T20 WC: IND vs AFG
Section 1: Venue
Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Afghanistan has won 10/12 games that they have played at this venue, whille India will be playing their first game.
7/10 games have been won by chasing side in this WC at Sheikh Zayed.
Section 2: Predicted XIs:
Changes for India: SKY almost fit and can be back.
Changes for Afghanistan: Shahidi in place of Asghar & Mujeeb in place of Janat.
Section 3: History between the two teams:
Only 2 T20Is have been played between the two sides way back in 2010 & 2012 which are of no relevance for your fantasy team.
The last two ODIs, one in 2019 CWC was tied & the other game in Asia Cup 2018 was won by India. (Will discuss these numbers in next section)
Section 4: Player matchups:
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Section 5: Better numbers in first or second innings?
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Section 6: Player performance at the venue:
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Hardik bat first ✅
KL chasing ✅ (just 2 innings)
Ishan decent bat first ✅
Rohit bat first ✅
SKY in both ✅
Virat chasing ✅
Zazai chasing ✅
Najibullah bat first ✅
Hamid bowling second ✅
Nabi bowling second ✅
Rashid bowling second ✅
Bumrah in both ✅
Varun in both ✅
Thakur bowling first ✅
Section 7: Finding the fantasy value:
Jasprit Bumrah: Indian batting lineup is giving you no confidence the way they have batted in the first two games. Of course, even bowlers haven’t performed well, but Bumrah is a far more reliable choice in this game and also has very good numbers at this venue.
Bumrah at Abu Dhabi:
| Innings | 11 |
| Overs | 44 |
| Wickets | 20 |
| Avg | 15.9 |
| SR | 13.2 |
Captaincy suitability: Both small & grand leagues.
Lokesh Rahul (chasing): Hasn’t scored runs in the last couple of games but is still India’s best batsman on current form. Rashid Khan will be a major threat against him once again, but he is likely to come after the PP. (Dismissed him in 3/5 innings in T20s & 1/1 innings in ODIs) Against Afghanistan, has scored a 60 & 30 in the two ODIs that he has played.
Captaincy suitability: Both small & grand leagues.
Virat Kohli (chasing): Always a very reliable choice while chasing & has been dismissed just once while chasing at this venue in the three innings that he has played. Has scored 67(63) in his only innings vs Afghanistan.
Captaincy suitability: Both small & grand leagues.
Rashid Khan (bowling second): Even in conditions where there will be a lot of dew in the second innings, Rashid Khan will stil be a very good captaincy choice. Has good numbers against majority of the Indian batsmen & also has very good numbers at the venue.
Ishan, Surya & Jadeja are the only batsmen in this batting lineup who have never been dismissed by Rashid Khan in T20s.
Rashid Khan at Abu Dhabi: (bowling second)
| Innings | 8 |
| Overs | 30 |
| Wickets | 17 |
| Avg | 11.1 |
| Econ | 6.3 |
| SR | 10.6 |
Captaincy suitability: Both small & grand leagues.
Other players you can try:
Mohammad Nabi (batting first) (Both small & grand leagues)
Rohit Sharma (batting first & opening) (Both small & grand leagues)
Mohammad Shami (bowling first) (Mini GL & GL)
Hardik Pandya (batting first) (Mini GL & GL)
Varun Chakravarthy & Shardul Thakur: (Mini GL & GL)