Afghanistan Playing 11 vs Bangladesh - ICC T20 World Cup 2024, Match 52, Super 8

Afghanistan takes on Bangladesh in a must-win game in the Super 8s on Tuesday, June 25. The match starts at 8.30 pm local time at the Arnos Vale Ground in Kingstown, St Vincent.

Afghanistan beat Australia by 21 runs as they successfully defended 148. They will now look to build on the same template against Bangladesh. They need to win against Bangladesh and hope that Australia loses to India in their last Super 8 game. 

The advantage for Afghanistan is that they will be playing last and hence will know the exact qualification scenario against The Tigers.

Afghanistan players are better when batting first as opposed to when batting second. The openers are much more consistent in batting first and then second and hence the toss becomes a crucial one for Afghanistan as well. 

After the famous win over Australia, Afghanistan would ideally like to field the same XI against Bangladesh barring any injury concerns. Afghanistan's batting and bowling depth gives them the edge of Bangladesh who have not been at their best in this campaign so far.

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Afghanistan Playing 11 vs Bangladesh - ICC T20 World Cup 2024, Match 52, Super 8

Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK)

Gurbaz will open the batting for Bangladesh. He has now scored three fifties in the tournament and 238 runs from six games at an average of almost 40. He holds the key for Afghanistan against Bangladesh. 

Ibrahim Zadran

Zadran will open the batting with Gurbaz. He has also scored over 200 runs in the tournament so far including 51 against Australia. 

Azmatullah Omarzai 

The all-rounder will slot in at three. He picked up the last wicket to fall in Afghanistan's big win over Australia. He has to do a job with the bat and ball. 

Mohammad Nabi 

The experienced all-rounder can slot in at four. He must give himself enough balls to make an impact in the game. Against Australia, he scored 10 off 4 balls. 

Gulbadin Naib 

Naib is another all-rounder for Afghanistan. He picked up 4/20 with the ball to win the match for his side against Australia. He is good to contribute with the bat as well.

Karim Janat

Janat can slot in at six. He is another all-rounder in the lineup. He can bowl with the new ball and hit some lusty hits with the bat as well. 

Rashid Khan (C)

Rashid will slot in at seven. He picked up the key wicket of Matthew Wade against Australia. He has now taken 10 wickets from six games. 

 Najibullah Zadran

The southpaw is a capable batter and can bat at eight. He has been swapped up and down the batting order. He is inching closer to 2000 T20I runs. 

Noor Ahmad 

Noor will be the third specialist spinner in the lineup. He bowled just one over for 11 runs. The youngster will have to play a key role against Bangladesh. 

Naveen-ul-Haq

Naveen is one of the two premier pacers for Afghanistan. He picked up 3/20 against Australia including the wickets of Travis Head and Mitchell Marsh. His team would hope that he repeats his performance against Bangladesh. 

Fazalhaq Farooqi

Farooqi concludes the likely playing XI for Afghanistan. He picked up 1/21 against Australia. Overall, he has picked up 15 wickets in the tournament from six games. 

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