Abu Dhabi: Pakistan and Afghanistan will clash in Dubai on Friday in the Group-II Super-12 match of the T20 World Cup. Encouraged by two consecutive wins, Pakistan's strong bowling attack will put Afghanistan's influential batsmen on the test. The match will begin at 7:30 pm Indian time.
The third consecutive win will strengthen Pakistan's chances of reaching the semi-finals, as they will then take on weak teams like Scotland and Namibia. The Babar Azam-led team will certainly start as a contender for victory in the match, but the Afghanistan team cannot be taken lightly. In the presence of batsmen and world-class spinners who have scored crisp shots, they have the power to challenge any team.
Pakistan's morale has been boosted after winning over India and New Zealand, but there has been a sharp change in its performance in the past, which Afghanistan can take advantage of. The Afghanistan batsmen put pressure on the Scotland bowlers in the last match on the back of their powerful shot, but now they face an attack that is considered to be the most dangerous in the tournament.
The teams are as follows:
Afghanistan Probable XI: Hazratullah Zazai, Mohammad Shahzad, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Najibullah Zadran, Asghar Afghan, Mohammad Nabi (c), Gulbadin Naib, Rashid Khan, Karim Janat, Naveen ul Haq, Mujeeb ur Rahman.
Pakistan Probable XI: Babar Azam (C), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Asif Ali, Imad Wasim, Shadab Khan, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf.
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