India and Afghanistan will lock horns in the 28th match of World Cup tournament on Saturday at Rose Bowl Cricket Ground. India has won all its matches played so far and is positioned at the 4th spot with 7 points while Afghanistan is sitting at the bottom of the table and is yet open its account.
India received a jolt ahead of the match as in-form opener Shikhar Dhawan was ruled out of the World Cup 2019. Rishab Pant will replace him in the squad. India is on the stronger side and the match is expected to be one-sided. India defeated Pakistan in its last match in which Rohit Sharma scored huge 140 runs.
Afghanistan is struggling with its batting department. The team was wrapped up for 125 runs against South Africa but they fought well against England while chasing 398-run target -playing their quota of 50 overs for the first time in the tournament and scoring 247/8 runs. The game against India will be tough for them but they could draw their confidence from their last match.
India: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah
Afghanistan: Hazratullah Zazai, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan
Total: 2
India: 1
Afghanistan: 0
Tie: 1
Playing XI
India: Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli (C), Vijay Shankar/ Rishabh Pant, MS Dhoni (WK), Kedar Jadhav, Hardik Pandya, Mohammad Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal and Jasprit Bumrah.
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: Saturday, 22nd June 2019
Time: 3:00 PM IST
Venue: The Rose Bowl, Southampton
Live : Star Network
Online Streaming: Hotstar
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On the other hand, it was difficult for Ben's father Gerard Stokes who was watching the final back in New Zealand and cheering for blackcaps whether to celebrate his son's effort or to be sad for his country's loss.
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.