Dream11 Schedule and Venue Details:
Venue: Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground, Greater Noida
Date: 10 March 2020, 2:00 PM
Team News Prediction:-
Afghanistan
With most of their playing T20 Cricket across the globe, Afghanistan are known to be a T20 powerhouse, at least among the associate and affiliate nations. Over the last few years, their T20 lineup has more or less been the same with only a few new faces introduced. Asghar Afghan is back as their skipper and they seem to be doing reasonably well.
In the two matches gone so far, they did pretty well and looked better of the two sides. While they scripted a good chase in the first match before the match was decided on the basis of Duckworth Lewis and Stern method, they defended brilliantly in the second. Batting first on a surface that had no visible demons, Afghanistan always looked ahead. Hazratullah Zazai and Rahmanullah Gurbaz got them off to a slow but stable start and their middle order came in and smashed the ball around beautifully. Skipper Asghar Afghan missed his fifty by just one run, but did enough to take Afghanistan to a tall total. He top-scored for Afghanistan with 49 runs off 28 deliveries.
A total of 183 is always difficult to chase down and to defend it, all Afghanistan bowlers needed to do was to bowl in tight channels. Mujeeb Ur Rahman was brilliant in the powerplay overs and removed Ireland’s openers, arguably the biggest threat. He was the wrecker in chief as he picked up three wickets for 38 runs in his four overs. The likes of Mohammad Nabi and Rashid Khan took control of things in the middle overs and delivered some tight overs. Afghanistan eventually won the match by 21 runs.
Ireland
While Ireland haven’t done too badly in the series so far, they have failed to match Afghanistan’s performance. They narrowly missed their chances in both the matches and would need to step up their game in the third encounter of the series.
In the second match, they did reasonably well and were will within the match for most of its part. However, they failed to keep Afghanistan’s batsmen tied-down in the death overs as the Afghans managed to score 184. Craig Young was the pick of their bowlers as he returned with impressive figures of 1 for 27 in four overs. However, most of their other bowlers proved to be expensive and that is something they would have to be wary of in the upcoming matches.
While the total of 184 looked daunting, it was never an impossible task. However, a poor start at the top made things further more difficult for Ireland. Skipper Andrew Balbirnie looked good, but once he was dismissed, floodgates opened and Ireland lost the plot. Andrew Balbirnie top-scored for Ireland with a 35-ball 46 and Harry Tector contributed with 29-ball 37.
Team Best Player Prediction For Dream11:-
Afghanistan
Hazratullah Zazai and Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk) will open the Innings. H Zazai is alike hit and miss type batsmen, he can score maximum once in a blue moon. While R Gurbaz is a wicket-keeper batsman, he can score 30+ runs.
H Zazai Last 5 Matches: 56*, 0, 1, 23, 28
Asghar Afghan and Najibullah Zadran will bat at Number 3 and 4. Asghar Afghan is the skipper, he can score 30+ runs consistently. While N Zardan is in top form.
Asghar Afghan last 5 matches: 24, 10, (4, 0), 0, 49
Karim Janat, Mohammad Nabi, Guladdin Naib, and Samiullah Shenwari will take care of middle-order batting. Karim Janat is a good attacking all-rounder, he can take 1+ wickets. Mohammad Nabi and Samiullah Shenwari will be watching out players.
M Nabi Last 5 Matches: (0,1w), (7, 0w), (16, 2w), (2, 1w), (38, 0w), (1, 0w)
G Naib Last 5 Matches: (27, 2w), (47,2w), (5,0w), (15, 0w),1w, (17, 0w)
Rashid Khan, Shapoor Zadran and Mujeeb Ur Rahman will take care of the bowling unit. Rashid Khan’s recent performance is not good. Mujeeb Had taken 2 wickets in the last match.
Rashid Khan Last 5 Matches: (8,1w), (9, 1w), (51, 5w), (22, 6w), 2w, 0w
Mujeeb Ur Rahman last 5 matches: 0w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 2w
Must have player in Afghanistan:
H.Zazai, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Karim Janat, Najibullah Zadran, Samiullah Shenwari
Ireland
Paul Stirling and Kevin O’Brien will open the innings for Ireland. P Stirling is a good attacking batsman, he had scored a brilliant half-century in the first match. while Kevin O’Brien is a good batsman, he is also in good form.
Kevin O’Brien Last 5 matches: (43, 2w), 4, 31, 21, 48, 4
Paul Stirling Last 5 matches: (17, 0w), 15, 63, 5, 95, (17, 1w)
Andy Balbirnie and Gareth Delany will bat at number 3 and 4. A Balbirnie is a good technical batsman. He had scored 36 runs in the last match. while Gareth Delany performance is good with both bat and ball.
A Balbirnie Last 5 matches: 40, 16, 10, 71, 7, 36
G Delany last 5 matches: (4, 2w), 1w, (2, 0w), (8*, 1w), 19, 44
Harry Tector, Gary Wilson, Dockrell, and Simi Singh will do the middle order duty. Harry Tector is in good form, Gary Wilson is a wicket keeper batsman, but his performance is not up to the mark. Simi Singh can score 20+ runs and takes 2+ wickets mostly.
Harry Tector last 5 matches: 60, 47*, 12, 5*, 1, 21*, 2, 31
C Young, Barry McCarthy, and Joshua Little will take care of the fast bowling unit. Dockrell will assist them with a spin attack. Joshua Little and C Young had taken 2+ wickets in the first match.
Joshua Little Last 5 matches: 0w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 3w
C Young last 4 matches: 0w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 2w, 2w
Must have player in Ireland:
Paul Stirling, Kevin O’Brien, Andrew Balbirnie, George Dockrell, Boyd Rankin
Probable Playing 11
Afghanistan:
Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Karim Janat, Asghar Afghan (C), Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Samiullah Shenwari, Rashid Khan, Gulbadin Naib, Shapoor Zadran, Mujeeb Ur Rahman
Ireland:
Paul Stirling, Kevin O’Brien, Andrew Balbirnie (C), Gareth Delany, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker (WK), Simi Singh, George Dockrell, Boyd Rankin, Craig Young, Joshua Little
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