Match Details:
Series: Afghanistan vs. West Indies
Venue: Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee International Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
Date: November 6, 2019
Time: 2:00 p.m. IST
Match Preview:
West Indies will look to start things afresh when they kick off their ODI series against Afghanistan with the first match at Lucknow. They had a disastrous home series against India during which they got whitewashed in all of the three formats. But this is a new-look West Indies side now. They have decided to move past the likes of Chris Gayle, Andre Russell and others and have given chance to young talents like Hayden Walsh Jr. and Brandon King. Both have made their names in domestic cricket and they fully deserved this call up.
Afghanistan, on the other hand, are coming into this series on the back of a fantastic tour of Bangladesh where they completely outplayed the hosts in a one-off Test match and, then, made the final of the Tri-Series involving Bangladesh and Zimbabwe. The Afghans would be looking to put up a strong show against West Indies now. However, the Caribbean team will be up for the challenge as well.
Weather Conditions:
Bright and sunny weather conditions are in store for Wednesday. Conditions will be a little dry.
Pitch Report:
It is an afternoon game, meaning there won't be enough moisture on the surface and the pitch will rather assist the spinners. The openers could score big runs of they spend enough time
Match Details:
Series: Afghanistan vs. West Indies
Venue: Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee International Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
Date: November 6, 2019
Time: 2:00 p.m. IST
Match Preview:
West Indies will look to start things afresh when they kick off their ODI series against Afghanistan with the first match at Lucknow. They had a disastrous home series against India during which they got whitewashed in all of the three formats. But this is a new-look West Indies side now. They have decided to move past the likes of Chris Gayle, Andre Russell and others and have given chance to young talents like Hayden Walsh Jr. and Brandon King. Both have made their names in domestic cricket and they fully deserved this call up.
Afghanistan, on the other hand, are coming into this series on the back of a fantastic tour of Bangladesh where they completely outplayed the hosts in a one-off Test match and, then, made the final of the Tri-Series involving Bangladesh and Zimbabwe. The Afghans would be looking to put up a strong show against West Indies now. However, the Caribbean team will be up for the challenge as well.
Weather Conditions:
Bright and sunny weather conditions are in store for Wednesday. Conditions will be a little dry.
Pitch Report:
It is an afternoon game, meaning there won't be enough moisture on the surface and the pitch will rather assist the spinners. The openers could score big runs of they spend enough time at the crease.
Probable Playing XI:
West Indies
Evin Lewis, Shai Hope, Shimron Hetmyer, Brandon King, Nicholas Pooran (WK), Roston Chase, Kieron Pollard (C), Jason Holder, Keemo Paul, Alzarri Joseph, Sheldon Cottrell
Afghanistan:
Hazratullah Zazai, Javed Ahmadi, Rahmat Shah, Ikram Ali Khil (WK), Najibullah Zadran, Asghar Afghan, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Karim Janat, Rashid Khan (C), Mujeeb Ur Rahman
Top Picks:
Rashid Khan (9.5 Cr)
He has 13 wickets against West Indies at an excellent strike-rate and economy rate of 22.0 and 3.54 respectively.
Shai Hope (10 Cr)
The wicketkeeper-batsman has an average of over 50 against Afghanistan with a tally of over 200 runs to his name. He would be looking to score big runs in this series.
Rahmat Shah (9.5 Cr)
He is Afghanistan's best batsman with over 2,000 ODI runs to his name. He averages just a shade under 40 with around 200 ODI runs to his name against West Indies.
Captaincy Options (in order of priority): Rashid Khan, Shai Hope
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