When the New Zealand and Afghan teams meet in a very important match of the ICC T20 World Cup on Sunday, today, the Indian team and fans will hold their breath as all their hopes of entering the semi-finals are linked to the match. Millions of Indians along with the Indian team are also praying for Afghan's victory in this match. The memes about the Afghan and New Zealand matches are also going viral on social media ahead of the match.
New Zealand's win will close all avenues for India to reach the semi-finals, as New Zealand will have 8 points and India will not be able to score the same number of points even after winning the final match. If the Afghans beat New Zealand, their modest hopes will remain, while India's chances may prevail, which will have to win the final match by a good margin. India's last league match against Namibia will be a formality if New Zealand win. The New Zealand team is confident after beating Namibia on Friday.
New Zealand has a strong bowling attack, which has proved to be a source of trouble for the Afghan batsmen. On the other hand, the Afghan batsmen have done well so far on the strength of their spinners. Their batsmen, however, will now face Trent Boult, Tim Southee, pacer Adam Milne, spinners Ish Sodhi and Mitchell Santner, who are in superb form. Both teams want to win the match, but millions of Indian fans are looking hopefully at Afghans.
If the Afghan batsmen can score good runs, the bowlers led by Rashid Khan can do wonders. Mujibur Rahman's injury has weakened the bowling attack, but now he is completely fine. Hopefully he's going to take the field against New Zealand. In such a situation, afghanistan can take advantage of the weakness of the Kiwi bowlers against spin.
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