Defending champions Australia will take on with Afghanistan at Bristol County Ground in the fourth match of ICC World Cup 2019. Though there is no match of Afghanistan to Australia they can give a tough fight to Australia with confidence from their victory over Pakistan in a warm-up match.
Afghanistan may not have the arsenal to compete with Australia when it comes to batting but with the likes of Rashid Khan and Mohammad Nabi in their spin attack, Afghanistan will not let Australia get the match easily.
Mujeeb ur Rahman and Dawlat Zadran will have the responsibility of opening overs. Batsmen will have to put up a show in front of aggressive bowling attack and Mohammad Shahzad and Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmat Shah, Ashgar Afghan, and Hashmatullah Shahidi have a mountain to climb.
The Aussies are more stronger than before with the come back of Steve Smith and David Warner. Aaron Finch would look to attack Afghanistan's key bowlers. Pat Cummins, Adam Zampa and Mitchell Starc would be a tough challenge for Afghanistan batsmen. Glenn Maxwell is the another dangerous man for Afghanistan bowlers.
Afghanistan vs Australia
Matches: 1
Australia won: 1
Afghanistan won: 0
Ties: 0
No Result: 0
Afghanistan : Gulbadin Naib(C), Mohammad Shahzad (WK), Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmat Shah, Ashgar Afghan, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Aftab Alam and Dawlat Zadran
Australia : Aaron Finch (C), David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Steve Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Alex Carey (WK), Pat Cummins, Adam Zampa/ Nathan Lyon, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Mitchell Starc
Date: Match will be played on June 01, 2019 (Saturday).
Venue: County Ground, Bristol
Time: 06:00 PM IST
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In terms of form, Australia has been one of the top performers in the league stages, losing just two matches in nine games. They comfortably thumped England by 64 runs at Lord's during the league stage. Australia finished second in the table with 14 points in nine matches.
Both the teams will fight to fix their spot in the semi-finals.
The century against bangladesh on Tuesday took Rohit to the top of most run scorers of 2019 World Cup surpassing David Warner.
India currently holds the second spot on the points table with 11 points while Bangladesh occupies the 6th spot with seven points.
Shankar is likely to be replaced in the squad by Karnataka opener Mayank Agarwal, who made his Test debut against Australia last year, has not yet played in the ODI format.
Sri Lanka holds the 7th position on the World Cup points table with 6 points while West Indies is on 9th with just one victory and three points.
With 11 points and no losses India occupies the second spot on the points table while England is on 5th with 8 points.
Australia tops on the points table with 12 points while New Zealand is spotted on third with 11 points.
Pakistan is placed at the 6th position on the points table with 7 points while Afghanistan is at the rock bottom and yet to open its account.