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AFG vs SA Match Preview
Afghanistan face off against South Africa in the ICC T20 World Cup Warm up Match.
For the first time Afghanistan has directly qualified for the Main draw of the T20 World Cup led by Mohammad Nabi are a good T20 Side with a lot of T20 players who play different T20 Leagues around the world.
The return of their experienced Players Mohammad Shahzad and Hamid Hasan to the Squad has given the team the much required experience entering into a high profile tournament.
South Africa led by Temba Bavuma has a squad which is a mixture of experience and youth.To most of our surprise the squad doesn’t feature Faf du plessis and Imran Tahir who were expected to be part of the team.
South Africa are coming of a T20 Series win against Srilanka.They have the number 1 Ranked T20 bowler in the form of Tabraiz Shamsi in their squad and all the eyes will be on him.
Both teams will be looking to find their right Combinations heading into the main tournament which starts in a couple of days.
AFG vs SA Match Details
Venue – Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Nursery 2,Abu Dubai
Date – 18th October 2021
Time – 3:30 PM IST
AFG vs SA Pitch Report
The pitch is expected to be a neutral one with assistance to both Batsman and Bowlers.
AFG vs SA Head to Head Record
Matches Played – 2
Afghanistan Won – 0
South Africa Won – 2
AFG vs SA Squad
Afghanistan
Mohammad Nabi (c), Mohammad Shahzad(wk),Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Hazratullah Zazai, Usman Ghani, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Asghar Afghan, Gulbadin Naib, Najibullah Zadran, Karim Janat, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Hamid Hassan, Farid Ahmed Malik, Naveen ul Haq.
South Africa
Temba Bavuma (c), Keshav Maharaj, Quinton de Kock (wk), Reeza Hendricks,Rassie van der Dussen, Heinrich Klaasen, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Wiaan Mulder, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Dwaine Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi,Bjorn Fortuin.
AFG vs SA Player Stats
BATSMAN
Mohammad Shahzad – 1860 Runs
Quinton de Kock – 1758 Runs
David Miller – 1742 Runs
Reeza Hendricks – 993 Runs
Najibullah Zadran – 1060 Runs
ALL ROUNDERS
Mohammad Nabi – 1366 Runs and 72 Wickets.
Gulbadin Naib – 492 Runs and 17 Wickets
Dwaine Pretorius – 169 Runs and 14 Wickets.
BOWLERS
Rashid Khan – 95 Wickets
Tabraiz Shamsi – 49 Wickets
Kagiso Rabada – 41 Wickets
Mujeeb ur Rahman – 25 Wickets
AFG vs SA Top Fantasy Picks
1.Quinton de Kock
2.Rashid Khan
3.Mohmmad Nabi
4.Mohammad Shahzad
5.Aiden Markram
6.David Miller
7.Anrich Nortje
AFG vs SA Top Captaincy and Vice Captaincy picks
1.Quinton De Kock
2. Mohammad Nabi
3. Aiden Markram
4.Rashid khan
5.David Miller.