IND vs AFG match, World Cup 2023 live score: Live updates, playing XIs, toss and latest stats | CWC 2023, Match 9
India face Afghanistan in the Match 9 of the ICC Men’s World Cup 2023 at New Delhi on October 11. Here is the IND vs AFG World Cup 2023 match live score, as well as updates, playing XIs and toss details.
India v Afghanistan, ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 – Match 9
October 11, 2023
2 pm local time
Arun Jaitley Stadium, New Delhi
IND vs AFG, World Cup 2023 Match 9: Live score
India vs Afghanistan, World Cup 2023: Toss and live updates
The new-ball pair of Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj have kept things tight in the first half hour, getting some movement off the surface, and into the batters.
Afghanistan won the toss and opted to bat first.
IND vs AFG: Team XIs
Afghanistan
R Gurbaz, I Zadran, R Shah, H Shahidi, N Zadran, M Nabi, H Omarzai, R Khan, M Rahman, F Farooqi, Naveen-ul-Haq
India
Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj
India vs Afghanistan, World Cup 2023 Match 9: Team news
Both sides met in the 2019 World Cup, their only fixture against each other in the quadrennial event to date. Chasing India’s target of 225, Afghanistan were well on course to cause an upset before Mohammed Shami cleaned up the tail with a hat-trick. They fell short by 11 runs in the end.
India will come into this match high on confidence after winning a crunch game against Australia. After being reduced to 2-3 early in their run-chase, Virat Kohli and KL Rahul put up a 165-run partnership to knock off the target of 200.
Team update: Shubman Gill will continue to miss out as he is yet to recover from dengue in Chennai. The hosts will likely make room for Mohammed Shami as an extra pacer in the playing XI, seeing the high-scoring belter in New Delhi.
Meanwhile, Afghanistan will expect their opening duo of Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran to fire. Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Rashid Khan will look to exploit the apparent weakness of Indian batters against wrist-spinners.
IND vs AFG predicted XIs
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj.
Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Naveen-ul-Haq.
Match prediction: Today’s India-Afghanistan live match
A high-scoring encounter is on the cards. Last time, South Africa posted a record 428-5 in their opening match in New Delhi. If India can keep Afghanistan’s wrist spinners at bay, they are the clear favourites to win this match.
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