39 balls with 2 fours and 6 sixes.
Fareed Ahmed was the pick of the Afghan bowlers after he finished with figures of 4-0-20-3. For India, Washington Sundar was the standout bowler after picking up 3 wickets.
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