SA vs AFG, ICC ODI World Cup 2023: Get all the head-to-head stats ahead of the South Africa vs Afghanistan match on Friday.
Afghanistan will have a long shot to bespeak a spot in the semifinals when it takes on South Africa at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Friday.
Afghanistan were so close to achieving their most important ODI palm. Against Australia. For a shot at the World Cupsemi-finals. nearly there. Before a Glenn Maxwell– sized meteorflattened them.
They’re now in Ahmedabad to play their final league game and will bow out of the World Cup at the largest justice colosseum in the world. Having only ever beaten Scotland formerly in 2015 and 2019, Afghanistan have beaten three former titleholders- England, Sri Lanka and Pakistan this time, as well as Netherlands, but the 438- run palm they need against South Africa to push New Zealand out of fourth place on net run rate is insolvable. An exit with ten points, as numerous as the platoon that qualifies fourth, still, will be a massive palm in itself.
Afghanistan have only played one ODI and two T20Is against South Africa and noway won. But that was old Afghanistan. The Afghanistan of the 2023 World Cup have bettered as a unit. Each of their top five batters have 250- plus runs in the event. In the bowling department, it’s not the usual suspects doing the damage. Yes, Rashid Khan is Afghanistan’s leading gate- taker, but he hasn’t always been harmonious. And while Mujeeb Ur Rahman has only seven in eight games, the likes of Noor Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi and Naveen- ul- Haq have all been among the lattices.
As far as South Africa go, with theirsemi-final spot formerly secure, this institution is a pressure-free occasion to pick themselves up after the beating they suffered against India in Kolkata by India. After that 243- run trouncing David Miller didn’t feel South Africa have been” terrible shadowing”, but it’s no secret they’ve been much more successful fur first than alternate in ODIs this time.
Ultimately, the result is likely to depend on how Afghanistan’s bowlers fare against South Africa’s fur might. Afghanistan and India are the only brigades to haven’t conceded 300 indeed once this World Cup. South Africa have scored five summations in excess of 300, the loftiest being 428 against Sri Lanka. Do Afghanistan have it in them to contain South Africa?
In the limelight Ibrahim Zadran and Marco Jansen
The current top- arranger for Afghanistan, Ibrahim Zadran was their first centurion at the World Cup, in their former game against Australia. The nature pars57.5 against fast bowlers in the competition and the way he tackles the South Africa hearts will be pivotal. Ibrahim has had a top launch to his ODI career. He has only played 27 ODIs but is formerly alternate on the list of utmost centuries for Afghanistan. A sixth will take him position with Mohammad Shahzad.
Marco Jansen had a rare bad day against India, when he went for 94 runs in9.4 overs and could not do much with the club. Having had a astral run in the World Cup, he’ll be keen to show his bouncebackability. Jansen is in third place for the most lattices in the competition( 17) and it’s his powerplay bowling that has really stood out 12 lattices in eight innings- further than any other bowler in the event. Not to forget his fur lower down the order, where he is struck at111.34. After an ordinary spin at Eden auditoriums, Jansen will want to return to his match- winning ways.
Team news Phehlukwayo to get a game?
Depending on the Ahmedabad pitch, Afghanistan might bring back Farooqi for either Noor or Mujeeb. The rest of their playing XI is doubtful to change.
Afghanistan( probable) 1 Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 2 Ibrahim Zadran, 3 Rahmat Shah, 4 Hashmatullah Shahidi( capt), 5 Azmatullah Omarzai, 6 Mohammad Nabi, 7 Ikram Alikhil( wk), 8 Rashid Khan, 9 Mujeeb Ur Rahman/ Fazalhaq Farooqi, 10 Naveen- ul- Haq, 11 Noor Ahmad
Lungi Ngidi didn’t complete his ten overs against India, walking off two balls into his ninth. While he did come out to club latterly and is declared fit for the game, South Africa could rest either him or Kagiso Rabada, with Andile Phehlukwayo coming in for his first game. Tazbraiz Shamsi could also make way for fast bowler Gerald Coetzee.
South Africa( probable) 1 Quinton de Kock( wk), 2 Temba Bavuma( capt), 3 Rassie van der Dussen, 4 Aiden Markram, 5 Heinrich Klaasen, 6 David Miller, 7 Marco Jansen, 8 Keshav Maharaj, 9 Kagiso Rabada, 10 Lungi Ngidi/ Andile Phehlukwayo, 11 Tabraiz Shamsi/ Gerald Coetzee
Pitch and conditions
Ahmedabad hasn’t had extremely high summations so far in the World Cup- no platoon has been suitable to score further than 300. The soil type will be a factor in how the face plays. The temperature is anticipated to hang around the 36- degree mark when the match starts and will go down in the evening. There’s little to no chance of rain.
Stats and trivia
- Rahmat Shah is just 13 short of getting the fourth Afghanistan batter to score 4000 runs in transnational justice.
- South Africa have a palm chance of90.90 when fur first in ODIs in 2023. They’ve lost just one of 11 matches
- Heinrich Klaasen’s strike rate of148.67 is the loftiest in ODIs in 2023( minimal 200 runs)
- If Jansen takes one further gate, he’ll come the leading gate- taker for South Africa in a single ODI World Cup
- Rassie van der Dussen has fallen to spin six times in eight innings so far this World Cup
Quotes
” We have not been terrible shadowing, it’s just been one or two games where we slipped up. I suppose it’s just comparing to what we’ve done fur first, which has been exceptional.”
David Miller does not believe South Africa are bad chasers
” In this World Cup, I suppose one part that we aren’t good enough in, is the fielding, you know, like we dropped so numerous catches. In the New Zealand game also, those dropped catches hurt us. Especially last game with Australia, that dropped the chances that we had. That was the reason, if we took that, the result and script would be far different than now.” Know More Latest Cricket News…
