A cricketing weekend beckons. Giving the Afghans the perfect opportunity to put the ghosts of today behind them and come out hunting - same place, same time - in a few hours from now. Given the stretching the Windies were subject to today, a few more runs at the top could really spice things up. All that for tomorrow as we take leave for now. On behalf of Abhinand Raghavendran and Sreenivas, this is Vineet Anantharaman bidding goodbye. Ta ta!!Sunil Narine, Man of the Match: It is good to come back and play for West Indies.
We just needed to go and play well. I do not think we relaxed, it is just that they played better in the end. With the technology available I need to be on my toes. (On opening the batting) We need to keep it simple and take it from there.Brathwaite: Very professional in the first 15 overs or so. We could have finished it better and needed to be a little more clinical. But we'll take a win and look to better it in the next couple of games. We identified a couple of things at the start of the series. We grassed a couple of catches in the field and hope to improve on it.Stanikzai: Yes we are disappointed. We played some poor shots and were 40-45 runs short. We have learnt a lot from today and would hope to play better cricket tomorrow.
After some sloppy batting making heavy weather of the minimal chase, the Windies have knocked off the target that was always sub-par to start off with. In the process have got themselves up the ladder with a point against their name. They did try their best to make a meal out of it in the middle overs against the spinners but in the end have romped home rather comfortably to outclass the Afghanis - revenging Nagpur to an extent. Despite all the fuss surrounding the chase, it was the first innings where the deal was sealed. It tells a story when two batsmen in the tail have the highest scores for their side. Hang in there, the presentations coming up..
Usman Ghani and Naib are at the crease. Usman Ghani is on strike. Jerome Taylor will open the attackThe players are out in the middle.
Taylor to start proceedings for WI. A slip in place. Here we go.Teams:
Afghanistan (Playing XI): Usman Ghani, Gulbadin Naib, Asghar Stanikzai(c), Samiullah Shenwari, Mohammad Nabi, Karim Janat, Shafiqullah Shafiq(w), Najibullah Zadran, Rashid Khan, Amir Hamza, Shapoor ZadranWest Indies (Playing XI): Evin Lewis, Chadwick Walton(w), Marlon Samuels, Lendl Simmons, Jason Mohammed, Rovman Powell, Carlos Brathwaite(c), Sunil Narine, Jerome Taylor, Samuel Badree, Kesrick WilliamsAfghanistan have won the toss and have opted to batAfghanistan possess two IPL recruits - Nabi and Rashid Khan - who would have had a brilliant exposure in the competitive league. The 18-year old befuddled even the best in the business. Having started their campaign on a winning note against a pretty strong WICB XI in the practice game, Stanikzai will be confident that his team can put up a good show. Lets hope we have a thriller. Toss and team updates coming up in a short while.18:30 Local Time, 22:30 GMT, 04:00 IST: The Champions Trophy is under way in England. Crossing the North Atlantic Ocean, here in St. Kitts, we are all in readiness to witness a T20I game. It's the World Champions West Indies hosting Afghanistan. Many would say that it's a bit weird that WI aren't part of the 8-team ICC tournament. But, the Caribbean side have their inconsistency to blame. Carlos Brathwaite and Co. will be vary of the fact that the Asian side are no pushovers. The only encounter between these two sides saw Afghanistan come on top during the WT20 in 2016.
Teams:
Afghanistan (From):
Usman Ghani, Samiullah Shenwari, Asghar Stanikzai(c), Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Noor Ali Zadran, Shafiqullah Shafiq(w), Fareed Ahmad, Dawlat Zadran, Gulbadin Naib, Rashid Khan, Javed Ahmadi, Karim Janat, Amir Hamza, Shapoor Zadran
West Indies (From):
Evin Lewis, Lendl Simmons, Marlon Samuels, Chadwick Walton(w), Jason Mohammed, Kieron Pollard, Carlos Brathwaite(c), Sunil Narine, Samuel Badree, Ronsford Beaton, Jerome Taylor, Kesrick Williams, Rovman Powell
Monday, July 2, 2018
India vs Afghanistan 1st Test Match Prediction. Live Score
Today Match Prediction, 14th Jun 2018 to 18th Jun 2018. Who will win India vs Afghanistan 1st Test 2018? India vs Afghanistan Cricket Predictions. Who will win Afg vs Ind Match Prediction? Afghanistan Tour of India 2018. Get Afghanistan vs India, live score, Live Cricket, Cricket Score, Live Cricket Score and True Match Prediction from Cricbooth.com
Afghanistan will play their debut Test match against India at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru from June 14 to 18. As India is at # 1 position in ICC Test ranking. Afghanistan, who will become the 12th test playing nation on Thursday, have unlimited potential -and Afghan captain Stanikzai is confident that the recent drubbing of Bangladesh has lifted the morale of the side, despite the win coming in the shortest format of the game.
"We are ready for the Test match against India - our morale is high," the Captain said after his teams defeted Bangladesh by one run in the third and final T20I here on Thursday.
"Last couple of years we have performed very well. the team wants to achieve it for Afghanistan. You see the batsmen, bowlers are all in good form."
Not a regular game of cricket was played in the country 15 or even 10 years ago, it was simply played in refugee camps in Pakistan, yet this week Afghan cricket team will take on India.
India vs Afghanistan key players and analysis
Debut and only test Afghanistan vs India will be played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. If we look past record about pitch it will be batting and spin track and it will favor the spin Blowers. At this spinning track Rashid khan the man behind Afghanistan 3-0 win against Bangladesh will be very effective and frontman for Afghanistan against India. India has strong batting line-up which can destroy any blowing line up of the world.
Who will Win? India vs Afghanistan Test Match Predictions.
Afghanistan has a young and energetic team. But if we look India past record they play very well at their home ground. It will be a good match but there are great chances India will win the only test against Afghanistan.india has a strong batting line up as well as they have good spinners who can destroy Afghan batting line up.
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SQUADS FOR AFGHANISTAN TOUR OF INDIA, 2018
India Team For Test Against Afghanistan
Ajinkya Rahane(c), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav,Mohammed Shami, Hardik Pandya, Ishant Sharma, Shardul Thakur,Cheteshwar Pujara, Shikhar Dhawan, Murali Vijay, Lokesh Rahul, Karun Nair, Umesh Yadav, Dinesh Karthik
Afghanistan Team For 1st Test Against India
Afghanistan Squad: Asghar Stanikzai(c),Rashid Khan, Zahir Khan, Amir Hamza,Hashmatullah Shahidi, Afsar Zazai, Mohammad Nabi, Sayed Shirzad, Mohammad Shahzad, Javed Ahmadi, Ihsanullah Janat, Rahmat Shah, Nasir Jamal, Yamin Ahmadzai, Wafadar, Mujeeb Ur Rahman
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