India is about to lock horns with Afghanistan on Wednesday of their second match of the ICC ODI World Cup 2023 at Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi. The Rohit Sharma-led group are returning to the pitch with the arrogance of beating Australia in a six-wicket victory whereas the Afghan aspect led by Hashmatullah Shahidi are reeling beneath a crushing debacle in opposition to Bangladesh.
When will the match begin?
The India-Afghanistan conflict, the ninth match of the match, will start at 2pm on Wednesday, October 11 at Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi.
Earlier World Cup conflict
The one time India and Afghanistan performed within the ICC ODI World Cup was in 2019, when the Virat Kohli-led aspect beat Gulbadin Naib’s males for 11 runs. The match turned India’s narrowest win in World Cups. Mohammed Shami scored a hat-trick within the sport, turning into the second Indian to take action in a World Cup match after Chetan Sharma’s 1987 feat in opposition to New Zealand at Nagpur.
Climate forecast
AccuWeather has predicted 0 per cent likelihood of any rain with clear skies. Humidity is pinned at 28 per cent with temperature anticipated round 35C within the afternoon when the match begins. Night temperature is predicted to be round 27C with a humidity of 36 per cent.
Pitch report
Delhi & District Cricket Affiliation (DDCA) has laid black soil to assemble the pitch on the Arun Jaitley Stadium, which is predicted to be advantageous for batters. The quick boundaries of the bottom will even assist batters rating large. South Africa, of their first match of the match on Saturday, scored 428 for five defeating Sri Lanka and the latter additionally managed to amass 326 runs whereas chasing. The official pitch report shall be launched by ICC earlier than the toss of the match.
Groups
It got here as a shock after Mohammed Shami didn’t make it to the group within the earlier match in opposition to Australia. Nevertheless, along with his historical past of hat-trick in opposition to Afghanistan and his fiery efficiency in opposition to Australia within the September three-match collection, there’s an opportunity that he may be part of the Taking part in 11 on Wednesday, as per stories.
India (possible): Rohit Sharma (captain), Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin/Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj
Afghanistan (possible): Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wicketkeeper), Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi (captain), Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Naveen-ul-Haq and Fazalhaq Farooqi
