Afghanistan vs Ireland: Afghanistan and Ireland will face each other at Melbourne Cricket Ground today in the 2022 T20 World Cup. So far they have faced two teams each including one common opponent, i.e England. The two teams had totally contrasting fates when they met England. While Afghanistan lost their first match of the tournament against them, Ireland shocked the world by registering a sensational victory against Jos Buttler’s men. Ireland are currently placed in 4th position on Group 1’s points table with 2 points while Afghanistan are in the last (6th) position.
Afghanistan must win this match to remain in the competition. However, Ireland are in a much more suitable position and they will step on the field against Afghanistan with the intention of overtaking Sri Lanka to rise up to the 2nd spot on the table.
In this article, we shall take a look at the details, weather report, probable lineups and winning prediction of the upcoming matchup between Afghanistan and Ireland.
Afghanistan vs Ireland: Match Details
- Afghanistan vs Ireland
- Date and Time: 28th October, 9:30 AM IST
- Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)
Afghanistan vs Ireland: Weather Report
Melbourne is expected to have heavy rainfall with thunderstorms for almost the entire day on 28th October. There is thus a high probability that this match between Afghanistan and Ireland might be washed due to rain. If that happens, both teams will be sharing points and Afghanistan would be the sufferer in that case as it would practically rule them out of the competition.
The expected temperature is about 18 degree-Celcius, wind speed is about 32 km/hr and expected humidity is about 59%.
Afghanistan vs Ireland: Probable Lineups
Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Naveen ul Haq and Fazalhaq Farooqi, Hazratullah Zazai/Usman Ghani, Ibrahim Zadran, Darwish Rasooli, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi ©.
Ireland: Paul Stirling, George Dockrell, Gareth Delany, Mark Adair, Fionn Hand, Barry McCarthy and Joshua Little, Andy Balbirnie (c), Lorcan Tucker (wk), Harry Tector, Curtis Campher.
Afghanistan vs Ireland: Winning Prediction
Afghanistan has a much stronger squad than Ireland on paper. However, Ireland has performed unexpectedly well so far this season and they might be the dark horses of the T20 World Cup 2022. They have undoubtedly shown potential and we thus think that Ireland will emerge victorious against Afghanistan in tomorrow’s match.
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