AFGH vs NZ Dream11 Team Prediction | ICC World Cup 2019 13th Match, Squads, Fantasy Team News

AFGH vs NZ Dream11 13th Match Prediction | Afghanistan vs New Zealand ICC World Cup 2019

In the 13th match of ICC World Cup 2019, Afghanistan will be colliding against the runners-up of the last year New Zealand at the Cooper Associates County Ground in Taunton. This would be the third match for both these teams in this edition o World Cup.

After winning both their opening games, the Blackcaps are leading the points table with 4 points against their name with a healthy net run-rate of +2.279. On the other hand, Afghanistan who have lost both their games so far are languishing at the bottom with a negative net run-rate of 1.264.

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Best Performance in the World Cup:

New Zealand: Runners-up in 2015.

Afghanistan: Finished Sixth in the league stage in the 2015 edition.

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Match Schedule

Afghanistan vs New Zealand

Venue: The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton

Time: June 08, 06:00 PM

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Head to Head in ODIs

Matches: 01

Afghanistan won: 00

New Zealand won: 01

Ties: 00

No result: 00

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The Surface and weather at The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton

A sunny day is presumed with some chances of rain pouring down. With the boundaries short on either side of the wicket, the batsmen will be looking to make most of the opportunity. Counting the spinners out of the contest won’t be a good call as the surface might be gripping the ball as the match goes on.

Matches: 03

Won batting first: 02 (67%)

Won batting second: 01 (33%)

Tied: 01 (4%)

Highest Total: 373/6 (50 Ov) by IND vs SL, May 26, 1999

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

300+ Totals: 02

400+ Totals: 00

Afghanistan vs New Zealand News (After TOSS)

• No changes for New Zealand.
• Aftab Alam, Noor Ali and Ikram Ali Khil come into the squad for Mujeeb, Dawlat Zadran and Mohammad Shahzad.

Afghanistan squad to face New Zealand: 

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

New Zealand squad to face Afghanistan: 

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

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TOSS: NZ opt to bowl first

AFGH vs NZ Playing11 (After TOSS)

Afghanistan: Hazratullah Zazai, Ikram Ali Khil, Noor Ali, Hamid Hassan, Rahmat Shah, Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi, Aftab Alam, Gulbadin Naib, Najibullah Zadran, Hashmatullah Shahidi.

New Zealand: Tom Latham, Kane Williamson, Martin Guptill, Ross Taylor, Colin Munro, James Neesham, Mitchell Santner, Colin de Grandhomme, Trent Boult, Lockie Ferguson/Tim Southee, Matt Henry.

Players in focus

Rashid Khan

• He is the go-to bowler for Afghanistan in any format of the game.
• He has been economical in the last few games but has not got many wickets. In his last 5 ODI’s he has scalped 6 wickets and also contributed with some late flurry down the order with the bat.

Mohammad Nabi

• Mohammad Nabi is valiant with both bat and ball in this set-up.
• He got 4 for 30 in the last game against Sri Lanka and has been contributing with the bat as well on different occasions.
• In his last 5 ODi’s he has scalped 6 wickets and has added 149 runs with the bat.

Rahmat Shah

• In his last 10 ODI innings, he has got two scores of fifty plus and a ton to his name. He has accumulated 333 runs at an average of 33.3.

Martin Guptill

• The Blackcaps opener is in a dominating form and is scoring runs with ease.
• In his last 5 ODI’s he has scored 362 runs which include three centuries.

 

Ross Taylor

• He is currently ranked 3rd in the ICC ODI batsmen rankings.
• In the year 2019, he has amassed 675 runs at a phenomenal average of 75.
• He has compiled 217 in his last 4 ODI innings at a breathtaking average of 108.5.

 

Matt Henry

• Matt Henry has suddenly risen from the ashes and delivered his best in the ICC World Cup 2019 so far.
• In his last 5 ODIs, he has scalped 14 wickets with best figures of 4 for 35 from 10 overs against India in February 2019.

 

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