T20 World Cup: Many cricket experts believe that Afghanistan can get a surprise in the T20 WC to be held this year. They have already beaten Scotland by a huge margin and troubled Pakistan in their second match. They have to win their remaining matches to qualify. On Sunday, Afghanistan will play relatively easy opposition Namibia.
Afghanistan’s strategy has been quite different from the rest of the teams. While the other teams are insisting on winning the toss and bowling first, Afghanistan adopted the method of batting first and then relied on their bowling.
In the presence of Rashid, Nabi and Mujeeb, Afghanistan have arguably the best spin attack in the tournament. Afghanistan have a great coaching team in Shaun Tait, Lance Klusener and Andy Flower.
Toss Update: Captain Reply to @Team_Twitter
Winning the toss against Namibia and elected to bat.#AFGvNAM #T20WC2021 pic.twitter.com/utSnymzxWz— Afghanistan Cricket Board (@ACBofficials) 31 October 2021
Afghanistan won the toss and decided to bat, as they are doing. He has won his last 13-day T20I matches when he has batted first. It will be interesting to see what challenge Namibia presents in the match.
Namibia (Playing XI): Craig Williams, Michael van Lingen, Zane Greene (W), Gerhard Erasmus (C), David Wiese, JJ Smit, Jan Frylink, Pikki Ya France, Jan Nicole Lofty-Eaton, Ruben Trumpelman, Bernard Scholtz
Afghanistan (Playing XI)Hazratullah Zazai, Mohammad Shahzad (W), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Najibullah Zadran, Asghar Afghan, Mohammad Nabi (C), Gulbadin Naib, Rashid Khan, Karim Janat, Hamid Hasan, Naveen-ul-Haq
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