England and Afghanistan will kick off their T20 World Cup 2022 campaign in Perth on October 22 in the Super 12s stage.
England will take on rising Asian giantkillers Afghanistan in the two teams’ first Super 12s round fixture for the men’s T20 World Cup 2022 on Saturday (October 22).
The 2010 champions begin their surge towards reclaiming the coveted crown with a bout with the spirited Afghans, who will be determined to make their presence felt over the next four weeks in Australia.
The critical Group 1 encounter will be played at the Optus Stadium in Perth, whose high-end pace and bounce shall make the three lions massive favourites to pip over their opposition.
But that should not be a reason to take the Afghans lightly at all, for their rise into prominence at the world stage is built on defeating the odds and surprising everyone.
England Probable XI: Jos Buttler (c & wk), Alex Hales, Dawid Malan, Ben Stokes, Harry Brook, Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, David Willey, Mark Wood, Adil Rashid, Tymal Mills
Afghanistan Probable XI: Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Darwish Rasooli, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi (c), Usman Ghani, Rashid Khan, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Mujeeb ur Rahman
Rashid Khan
Pretty straightforward pick, no? Easily the world’s hottest property in the shortest format of the game, Rashid walks into the list with a great record under his belt in T20s. He has taken 118 wickets in 71 T20Is with an ER of 6.24; in a span of 353 domestic T20s, the incisive wristspinner has bagged a whopping 482 scalps at 6.37 runs an over.
Rahmanullah Gurbaz
Gurbaz has been a fantastic addition to the Afghanistan white-ball set-up. The young wicketkeeper-batter is arguably the most organised of the Afghan top-order players. Gurbaz boasts of a very impressive T20I record to his name. He has a strike-rate of 138.26 over 32 matches for his country. He will be determined to have a go against the England attack come Saturday.
Mohammad Nabi
Nabi, the Afghanistan skipper, is one of the world’s best spin allrounders in the shortest format. Leading his country at the T20 World Cup, Nabi will have the spotlight set on him throughout Afghanistan’s campaign. The experienced cricketer’s presence with the bat and the ball aside, his decision-making as a skipper will also be key to his team’s chances.
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