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CLAIM NOWZimbabwe vs Afghanistan, AFG vs ZIM 2024, Today Match Prediction 11 December 2024
ZIM vs AFG Win Probability
Toss Winner - Afghanistan won the toss and choose to bat first
Zimbabwe beat Afghanistan by 4 wickets
Zimbabwe face a dominant Afghanistan
- Afghanistan lead with 14-1 head-to-head wins
- Zimbabwe lost their last home series against Afghanistan
- Afghanistan haven’t played a T20I since the World Cup
Afghanistan to win
| Tournament: | Afghanistan tour of Zimbabwe T20, 2024 |
| Format: | t20 |
| Venue: | Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe |
| Toss Prediction: | To Bat |
| Weather: | 32.5°C|Sunny |
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ZIM vs AFG Match Prediction & Analysis
Afghanistan will be touring Zimbabwe for 3 T20Is, 3 ODIs, and one Test match. In their last T20I series here, Afghanistan had won 3-0. They have a great record against Zimbabwe in T20Is with 14 wins and 1 loss.
The hosts were recently handed a 1-2 loss by Pakistan in the T20I series. Zimbabwe were bowled out for 108 and 57 runs in the first two games and in the final match of the series, they chased down 133 runs with 2 wickets in hand.
Afghanistan is tough, with a strong bowling attack. They beat Australia and New Zealand in the T20 World Cup to reach the semis. The Afghans will pose an even tougher challenge to the hosts this time around.
Rashid Khan is leading a strong all-round squad in the T20Is. The squad features all of their key match-winners for the Zimbabwe tour. The visitors have ticked all the boxes in of squad strength.
RECENT PERFORMANCE
ZIM
W L L L L
ZIM
AFG
L W W L L
AFG
115/5 in 20.0 5.75
105/10 in 17.5 5.89
148/6 in 20.0 7.4
ICCWCT20
Afghanistan beat Australia by 21 runs
127/10 in 19.2 6.57
HEAD TO HEAD
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TEAMS PREVIEW
Zimbabwe Preview
At the time of writing, there is no official word out on the T20I squad from Zimbabwe for this series. However, we reckon they are most likely to continue with the same side that played Pakistan in the recent home series.
Wessly Madhevere was back in the squad for the Pakistan games. He played just one game and wasn’t very impressive. We expect him to find more chances against Afghanistan.
Opening batsman Brian Bennett found his rhythm in the final match where Zimbabwe successfully chased down the target. There haven’t been any promising performances from the batters but Bennett and Tadiwanashe Marumani will be the key players to watch out for in the top order.
They are among the more experienced players in this squad after Ryan Burl and skipper Sikandar Raza.
The amount of all-rounders in the squad allows for depth in the batting lineup. The hosts have a strong middle-order with most of their key batters like Raza, Burl, and Clive Madande.
Blessing Muzarabani and Wellington Masakadza will be leading the bowling attack for Zimbabwe. Among the all-rounders, Sikandara Raza and Ryan Burl are crucial and can deliver key breakthroughs for the hosts.
Zimbabwe Predicted Playing XI:
Tadiwanashe Marumani (wk), Brian Bennett, Dion Myers, Sikandar Raza (c), Ryan Burl, Wessly Madhevere, Tashinga Musekiwa, Wellington Masakadza, Richard Ngarava, Blessing Muzarabani, Tinotenda Maposa
Zimbabwe Actual Playing XI:
Tadiwanashe Marumani, Dion Myers, Sikandar Raza, Brian Bennett, Ryan Burl, Wesley Madhevere, Trevor Gwandu, Wellington Masakadza, Blessing Muzarabani, Richard Ngarava, Tashinga Musekiwa
Afghanistan Preview
Afghanistan will be playing their first T20I since the semi-final in West Indies where they lost to South Africa. They have been great in the white-ball format beating South Africa in ODIs.
Since their last appearance in the T20 World Cup, Afghanistan have played two one-day international series and won both of them. They will be confident coming into this series having dominated Zimbabwe in the T20 format over the years.
Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmed, and Mujeeb Ur Rahman will be leading the spin-bowling attack for Afghanistan in the series. In the pace department, they’ve got Naveen ul Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi, and bowling all-rounder Azmatullah Omarzai.
There is plenty of firepower in this bowling attack and we expect most of them to deliver crucial breakthroughs at regular intervals. They also have experienced all-rounders like Mohammad Nabi and Gulbadin Naib in the squad for the T20Is.
Omarazai also plays a key role with the bat. Karim Janat and Gulbadin Naib are other key batters to watch out for in the middle. At the top, we expect Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Hazratullah Zazai to deliver a big start. Gurbaz has had a great year at the top and will be one to watch out for.
Afghanistan Predicted Playing XI:
Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Hashmatullah Zazai, Darwish Rasooli, Azmatullah Omarzai, Karim Janat, Gulbadin Naib, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan (c), Naveen ul Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Mujeeb Ur Rahman
Afghanistan Actual Playing XI:
Hazratullah Zazai, Sediqullah Atal, Karim Janat, Mohammad Nabi, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Mohammad Ishaq, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fareed Ahmad Malik, Naveen ul Haq
PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS
Weather Conditions
It will be clear and sunny in Harare on the match day with a high of 32 degrees Celsius. The match is scheduled for the afternoon and we expect the weather to help batters early on.
ZIM vs AFG Pitch Report
It is a balanced wicket at the Harare Sports Club with the bowlers also finding significant help from the surface. The average 1st innings score in the last 10 T20 matches here is 160 runs. The highest score successfully chased at this venue in recent games is 163 runs. We reckon anything around 165-170 will be a highly competitive 1st innings total in this match.
Toss: To Bat
Teams batting first have won 33 of the 55 T20Is played at this venue. It is not a high-scoring venue and having runs on the board will give the batting team an edge over the opposition. The visitors should be confident of defending a total given their bowling strength.
ZIM vs AFG
Winning Prediction
Zimbabwe are coming here on the back of a series loss against Pakistan. Though they won the last T20I they haven’t got many reliable or consistent players in any department. Afghanistan have a great record against Zimbabwe and won their last T20I series here. Overall, Afghanistan have a much stronger squad with more experienced players and will start as favorites in our match prediction.
Afghanistan to win
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