Afghanistan Playing 11 vs India - ICC T20 World Cup 2024, Match 43, Super 8

Afghanistan takes on India in their first Super 8 match of the T20 World Cup in Barbados on Thursday, June 20. They will take on Australia and Bangladesh in their next two Heading into this game, they lost their final group game against the West Indies.

Afghanistan has been the giant killer in this tournament along with the USA. These two teams have knocked out two of the tournament favorites in New Zealand and Pakistan.

Afghanistan's stocks as a white-ball side have risen since the last World Cup. They defeated the likes of Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Netherlands in the World Cup and have shocked everyone by beating the Kiwis in their very first T20I against them.

The side is no longer dependent on their spinners but has good pacers and good batters as well. Fazalhaq Farooqi and Naveen-Ul-Haq are the two good pacers alongside the veterans Rashid Khan and Mohammad Nabi. In Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran, they have two good openers who score runs together.

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They are playing with their best playing combination in all the games and they would like to stick to them and topple India if they can. They have played 8 T20Is against India losing seven of them. They have a chance to change the script.

Afghanistan Playing 11 vs India - ICC T20 World Cup 2024, Match 43, Super 8

Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK)

Gurbaz will open the batting. He is the designated opener and wicketkeeper having scored close to 200 runs in the tournament so far. He is leading the run-scoring race.

Ibrahim Zadran

Zadran has been the perfect foil to Gurbaz who scores his runs rather quickly. This is a solid opening partnership that gives the team good starts repeatedly.

Azmatullah Omarzai

Omarzai can slot in at three. The all-rounder has decent batting and bowling skills and gets the ball to swing early as well. He scored 13 off 18 against Uganda.

Gulbadin Naib

Baib can bat at four. He is a good all-rounder and can hit the ball long and bowl some decent overs with the ball. He scored an unbeaten 49 in the chase against PNG.

Mohammad Nabi

Nabi can slot in at five. He is an experienced campaigner and hence can bat at any number. He is economical with the ball as well and can vary his pace brilliantly.

Najibullah Zadran

Zadran can slot in at six. He has batted from three to number seven or eight in the order. The southpaw is another experienced batter in the XI.

Rashid Khan (C)

Rashid can bat at seven. He has plenty of ability with the bat and is a master of his art with the ball. He has taken six wickets, the second most for Afghanistan this World Cup.

Karim Janat

Janat is another seam-bowling all-rounder. He lends depth to the batting lineup and can bowl with decent pace as well. He is eight short of 50 T20I wickets.

Naveen-ul-Haq

Naveen-Ul-Haq is one of the two pacers in the playing XI. He should have a match-up against Virat Kohli given their recent history in IPL and international cricket.

Fazalhaq Farooqi

Farooqi the left-arm pacer will lead the pace attack. He has taken 12 wickets in the tournament so far including a fifer. He is one short of 50 T20I wickets.

Noor Ahmad

Noor concludes the likely playing XI for Afghanistan. He is the third spinner in this Afghanistan lineup along with Rashid and Nabi.

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