Afghanistan and Ireland are all set to face-off each other in a three-match T20I series, starting from Friday onwards. Both the teams come into this tournament with the ICC T20 World Cup 2020 being on their minds. Even though the main goal would be to perfect their rosters, both sides would look out for gaining lead in the series with a win in this game. Afghanistan grasps the benefit heading into this series, Ireland on the other hand cannot be taken casually with the likes of Andrew Balbirnie as well as Paul Stirling in their ranks. AFG vs IRE live Score
AFG vs IRE Live Score
AFG vs IRE Teams
Afghanistan Squads
Ashgar Afghan (C), Rashid Khan, Najibullah Zadran, Hazratullah Zazai, Usman Ghani, Samiullah Shenwari, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Karim Janat, Naveen ul Haq, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Shapoor Zadran, Qais Ahmad, Azmatullah Omarzai
Ireland Squads
Andrew Balbirnie (C), Shane Getkate, Paul Stirling, Lorcan Tucker, Stephen Doheny, Kevin O’Brien, Harry Tector, Gareth Delany, Simi Singh, Gary Wilson, George Dockrell, Joshua Little, Barry McCarthy, Boyd Rankin, Craig Young
Afghanistan and Ireland: Match Details
The 1st T20I of the three-match series is scheduled to be held between Afghanistan and Ireland and it is going to be played at the Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground in Greater Noida.
The Afghanistan and Ireland match will begin at 2:00 PM local time & IST (8:30 AM GMT). It is going to be live on Star Sports. For the live streaming, viewers can watch the match on Hotstar.
Weather & Pitch Report
As per to Accuweather, the wind for today’s match is going to be blowing at a rate of 13 to 18 km/hr however the temperature is going to hover between 14 and 21 Degree Celsius all over the day. The weather forecast on the other hand says that the chances of rain are quite high but it is also going to not affect the length of the match.
The track at the Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground will favour batsmen by providing favourable conditions. They can blow the bowlers all over the park from the starting of the game. But, as the match will progress later on, the wicket gets slow because of which the spinners will begin getting some assistance from the wicket.
AFG vs IRE Preview
Earlier to competing against each other, both Afghanistan as well as Ireland had faced off against West Indies in the cricketing stadium. And either side had suffered opposing lucks with Afghanistan exceptionally West Indies 2-1 in India in the T20 series while Ireland on the other hand were cleaned out 3-0 in the ODI series. Though, Ireland also managed to offer the glimpses of their capabilities after winning the first T20 of the three match series that was held against West Indies.
Who will win today’s match?
Afghanistan is well rounded and is pretty amazing in its bowling unit, thus, it is likely for AFG to win today’s match against Ireland.
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