It’s been a tumultuous time for this country in question. No government, no funds, no backing and yet Afghanistan managed to come here and beat Scotland by a massive margin in their opening game. They even beat West Indies in one of their warmup matches and while they’re chances of progressing are almost nil, they have motivation more than anyone else. We saw some members crying during the national anthem in the first game.
But they’re playing Pakistan and if there’s one word to describe this team so far in the 2021 T20 World Cup, it’s FLAWLESS. They beat India by 10 wickets and then after a little bit of hiccups, they overcame New Zealand as well. The positive for Afghanistan is that NZ spinners troubled Pakistan and they have some good spinners themselves. Keep reading for our complete MyFab11 (sign-up with code “READAD46“) AFG vs PAK fantasy preview…
Match info
- Tournament: 2021 T20 World Cup.
- Date: 29th October 2021, 7:30pm IST.
- Venue: Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, UAE.
- Capacity: 25,000+
- Series status: Super 12s.
Recent form
- AFG: W W W W L
- PAK: W W W L L
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Numbers
- Head to head in T20 internationals, Pakistan leads 1-0.
- Against Scotland, Afghanistan had 9 wickets to spinners.
- 34*, 6*, 11* – Mohammad Nabi’s scores so far in UAE.
Afghanistan
In three games including two warmups so far since arriving in the UAE, Mohammad Nabi has been brilliant. He’s yet to be dismissed and picked magical figures of 3/2 in 4 overs against West Indies as well. He’s spent his own money to be at the World Cup and is motivated, so makes our AFG vs PAK fantasy team. We mentioned how Mujeeb Ur Rahman may be more deadly than Rashid and his 5-fer against Scotland proved that, played on wild turners here in UAE.
When these teams last played 8 years ago, Mohammad Shahzad opened the batting and he’s expected to do so again. With scores of 22 and 54 in his last two games, he’s got starts and will be itching to get a bigger score here against Pakistan. Asghar Afghan bats too low down the order but if you need more betters, try Najibullah Zadran (experience against Pakistan bowlers in PSL) and Rahmanullah Gurbaz (experience in Abu Dhabi T10).
Pakistan
Usually, you’ll look up to Pakistani spinners but here, it’s the pacers that are doing the deeds for them so far. In two games in the Super 12, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Hafeez and Imad Wasim have only managed a total of 3 wickets. We’re going with pacers now and one of them is surely Shaheen Afridi who rocked India and was superb against New Zealand as well. It’s a tough choice between Haris Rauf and Hasan Ali but we’ll go with the former, if not both.
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With the bat, everyone’s going to be picking Babar Azam but I’ll tell you one thing, Mohammad Rizwan is on the touch of his life right now, and can’t be left out of your MyFab11 (sign-up with code “READAD46“) AFG vs PAK fantasy team, with two good knocks in two games so far. Imad Wasim suffered a minor knee injury and if he’s fit, Pakistan is expected to play an unchanged team for this game.
Afghanistan vs Pakistan – 2021 T20 World Cup Betting
Afghanistan vs Pakistan – T20 World Cup 2021 Betting
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AFG vs PAK Squads
Afghanistan Squad
Mohammad Nabi (C), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Hazratullah Zazai, Mohammad Shahzad, Najibullah Zadran, Asghar Afghan, Gulbadin Naib, Karim Janat, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Naveen Ul Haq, Hamid Hassan, Fareed Ahmad, Usman Ghani, Hashmatullah Shahidi.
Pakistan Squad
Babar Azam (C), Mohammad Rizwan, Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Asif Ali, Imad Wasim, Shadab Khan, Hasan Ali, Haris Rauf, Shaheen Afridi, Haider Ali.
AFG vs PAK fantasy team
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