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ICC Cricket World Cup 2023: India vs Afghanistan, Match 9 – Fantasy Tips, Predicted XI, Head To Head Record, Pitch Report

Team India

Team India

The Indian Team will look to continue their winning momentum as they will face Afghanistan in their 2nd match of the World Cup taking place in New Delhi on 11th October 2023. Rohit Sharma and Co did a superb job to bowl out Australia for 199 as all the Indian bowlers took wickets.

It was a superb batting display by the Indian batters especially by KL Rahul and Virat Kohli putting on 165 runs partnership for the 4th wicket that helped them to recover from a tricky situation.

On the other hand, Afghanistan suffered a huge loss against Bangladesh by six wickets. Apart from Rahmanullah Gurbaz, every other batter struggled to score runs. They need to put on an excellent display to challenge the Indian team.

Match Details

Details– India vs Afghanistan, Match 9, ICC Cricket World Cup 2023

Venue– Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi

Date and Time– 11th October, 2.00 PM IST


Head-To-Head Record

Both teams met each other thrice in One-day internationals with India winning 2 out of them while ending in a tie. India and Afghanistan met only once in the ICC Cricket World Cup tournament.

They met in the 2019 edition where Mohammed Shami’s hat-trick helped India register an 11-run victory. It was a brilliant effort by India as they posted 224 for 8 in 50 overs and then bowled Afghanistan for 213 to register an 11-run victory.


Pitch Report

It promises to be a high-scoring affair as South Africa posted 428 for 5 with three centurions by the South Africa team as Markram, de Kock, and Van der Dussen made valuable knock. In reply, Sri Lanka made a valiant attempt as they scored 326 with good contributions by Asalanaka, Kusal Mendis, and Dasun Shanaka.

The same pitch might be used for tomorrow’s encounter.  It promises to be another brilliant surface to bat on and show their class to full capacity crowd of New Delhi. The captain that wins the toss would likely field first and chase down the target.


India (Ind) vs Afghanistan (Afg)- Predicted Playing XI

India

Rohit Sharma (C), Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin/Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah.

Afghanistan

Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Najibullah Zadran, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Mohammad Nabi, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Naveen UL Haq, Fazallahq Farooqi.


Fantasy Selection- Ind vs Afg

Team 1– Rohit Sharma, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Virat Kohli (C), Najibullah Zadran, KL Rahul, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammad Nabi, Kuldeep Yadav, Rashid (VC), Khan, Siraj.

Team 2– Ishan Kishan, Ibrahim Zadran (VC), Shreyas Iyer, Rahmat Shah, Hardik Pandya (C), Hashmatullah Shahidi, Omarzai, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Shami, Fazallahq Farqooi, Jasprit Bumrah.


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