AFG vs IRE Dream11 Team Prediction: Afghanistan will get the taste of white-ball cricket for the first time in more than a year when they play Ireland at their adopted home in Abu Dhabi at Sheikh Zayed Stadium on Thursday morning (IST). So let’s look at the AFG vs IRE prediction.
Fixture: Afghanistan vs Ireland; Afghanistan vs Ireland ODI
When: 21 January, 11:00 AM IST
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
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AFG vs IRE Playing 11
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Playing combination: Wicket-keeper batsman Rahmanullah Gurbaz should open the inning for the team with Usman Ghani likely to be his partner.
Rahmat Shah and Hashmatullah Shahidi are likely to come in at no-3 and no-4 respectively, while captain Asghar Afghan will be leading the charge in the middle-order.
Both Mohammad Nabi and Rashid Khan are no fluke with the bat and can throw some lusty blows. Naveen ul Haq and Mujeeb ur Rahman will be amongst the options as bowlers.
AFG Playing 11:
Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk)
Usman Ghani
Rahmat Shah
Hashmatullah Shahidi
Asghar Afghan (c)
Mohammad Nabi
Najibullah Zadran
Gulbadin Naib
Rashid Khan
Naveen ul Haq
Mujeeb ur Rahman
IRE Team News: All the players named for this tour are available for selection.
Playing combination: Kevin O’Brien is so versatile that he can play in so many positions, but he is likely to open the inning here with Paul Stirling likely to be his partner up top.
Captain Andy Balbirnie will be the backbone of the batting order and should bat at no-3, while Harry Tector and Lorcan Tucker, with the latter starting as a wicket-keeper as well, should bat at no-4 and no-5 respectively.
Curtis Campher and Gareth Delany should bat somewhere in the middle-order, while Andy McBrine, Barry McCarthy and Craig Young should be the main protagonist with the ball.
IRE Playing 11:
Paul Stirling
Kevin O’Brien
Andy Balbirnie (c)
Harry Tector
Lorcan Tucker (wk)
Curtis Campher
Gareth Delany
Simi Singh
Andy McBrine
Barry McCarthy
Craig Young
In AFG vs IRE Dream 11 prediction, Afghanistan will rely on their spinners to do most of the dirty work with the ball. The Asian nation is also a no-nonsense batting unit and boasts plenty of firepower. For Ireland, the top-order will be crucial. Their tail leaves much to be desired, and the pacers will be their main arsenal.
AFG vs IRE Dream11 Prediction:
Wicket keepers: R Gurbaz
Batsmen: H Shahidi, R Shah, A Balbirnie, P Stirling (VC)
All-rounders: M Nabi, S Singh, C Campher
Bowlers: Rashid Khan (C), Mujeeb ur Rahman, A McBrine
Rashid Khan: Surely a generational player from Afghanistan. He is arguably the best player to come out of this nation and considering his age, he is just starting and may not have hit his peak yet.
Paul Stirling: He can be eulogized in the same way for Ireland. If the European nation is to get a win here in this game, or in the tournament for that matter, he will have to be on the top of his height.
Mohammad Nabi: Can do the damage with both bat and ball. He has many gears while batting, while his bowling can be hard to contain.
Asghar Afghan: He has more than 2000 runs for the country, which shows his ceiling actually. Expect him to bat high up the order.
Ireland can tackle the pace with authority but spinners and slow bowlers are their Achilles heal and we know Afghanistan’s main strength is their spin bowlers, especially, Rashid Khan. So in the AFG vs IRE Dream11 today match prediction, expect AFG to win the game.