Afghanistan vs New Zealand DREAM11 GRAND LEAGUE TEAM | Afghanistan vs New Zealand | ICC CWC 2019

Taunton, June 08, Saturday at 06:00 PM IST

Friday’s second clash in ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 will witness New Zealand and Afghanistan squaring off at Taunton in the evening. Both the teams will lock horns at The Cooper Associates County Ground.

New Zealand have won both their encounters against Sri Lanka and Bangladesh and will look to make a hat-trick of wins when they face injury-hit Afghanistan on Friday.

Afghanistan faced a big blow when the start opener and wicketkeeper M Shahzad got ruled out of the remainder of the tournament following a knee injury. With 1843 runs in 55 innings, M Shahzad has been Afghanistan’s second highest run-scorer in one-day internationals since World Cup 2015.

Afghanistan had a poor start to the tournament losing both their opening games against Australia and Sri Lanka. They need to cope up and bounce back in style to keep their campaign alive.

The match will begin at 06:00 PM IST.

Congrats to @OfficialSLC for the victory !
Unfortunately not our day ! Amazing performances by @MohammadNabi007 with the bowl and @iamnajibzadran with the bat.

We will face @BLACKCAPS in our next contest on Saturday, 8th June in Taunton.#AFGvSL #CWC19 #AfghanAtalan pic.twitter.com/2tEH7CTbu2

— Afghanistan Cricket Board (@ACBofficials) June 4, 2019

Head to Head Battle

Total- 01

Afghanistan- 00

New Zealand- 01

In World Cup

Both the teams met in 2015 World Cup at McLean Park wher New Zealand turned out victorious by 6 wickets after chasing down an easy total of 186.

Taunton Pitch Report-

A lot will depend upon the conditions here. The average first innings score is 219. With the right conditions, pacers can do well. Expect a total of 220-250 in the first innings.

Taunton Venue Stats-

Avg 1st inn score: 219

Avg 2nd inn score: 194

Highest Total: 373/6 (50 Ov) by IND vs SL

Lowest Total: 101/10 (40.3 Ov) by SLW vs RSAW

Highest Chased: 231/5 (41 Ov) by ZIM vs KEN

Lowest Defended: 269/10 (48.3 Ov) by AUSW vs RSAW

Watch: Bangladesh wicket-keeper Mushfiqur Rahim makes massive blunder!

AFGH vs NZ Team News:

Afghanistan opener and wicketkeeper Mohammad Shahzad has been ruled out of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019
He suffered a knee injury in the warmup fixture against Pakistan and will miss out the remainder of the tournament
He will be replaced by Ikram Ali Khan
New Zealand is expected to feature with the same combinations
Matt Henry, Trent Boult and Lockie Ferguson are doing a wonderful job with the ball which means Tim Southee might spend some more time on the bench

Stay tuned

Toss Update

New Zealand have won the toss and have opted to bowl first

There are no changes for New Zealand

Afghanistan have made three changes for the clash

Ikram Ali Khan comes in for injured M Shahzad

Aftab Alam replaces Dawlat Zadran

Noor Ali Zadran replaces Mujeeb Ur Rahman

AFGH vs NZ Playing11:

Afghanistan:

Wicketkeeper- Ikram Ali Khan

Batsmen-Hazratullah Zazai, Noor Ali Zadran, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Najibullah Zadran, Rahmat Shah,

All-rounder- Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib (c),

Bowlers- Hamid Hassan, Aftab Alam, Rashid Khan

Bench-Asghar Afghan, Dawlat Zadran, Samiullah Shinwari, Mujeeb Ur Rahman

New Zealand:

Wicketkeeper- Tom Latham

Batsmen- Martin Guptill, Colin Munro, Kane Williamson (c), Ross Taylor

All-rounder- James Neesham, Mitchell Santner, Colin de Grandhomme

Bowlers- Matt Henry, Trent Boult, Lockie Ferguson

Bench- Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi, Henry Nicholls, Tom Blundell

AFGH vs NZ Squads:

Afghanistan:

Gulbadin Naib (c), Ikram Ali Khan (wk), Noor Ali Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Asghar Afghan, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Dawlat Zadran, Aftab Alam, Najibullah Zadran, Samiullah Shinwari, Hazratullah Zazai, Hamid Hassan and Mujeeb ur Rahman.

New Zealand:

Trent Boult, Tom Blundell (wk), Martin Guptill, Lockie Ferguson, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee (vc), Kane Williamson (c), Colin Munro, Jimmy Neesham, Tom Latham (wk), Henry Nicholls, Mitchell Santner, Matt Henry, Colin de Grandhomme, Ross Taylor

This AFGH vs NZ Dream11 prediction is high-risk but you may reap rewards if some assumptions come off. We advise you not to use these teams in small league contests.

AFGH VS NZ DREAM11 GRAND LEAGUE TEAMS

Team 1 & 2: X-Factors

Ross Taylor –

Ross Taylor is in very fine for the Kiwis. Taylor – who has managed unbeaten 24 runs in one game against Afghanistan – has an average of 75.00 in 2019. he has smashed 675 runs in 12 innings including two fifties in last two innings

Kane Williamson –

The skipper scored crucial 40 runs against Bangladesh in the last game and has an average of 41.00 in 2019. He has slammed 410 runs in 11 innings including one century and four fifty. Against Afghanistan, he has played one inning of 33 runs.

Mohammad Nabi –

M Nabi is the key performer for Afghanistan lately. He has an average of 25.00 with the bat in 2019 and returned with 4/30 against Sri Lanka in the previous game

Team 3 and 4: As per the toss

The toss winning side is expected to bowl first and chase the target. The overcast conditions can help the Pacers in creating some trouble for the top orders. So, here we are making two teams based on the toss-

If New Zealand wins the toss-

If Afghanistan wins the toss-

THIS AFGH VS NZ DREAM11 PREDICTION IS HIGH-RISK BUT YOU MAY REAP REWARDS IF SOME ASSUMPTIONS COME OFF. WE ADVISE YOU NOT TO USE THESE TEAMS IN SMALL LEAGUE CONTESTS.

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