AFG vs IRE Match Preview
The top batter for Afghanistan in recent games has been Ibrahim Zadran. This right-handed batter has scored 985 runs in his last 24 innings for Afghanistan with an average of 44.77. Rahmanullah Gurbaz was in top form in the first game of the series. He has scored 834 runs from his last 24 innings with an average of 34.75. The right-handed batter Azmatullah Omarzai has also put together 680 runs for the Afghans in his previous 16 appearances, averaging 61.81. They are the top batters for Afghanistan in this contest.
The top bowler for Afghanistan in the one-format over the last year has been Fazalhaq Farooqi. The left-handed fast-medium bowler has picked up 26 scalps from his previous 21 innings with an average of 36.23. He also picked up a 4-fer in the first game of the series. The off-spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman is another significant bowler for Afghanistan and has picked up 22 victims from his last 20 games. Rashid Khan is the third most successful bowler, but he will not be available for this contest.
By and large, the right-handed batter Harry Tector has been the top batter for Ireland in the ODI format in the last year. He has put together 673 runs from his previous 15 innings with an excellent average of 48.07. Paul Stirling has been a dependable batter for Ireland for a long time. He has scored 420 games in the last year for Ireland from 15 games. George Dockrell has scored 412 runs from his previous 12 innings with an average of 51.50. These are the top batters for Ireland for this contest.
Mark Adair, the right-hand fast-medium bowler, has been the top bowler for Ireland in the last year. But he went for runs in the first game of the series. Adair has picked up 24 scalps from his previous 19 games for Ireland. Josh Little, the left-arm pacer, has also done well for Ireland in their recent games. But he will not be playing this series. Another left-arm fast-medium bowler doing well for Ireland is Graham Hume. He has picked up seventeen wickets from his last ten innings with an average of 21.47.
Weather Report
We are likely to get temperatures close to 28 degrees for this game. The general weather for this game will be pleasant, and there will be a lot of sunshine during the match. It might get breezy in the afternoon. You can expect a bit of cloud cover in the evenings, with the temperature dropping to 20 degrees.
Pitch Report
This venue in Sharjah is noted for its small boundaries. But the surface is on the slower side. Therefore, despite the slower nature of the track, the short boundaries compensate for the fact and work in favor of batters. Spinners are pretty much guaranteed to get some assistance from the track.
Notable stats
Azmatullah Omarzai has an excellent batting average in recent games.
Omarzai is scoring runs with an average of 95 in his last ten games.
Harry Tector has an excellent average-to-strike rate ratio.
Harry Tector has scored runs with a strike rate of 92.69 and an average of 50.75 in his last ten games.
Team News
There might be a few team changes after the last game's rain washout. However, there do not appear to be any injury updates available for this contest.
AFG vs IRE Probable 11
AFG Playing 11
- Hashmatullah Shahidi (C)
- Ibrahim Zadran
- Ikram Alikhil
- Azmatullah Omarzai
- Mohammad Nabi
- Gulbadin Naib
- Noor Ahmad
- Fazalhaq Farooqi
- Rahmat Shah (Wk)
- Rahmanullah Gurbaz
- Allah Ghazanfar
IRE Playing 11
- George Dockrell
- Graham Hume
- Andrew Balbirnie
- Curtis Campher
- Harry Tector
- Paul Stirling (C)
- Lorcan Tucker (Wk)
- Mark Adair
- Andy McBrine
- Theo van Woerkom
- Craig Young
Dream11 Prediction
Although the Ireland team put one over the Afghans in the standalone test, the ODIs are a different ball game altogether. The Afghanistan team has more potential in its batting and bowling departments. It has also won the series' first game and is more familiar with the conditions. We will bet with Afghanistan to win this contest.
Top Picks
Harry Tector: Tector hit a superb hundred in the last game for Ireland. You can expect him to do well again here.
Azamatullah Omarzai: In his last ten games, Omarzai has scored 475 runs and picked up eleven wickets.
Craig Young: Young has picked up 14 wickets from his last eight games with a strike rate 25.28.
Paul Stirling: Stirling has scored 293 runs from his last ten games for Ireland and is their most dependable batter.
AFG vs IRE Dream11 Team 1
Keeper: R Gurbaz , L Tucker
Batters: H Shahidi, H Tector (VC), I Zadran
All-rounders: M Nabi, A Omarzai (C), C Campher
Bowlers: M Adair, C Young, F Farooqi
