PAK vs AFG Match Preview– ICC World Cup 2023, Match 22. Pakistan and Afghanistan are set to lock horns in their next encounter in ICC World Cup 2023. The PAK vs AFG match takes place on Monday, October 23 at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
The PAK vs AFG match is expected to be a thrilling one like most of their previous clashes in the past. This year, Afghanistan moreover crushed Pakistan in a T20I series. Now, Pakistan will aim to avenge their defeat.
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Pakistan has unchangingly dominated Afghanistan in head-to-head encounters in ODIs. Both teams have faced each other in 7 games and Pakistan has defeated them on every occasion. However, both teams have never played an ODI on Indian soil.
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PAK vs AFG Match Preview– ICC World Cup 2023, Match 22
Pakistan
Babar Azam is the skipper of Pakistan in the ICC World Cup 2023. For Pakistan, Mohammad Rizwan and Abdullah Shafique have shown good form in batting. Saud Khaleel is flipside thrash who looks in a nice touch.
Among bowlers, pacers like Hasan Ali, Haris Rauf, and Shaheen Afridi have been brilliant. However, spinners need to when up their team. Mohammad Nawaz and Shadab Khan have failed to showcase sunny form like some spinners of other teams.
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PAK Squad: Babar Azam (C), Mohammad Rizwan (WK), Abdullah Shafique, Imam-ul-Haq, Saud Shakeel, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Agha Salman, Usama Mir, Mohammad Wasim Jr
Afghanistan
Rahmunallah Gurbaz is the leading run-getter for the team without 4 games, smashing 159 runs in 4 games. Azmatuallah Omarzai is next with 130 runs while Hashmatullah Shahidi follows him with 120 runs.
In bowling, Rashid Khan is the leading wicket-taker for the team with 6 wickets in 4 games. Naveen-ul-Haq and Mujeeb ur Rahman follow him with 4 scalps each.
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AFG Squad: Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Riaz Hassan, Rahmat Shah, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Ikram Alikhil, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Abdul Rahman, Naveen ul Haq.
