England and Afghanistan will face each other in the 24th match of ICC World Cup at Old Trafford, Manchester on Tuesday, 18 June. Old Trafford hosted the high voltage India vs Pakistan match on Sunday, June 16.
England is at the fourth spot in the points table with 6 points in four matches while Afghanistan is at the bottom without a point in as many matches.
With Jason Roy and Jonny Bairstow England is the strongest side in this game and the one-sided game is expected. But no rule says that things cannot be turned upside down.
Gulbadin Naib-led Afghanistan hasn't yet been able to play full 50 overs as the batting order collapse in no time after first two-three wickets. The side collapsed against South Africa from 69/2 in the 21st over to 125 all out in the 35th
In the 3 matches that they have faced each other in ODIs and T20s, England has triumphed in all their contests with Afghanistan.
England- Roy and Jonny Bairstow
Afghanistan- Rashid Khan, Asghar Afghan
England : James Vince, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan/ Jos Buttler (wk), Ben Stokes, Tom Curran, Chris Woakes, Liam Plunkett/ Moeen Ali, Adil Rashid, Jofra Archer
Afghanistan: Hamid Hassan, Asghar Afghan, Mohammad Nabi, Noor Ali Zadran, Aftab Alam/ Mujeeb ur Rahman, Gulbadin Naib (c), Hashmatullah Shahidi/ Najibullah Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Rashid Khan, Ikram Ali Khil (wk), Hazratullah Zazai
Date and Day: June 18, 2019, Tuesday
Place: Old Trafford, Manchester
Time: 3:00 pm IST, 13:30 am local time
Watch : Star Sports 1 HD, Star Sports 1 with English Commentary and Star Sports 1 Hindi, Star Sports 1 Hindi HD with Hindi Commentary. The live streaming of the match will be available on Hotstar