AFG vs IRE 2nd ODI – Latest Dream11 Match Preview and Team Prediction

Paul Stirling, Gareth Delany, Andrew Balbirnie(c), Harry Tector, Kevin O Brien, Lorcan Tucker(w), Curtis Campher, Simi Singh, Andy McBrine, Barry McCarthy, Craig Young, Mark Adair, Joshua Little, Neil Rock, James McCollum

 

– Afghanistan played international cricket after a span of 13 months and won their 1st game of the series. They will look to go unchanged thus game.

 

– Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Javed Ahmadi will open for Afghanistan. Gurbaz the hard hitting opener will made his ODI debut last game and smashed a run a ball 127 runs. Ahmadi scored 38 last game.

 

– Rahmat Shah will bat 1 down. Rahmat is team’s most consistent and reliable batsman with an ODI Average of 36. He was out cheaply on 3 last game.

 

– Asghar Afghan will handle the middle order. Asghar generally plays slow but looks in completely different mood in the Shpageeza t20 where he was smashing the bowlers for fun. He was out on 4.

 

– Najibullah Zadran and Mohammad Nabi will open the innings. Both are extremely attacking batsman and have played a lot of franchise Cricket. Nabi is coming after a match winning 80 run knock in BBL.

 

– Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Rahman and Mohammad Nabi will lead the spin attack. All 3 are world’s best bowlers.

 

– Naveen-ul-haq and Gulbadin Naib will be responsible for the pace bowling. Naveen-ul-haq will bowl in death overs.

 

– Ireland drew the ODI series 1-1 against UAE and gave a very strong fight against Afghanistan last game which they lost by just 16 runs.

 

– For Ireland Paul Stirling and Kevin O Brian will be opening. Stirling is teams most experienced guy who scored century against UAE 2 games ago. O’brien is not someone to introduce and will be crusial with both bat and bowl. Stirling scored 39 while Kevin O Brian was out cheaply on 1.

 

– Andrew Balbirnie will bat 1 down. Balbirnie is an important part of the Irish team and is very consistent in the white ball format.

 

– Harry Tector and Lorcan Tucker will bat at 2 and 3 down respectively. Tector has emerged as an attacking middle order Batsman for Ireland and had also bowled in domestic season recently. Tucker scored his highest score of 83 last game.

 

– McBrine and Curtis Campher will bat next. Both are really good hitters of the ball and will also be important with the bowl.

 

– Simi Singh and McBrine will handle the spin section with Paul Stirling to assist. McBrine took a 5-for last game.

 

– Barry McCarthy , Craig Young and Curtis Campher will be the team’s pace attack.

 

Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Javed Ahmadi, Rahmat Shah, Asghar Afghan (c), Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran, Azmatullah Omarzai, Gulbadin Naib, Rashid Khan, Naveen ul Haq, Mujeeb ur Rahman

 

Paul Stirling, Kevin O’brien, Andrew Balbirnie, Harry Tector, Lorkan Tucker(wk), Curtis Campher, Gareth Delany, Simi Singh, Andrew McBrine, Barry McCarthy, Craig Young

This pitch is a batting paradise, but it gets a little slow as the match progresses. The average 1st innings score at this ground is 249 runs

 

R Gurbaz ( Open + wk, very attacking with SR of 140 in t20s, 127 runs laat game on debut, Must have)

 

L Tucker( Middle order + wk, 292 runs in 14 ODIs, 83 runs last game, can avoid, don’t consider based on 1 game)

 

Paul Stirling ( Open, very attacking + part time spin, 232 runs in t20 blast 2020, 131* against UAE 1st game, 39 last game, Must have )

 

Rahmat Shah ( 1 down, very consistent but poor recent form, 2300 ODI runs at an average of 36, good choice to have)

 

Andrew Balbirnie ( 1 down, very experienced, 2097 runs in 72 ODIs averaging just over 30, 53 against Afghanistan, Must have )

 

Asghar Afghan ( 3 down, team’s reliable batsman, never leave him in 2nd innings chase, 2400 ODI runs )

 

N Zadran( Middle order, LHB, very attacking, 1615 runs in ODI, SR of 140 in t20s however quite low around 90 in ODIs, 29 last game )

 

H Shahidi( 2 down, very reliable batsman from Afghanistan, 276 runs in 10 games against Ireland, did not play last game )

 

Usman Ghani( Open, very attacking batsman, 441 ODI runs, Just 10 runs in 3 games against Ireland)

 

Kevin O’brien( Open + Medium pace, not bowling much, 602 runs with an average of 31 in 23 innings against Afghanistan )

 

H Tector( 2 down, very attacking batsman, 48 runs + 1w in inter provisional t20 competition, 28 last game )

 

Mohammad Nabi( 3 down + Off spin, very attacking batsman, 2799 runs + 131 Wickets for Afghanistan, 1w last game, Must have )

 

Curtis Campher ( Middle order + medium pacer, can swing the ball, 127 runs + 5 Wickets against England last series, 80 runs + 2 Wickets in UAE Series, 27 runs last game, Must have )

 

Mark Adair ( Right Arm fast, can also hit the ball big, 17 Wickets with bowling Average of just 6, didn’t played last game )

 

Gulbadin Naib ( Medium pacer + good batsman, 1041 runs + 60 ODI Wickets on his name, 1w last game, Must try)

 

G Delany ( Middle order + part time leg spin, very attacking, inexperienced in ODIs, 1w last game )

 

Simi Singh ( Off spin, 23 ODI Wickets with economy just under 5 50 + 5 Wickets against UAE game, Must have)

 

Rashid Khan ( Leg spinner, world’s best spinner, 50 massive Wickets in 8 games against Ireland, 55 runs + 2 Wickets last game, Must have)

 

Mujeeb Rahman ( Off mystery spin, 5-for in BBL recently, 18 Wickets in 11 games against Ireland, 2 Wickets last game)

 

Barry McCarthy ( Medium pacer, experienced, 58 ODI Wickets, 1 Wicket last game )

 

Naveen ul haq ( Medium fast, known for his variations, will bowl in death, 3 Wickets last game )

 

Craig Young( Fast Medium, got some good pace and swing, impressive stats with 34 Wickets in 17 games )

 

A McBrine( Off spin + decent batting, 7 Wickets in 36 overs against UAE, 5 Wickets last game, Must )

 

Joshua Little ( Left arm fast, young bowler, 10 Wickets in his short odi carrer of 5 games )

 

Rashid Khan

Mohammad Nabi

Mujeeb Rahman

 

Paul Stirling

Andrew Balbirnie

Curtis Campher