Gros Islet (St. Lucia), hosts West Indies and much-improved Afghanistan will be in a battle to stay ahead when they meet each other in their final group stage game of the T20 World Cup and advance to the Super Eight stage. Will try to gain momentum. Here.
West Indies are slowly but steadily finding their rhythm after starting with a disappointing win over Papua New Guinea. They sidelined Uganda and New Zealand.
Afghanistan, on the other hand, has had a flawless campaign so far.Rashid Khan and Co. are enjoying the conditions offered by the Caribbean pitches.
What is at stake in the final match of Group C is gaining momentum as both the teams have qualified for the Super Eights.
"Momentum is a very important word for us, it is important for us to play good cricket and consistent cricket," West Indies captain Rovman Powell said on the eve of the game.
"After this game the Super 8 is very, very important so you want the players to go into the Super 8 with good performances, you want to go into the Super 8 as a winning team."
Opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz (167 runs) and fast bowler Fazalhaq Farooqui (12 wickets) currently lead the lists of run-scorers and wicket-takers respectively, which is a fair reflection of their good performances in this ICC showpiece.Apart from Gurbaz, veteran Ibrahim Zadran has also made significant contributions by scoring 114 runs with a highest score of 70. But the Afghans, who have a lot of right-handed batsmen, will have their work cut out for them against left-arm spinners Akil Hosein and Gudakesh Moti.
The Afghan team itself will be without off-spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman, who has been ruled out of the tournament with a finger injury. However, they have no shortage of spinners like captain Rashid and young Noor Ahmed, who bowled economically against Papua New Guinea and New Zealand.
Afghanistan head coach Jonathan Trott said, "Three good games, but realizing there are obviously more than three games to be had tomorrow and then three more in the group stage and hopefully beyond that.,
“That's the focus but we're not worried about looking too far ahead, obviously the main goal is to go as far as we can and achieve things that no other Afghanistan team has done before.
"And we've taken a step in the right direction so far, but that's it. There's a lot more cricket ahead and a lot of good teams to play against," he said.
The pitches at the Darren Sammy National Stadium are among the best in both the United States and the Caribbean.
With the ball coming onto the bat well, both the matches played here so far have been high scoring and on Sunday Sri Lanka scored over 200.West Indies' pacey batsmen will welcome the conditions in search of some big scores. The domestic batsmen have not been able to get into the rhythm yet, which was also accepted by the captain.
"We've all had a very subpar start to the World Cup as batsmen, but tomorrow at the Darren Sammy Stadium is an opportunity for us as batsmen to get it right – it's an even better opportunity on a better wicket," Powell said. " Said.
Teams (from)
West Indies team: Rovman Powell (captain), Brandon King, Johnson Charles, Nicholas Pooran (wicketkeeper), Sherfane Rutherford, Andre Russell, Romario Shepherd, Roston Chase, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Gudakesh Moti, Obed McCoy, Shamar Joseph, Shimron Hetmyer. And Shai Hope.Afghanistan: Rashid Khan (captain), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Azmatullah Umarzai, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Ishaq, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Karim Janat, Nangyal Kharoti, Mujeeb Ur Rehman, Noor Ahmed, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqui. , Farid Ahmed Malik.
The match will start at 6 am Indian time.
West Indies are slowly but steadily finding their rhythm after starting with a disappointing win over Papua New Guinea. They sidelined Uganda and New Zealand.
Afghanistan, on the other hand, has had a flawless campaign so far.Rashid Khan and Co. are enjoying the conditions offered by the Caribbean pitches.
What is at stake in the final match of Group C is gaining momentum as both the teams have qualified for the Super Eights.
"Momentum is a very important word for us, it is important for us to play good cricket and consistent cricket," West Indies captain Rovman Powell said on the eve of the game.
"After this game the Super 8 is very, very important so you want the players to go into the Super 8 with good performances, you want to go into the Super 8 as a winning team."
Opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz (167 runs) and fast bowler Fazalhaq Farooqui (12 wickets) currently lead the lists of run-scorers and wicket-takers respectively, which is a fair reflection of their good performances in this ICC showpiece.Apart from Gurbaz, veteran Ibrahim Zadran has also made significant contributions by scoring 114 runs with a highest score of 70. But the Afghans, who have a lot of right-handed batsmen, will have their work cut out for them against left-arm spinners Akil Hosein and Gudakesh Moti.
The Afghan team itself will be without off-spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman, who has been ruled out of the tournament with a finger injury. However, they have no shortage of spinners like captain Rashid and young Noor Ahmed, who bowled economically against Papua New Guinea and New Zealand.
Afghanistan head coach Jonathan Trott said, "Three good games, but realizing there are obviously more than three games to be had tomorrow and then three more in the group stage and hopefully beyond that.,
“That's the focus but we're not worried about looking too far ahead, obviously the main goal is to go as far as we can and achieve things that no other Afghanistan team has done before.
"And we've taken a step in the right direction so far, but that's it. There's a lot more cricket ahead and a lot of good teams to play against," he said.
The pitches at the Darren Sammy National Stadium are among the best in both the United States and the Caribbean.
With the ball coming onto the bat well, both the matches played here so far have been high scoring and on Sunday Sri Lanka scored over 200.West Indies' pacey batsmen will welcome the conditions in search of some big scores. The domestic batsmen have not been able to get into the rhythm yet, which was also accepted by the captain.
"We've all had a very subpar start to the World Cup as batsmen, but tomorrow at the Darren Sammy Stadium is an opportunity for us as batsmen to get it right – it's an even better opportunity on a better wicket," Powell said. " Said.
Teams (from)
West Indies team: Rovman Powell (captain), Brandon King, Johnson Charles, Nicholas Pooran (wicketkeeper), Sherfane Rutherford, Andre Russell, Romario Shepherd, Roston Chase, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Gudakesh Moti, Obed McCoy, Shamar Joseph, Shimron Hetmyer. And Shai Hope.Afghanistan: Rashid Khan (captain), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Azmatullah Umarzai, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Ishaq, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Karim Janat, Nangyal Kharoti, Mujeeb Ur Rehman, Noor Ahmed, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqui. , Farid Ahmed Malik.
The match will start at 6 am Indian time.
