United Arab Emirates vs Afghanistan - 1st T20I of the Afghanistan Tour of United Arab Emirates 2023, at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
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1. VENUE AND PITCH INFO
Venue - Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
(i) Total Matches - T20s
Overall - 185
Avg 1st Innings - 160
Avg 2nd Innings - 144
Highest total - 225/7 (Ireland vs Afghanistan - 30th November'2013)
(ii) Performance of both teams on this ground
UAE - 20 - 15w/5l
AFG - 14 - 10w/4l
(iii) Top Performers on this venue from the current squads - T20s
(Stats from the International League T20 2023 haven't been updated in the overall stats)
UAE
Rohan Mustafa - 10th highest run scorer (331), Avg (20.69) - 18M/17I
Rohan Mustafa - 2nd highest wicket taker (21), Avg (15.29), SR (15.24) - 18M/17I
AFG
Najibullah Zadran - 12th highest run scorer (312), Avg (34.67) - 15M/14I
Hazratullah Zazai - 28th highest run scorer (260), Avg (32.50) - 8M/8I
Rahmanullah Gurbaz - 92nd highest run scorer (146), Avg (20.86) - 7M/7I
Rashid Khan - Highest wicket taker (31), Avg (16.5), SR (15.87) - 21M/21I
(iv) Recent Matches on this venue
1) Sharjah Warriors vs Abu Dhabi Knight Riders - 4th February'2023
130/9 vs 133/5 (ADKR won by 5 wkts)
Pacers - 4w+5w=9w
Spinners - 2w+0w=2w
2) Mumbai Indians Emirates vs Abu Dhabi Knight Riders - 3rd February'2023
180/4 vs 162/10 (MIE won by 18 runs)
Pacers - 2w+7w=9w
Spinners - 1w+3w=4w
3) Mumbai Indians Emirates vs Gulf Giamts - 1st February'2023
139/10 vs 143/5 (GG won by 5 wkts)
Pacers - 7w+4w=11w
Spinners - 2w+0w=2w
4) Abu Dhabi Knight Riders vs Dubai Capitals - 30th January'2023
149/9 vs 150/3 (DC won by 7 wkts)
Pacers - 4w+2w=6w
Spinners - 4w+1w=5w
5) Mumbai Indians Emirates vs Desert Vipers - 24th January'2023
169/5 vs 170/3 (DV won by 7 wkts)
Pacers - 4w+1w=5w
Spinners - 0w+2w=2w
6) Dubai Capitals vs Mumbai Indians Emirates - 22nd January'2023
222/3 vs 206/5 (DC won by 16 runs)
Pacers - 3w+5w=8w
Spinners - 0w+0w=0w
7) Abu Dhabi Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians Emirates - 21st January'2023
170/7 vs 176/5 (MIE won by 5 wkts)
Pacers - 6w+3w=9w
Spinners - 0w+2w=2w
8) Desert Vipers vs Abu Dhabi Knight Riders - 20th January'2023
219/4 vs 108/10 (DV won by 111 runs)
Pacers - 3w+7w=10w
Spinners - 0w+2w=2w
9) Abu Dhabi Knight Riders vs Gulf Giants - 15th January'2023
114/9 vs 115/4 (GG won by 6 wkts)
Pacers - 7w+1w=8w
Spinners - 2w+3w=5w
10) Mumbai Indians Emirates vs Sharjah Warriors - 14th January'2023
204/5 vs 155/9 (MIE won by 49 runs)
Pacers - 4w+5w=9w
Spinners - 1w+4w=5w
SUMMARY
Pacers
1st Innings - 44w
2nd Innings - 40w
Spinners
1st Innings - 12w
2nd Innings - 15w
Overall
84w:27w (Pacers:Spinners)
(v) Toss Based Analysis on this venue
United Arab Emirates (UAE)
1. Chundangapoyil Rizwan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
2. Vriitya Aravind
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3(7)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3. Zawar Farid
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
4. Basil Hameed
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 9(17)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
5. Muhammad Jawadullah
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
6. Aayan Afzal Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
7. Zahoor Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 1w
8. Karthik Meiyappan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w
9. Rohan Mustafa
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 31(27)&1w, 10(13)&0w, 24(19)&0w, 20(25)&0w, 29(19), 4(2)&1w, 24(32)&0w, 0(2)&1w, 8(5)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 6(7)*&3w, 0w, 18(23)&2w, 41(31)&3w, 7(7)&1w, 56(34)&0w, 9(7)&1w, 3(4)&2w, 39(16)&4w, 10(10)&2w, 1(2)&0w
10. Fahad Nawaz
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
11. Akif Raja
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w
12. Alishan Sharafu
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
13. Sanchit Sharma
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3w, 0w
14. Junaid Siddique
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 1w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 0w, 2w
15. Ansh Tandon
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
16. Muhammad Waseem
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 71(39)&0w, 5(6), 29(25), 60(43)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2(7), 10(12)&0w
Afghanistan (AFG)
1. Rashid Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 3w, 7(3)&3w, 9(5)*&3w, 0w, 8(7)&5w, 7(9)*&1w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 11(7)&1w, 15(5)*&1w, 0w, 11(6)*&2w, 1w, 9(5)&2w, 0w
2. Rahmanullah Gurbaz
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 87(45), 9(8), 18(21), 3(4), 4(8), 6(9)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 19(10), 43(31)
3. Afsar Zazai
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
4. Azmatullah Omarzai
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
5. Fareed Ahmad Malik
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 1w
6. Fazalhaq Farooqi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 1w
7. Gulbadin Naib
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4(4)*&0w, 14(8)*&0w, 18(11)*&0w, 2w, 15(18)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 12(6)*, 43(19), 2(7), 0w, 18(20)&1w
8. Hazratullah Zazai
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 33(27), 2(4)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 63(26), 0(1), 77(38), 66(44), 6(5), 13(15)
9. Ibrahim Zadran
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
10. Mujeeb Ur Rahman
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w
11. Najibullah Zadran
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(1)*, 12(15), 72(35)*, 71(42)*, 17(27), 0(1), 12(13), 7(11), 73(48), 0(1), 0(1), 1(12)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4(6), 11(11)*, 11(5)*, 11(6), 11(13), 35(17)*, 30(9)
12. Naveen Ul Haq
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 2w, 1w, 3w, 0w, 7(5)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 0w
13. Noor Ahmad
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 2w, 0w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
14. Rahmat Shah
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
15. Sharafuddin Ashraf
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2(3)*&0w
16. Zahir Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 1w
17. Shahidullah Kamal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
18. Abdul Rahman Rahmani
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
19. Nangyal Kharoti
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
20. Nijat Masood
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w
21. Sediqullah Atal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
22. Bilal Sami
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3. HEAD TO HEAD
(i) Overall
7 - 6w/1l (In favour of AFG)
(ii) Last 5 Matches
5 - 4w/1l (In favour of AFG)
(iii) On This Venue
1 - 1w/0l (In favour of AFG)
(iv) Recent Head to Head Matches
1) United Arab Emirates vs Afghanistan - 15th January'2017
146/7 vs 147/5 (AFG won by 5 wkts)
Rohan Mustafa - 29(19)
Rashid Khan - 2w
Fareed Ahmad - 1w
2) Afghanistan vs United Arab Emirates - 17th December'2016
189/5 vs 145/8 (AFG won by 44 runs)
Najibullah Zadran - 18(11)*
Rashid Khan - 3w
Fareed Ahmad - 1w
Rohan Mustafa - 58(35) & 2w
3) United Arab Emirates vs Afghanistan - 15th December'2016
179/4 vs 183/5 (AFG won by 5 wkts)
Rohan Mustafa - 43(31)
Najibullah Zadran - 55(24)*
Fareed Ahmad - 2w
Rashid Khan - 1w
4) Afghanistan vs United Arab Emirates - 13th December'2016
161/6 vs 150/7 (AFG won by 11 runs)
Najibullah Zadran - 31(10)*
Rashid Khan - 14(4)* & 2w
Fareed Ahmad - 2w
Rohan Mustafa - 25(23)
(v) Toss Based Analysis (H2H)
United Arab Emirates (UAE)
1. Chundangapoyil Rizwan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
2. Vriitya Aravind
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3. Zawar Farid
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
4. Basil Hameed
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
5. Muhammad Jawadullah
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
6. Aayan Afzal Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
7. Zahoor Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
8. Karthik Meiyappan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
9. Rohan Mustafa
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 77(50)&3w, 43(31)&0w, 29(19)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 25(23)&0w, 58(35)&2w
10. Fahad Nawaz
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
11. Akif Raja
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
12. Alishan Sharafu
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
13. Sanchit Sharma
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
14. Junaid Siddique
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
15. Ansh Tandon
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
16. Muhammad Waseem
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
Afghanistan (AFG)
1. Rashid Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 14(4)*&2w, 3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3w, 1w, 2w
2. Rahmanullah Gurbaz
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3. Afsar Zazai
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
4. Azmatullah Omarzai
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
5. Fareed Ahmad Malik
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 1w
6. Fazalhaq Farooqi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
7. Gulbadin Naib
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 5(7)&0w, 0w
8. Hazratullah Zazai
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 18(24)
9. Ibrahim Zadran
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
10. Mujeeb Ur Rahman
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
11. Najibullah Zadran
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 31(10)*, 18(11)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 21(14), 55(24)*, 11(5)*
12. Naveen Ul Haq
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
13. Noor Ahmad
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
14. Rahmat Shah
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
15. Sharafuddin Ashraf
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w
16. Zahir Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
17. Shahidullah Kamal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
18. Abdul Rahman Rahmani
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
19. Nangyal Kharoti
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
20. Nijat Masood
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
21. Sediqullah Atal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
22. Bilal Sami
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3. SQUAD INFO WITH DETAILING
A) UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) SQUAD:
Probable XI
1) Muhammad Waseem - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 31, 2, 31, 60, 29, 86, 5, 10r 0w, 2, 40
2) Rohan Mustafa - LHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 6, 23r 0w, 28r 0w, 31, 31, 5, 1r 2w, 1r 0w, 23r 0w, 8
3) Vriitya Aravind - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 3, 10*, 21*, 13*, 8*, 18*, 0, 25
4) Chundangapoyil Rizwan - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 4r 0w, 22, 2, 43*, 1, 1, 1, 51*, 5, 49
5) Alishan Sharafu - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 2, 0, 9, 9, 33
6) Basil Hameed - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 9, 9, 47*
7) Aayan Afzal Khan - RHB, LAO
Last 10 - 0r 1w, 14*, 1w, 1
8) Karthik Meiyappan - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 1w, 3w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 12r 2w, 0w, 3w
9) Junaid Siddique - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 8r 2w, 0w, 7r 0w, 0w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 2w
10) Zahoor Khan - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 2w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 1w
11) Sanchit Sharma - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 1w
BENCH
12) Fahad Nawaz - RHB, LAO
Last 10 - 1, 38, 42, 31, 1r 0w, 12r 1w, 13*, 18
13) Zawar Farid - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 6, 4, 11, 19, 9r 0w, 2r 0w, 29r 1w, 8r 0w, 2r 1w
14) Akif Raja - LHB, RFM
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 2w, 0w
15) Muhammad Jawadullah - LHB, LFM
Last 10 - 0w, 3w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 0w
16) Ansh Tandon - LHB, RM
Last 10 - 2, 3, 22, 36, 9, 30, 1
Safe C/VC choices
Rohan Mustafa, Muhammad Waseem
B) AFGHANISTAN (AFG) SQUAD:
Probable XI
1) Hazratullah Zazai - LHB
Last 10 - 6, 1, 17, 9, 37, 0, 35, 10, 7, 9
2) Rahmanullah Gurbaz - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 29, 46, 7, 1, 56, 6, 18, 15, 22
3) Ibrahim Zadran - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 21, 23, 2, 42, 0, 27, 48, 52, 162, 10
4) Rahmat Shah - RHB, Offbreak, WK
Last 10 - 22, 58, 52, 2w, 12r 1w, 2r 0w, 61r 1w, 20r 0w, 17, 87
5) Najibullah Zadran - LHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 1, 0, 0, 30, 35*, 0*, 0, 22, 22
6) Gulbadin Naib - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 2r 0w, 8r 0w, 6, 22r 3w, 39r 0w, 12r 0w, 1r 0w, 40r 1w, 22r 0w, 11r 0w
7) Azmatullah Omarzai - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 15r 2w, 1w, 0w, 7r 2w, 12r 2w, 4r 3w, 42r 1w, 9r 1w, 8r 2w, 1r 0w
8) Rashid Khan - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 2w, 2w, 0w, 14r 1w, 0w, 3w, 13r 1w, 1w, 5r 1w, 2w
9) Mujeeb Ur Rahman - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 0w
10) Naveen Ul Haq - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 0w, 7r 1w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 5w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 0w
11) Fazalhaq Farooqi - RHB, LF
Last 10 - 2w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 3w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 2w
BENCH
12) Fareed Ahmad Malik - LHB, LFM
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 2w, 2w, 3w, 0w, 3w, 0w, 7r 3w
13) Sharafuddin Ashraf - RHB, LAO
Last 10 - 4r 1w, 24r 0w, 34r 0w, 37r 2w, 26r 3w, 20r 1w, 37r 1w, 19r 1w, 23r 0w, 6r 2w
14) Noor Ahmad - RHB, LWS
Last 10 - 10r 0w, 23r 2w, 4r 1w, 5r 1w, 0w, 7r 0w, 10r 0w, 3r 0w, 6r 1w
15) Zahir Khan - LHB, LWS
Last 10 - 2w, 0w, 0w, 3w, 3w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 3w, 2w
16) Afsar Zazai - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 13, 16, 67*, 14, 2*, 3, 28, 2, 24
17) Shahidullah Kamal - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 127r 0w, 8, 5r 0w, 0, 7, 6r 0w, 40r 1w, 37, 18r 0w, 5*, 0w
18) Nijat Masood - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 0w, 5w, 3w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 4w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 0w
19) Nangyal Kharoti - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 47r 3w, 0w, 9r 0w, 2w, 14r 1w, 16r 0w, 1w, 11, 1w, 12
20) Abdul Rahman Rahmani - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 24r 5w, 3r 0w, 61r 3w, 2r 1w, 1w, 1w, 41r 2w, 0w, 31r 0w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 1w
21) Sediqullah Atal - LHB
Last 10 - 9, 0, 2, 0, 30, 85, 78, 47, 20, 23, 5, 1, 9
22) Bilal Sami - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 0, 10r 1w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 7w, 5r 0w, 5r 2w, 4w, 1w, 3w
Safe C/VC choices
Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Rashid Khan
Differential GL C/VC choices
UAE - Zahoor Khan, Basil Hameed, Junaid Siddique, Aayan Afzal Khan
AFG - Hazratullah Zazai, Najibullah Zadran, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Gulbadin Naib
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