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Afghanistan vs Pakistan - 1st T20I of the Pakistan Tour of Afghanistan in UAE 2023, at Sharjah Cricket Stadium
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1. VENUE AND PITCH INFO
Venue - Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
(i) Total Matches - T20s
Overall - 156
Avg 1st Innings - 155
Avg 2nd Innings - 143
Highest total - 244/6 (Balkh Legends vs Kabul Zwanan - 14th October'2018)
(ii) Performance of both teams on this ground
AFG - 21 - 16w/5l
PAK - 6 - 5w/1l
(iii) Top Performers on this venue from the current squads - T20s
AFG
Mohammad Nabi - 3rd highest run scorer (523), Avg (23.77) - 34M/28I
Najibullah Zadran - 17th highest run scorer (367), Avg (22.94) - 21M/18I
Rashid Khan - 42nd highest run scorer (237), Avg (29.63) - 22M/15I
Rahmanullah Gurbaz - 45th highest run scorer (223), Avg (27.88) - 9M/8I
Gulbadin Naib - 70th highest run scorer (159), Avg (13.25) - 24M/17I
Karim Janat - 73rd highest run scorer (155), Avg (25.83) - 12M/10I
Usman Ghani - 95th highest run scorer (122), Avg (20.33) - 6M/6I
Ibrahim Zadran - 98th highest run scorer (117), Avg (39) - 4M/4I
Rashid Khan - Highest wicket taker (31), Avg (17.5), SR (16.68) - 22M/22I
Mohammad Nabi - 2nd highest wicket taker (25), Avg (29.72), SR (25.48) - 34M/34I
Mujeeb Ur Rahman - 3rd highest wicket taker (24), Avg (16.46), SR (14.25) - 15M/15I
Gulbadin Naib - 20th highest wicket taker (14), Avg (23.79), SR (16.93) - 24M/15I
Karim Janat - 26th highest wicket taker (12), Avg (15), SR (15) - 12M/9I
Fareed Ahmed - 38th highest wicket taker (10), Avg (29.70), SR (19.30) - 10M/10I
Sharafuddin Ashraf - 45th highest wicket taker (9), Avg (29.89), SR (22) - 10M/10I
Naveen Ul Haq - 54th highest wicket taker (8), Avg (39), SR (29) - 12M/12I
PAK
Shadab Khan - 99th highest run scorer (116), Avg (14.50) - 17M/10I
Shadab Khan - 13th highest wicket taker (17), Avg (22.24), SR (21.47) - 17M/17I
Faheem Ashraf - 16th highest wicket taker (15), Avg (12), SR (10.8) - 8M/8I
Mohammad Nawaz - 16th highest wicket taker (15), Avg (30.47), SR (23.87) - 17M/17I
Imad Wasim - 26th highest wicket taker (12), Avg (20.33), SR (19.67) - 15M/12I
(iv) Recent Matches on this venue
1) Afghanistan vs Pakistan - 7th September'2022
129/6 vs 131/9 (PAK won by 1 wicket)
Pacers - 4w+6w=10w
Spinners - 2w+2w=4w
2) Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka - 3rd September'2022
175/6 vs 179/6 (SL won by 4 wkts)
Pacers - 3w+2w=5w
Spinners - 1w+4w=5w
3) Pakistan vs Hong Kong - 2nd September'2022
193/2 vs 38/10 (PAK won by 155 runs)
Pacers - 0w+3w=3w
Spinners - 2w+7w=9w
4) Bangladesh vs Afghanistan - 30th August'2022
127/7 vs 131/3 (AFG won by 7 wkts)
Pacers - 0w+1w=1w
Spinners - 6w+2w=8w
5) Pakistan vs Scotland - 7th November'2021
189/4 vs 117/6 (PAK won by 72 runs)
Pacers - 1w+3w=4w
Spinners - 3w+2w=5w
6) New Zealand vs Namibia - 5th November'2021
163/4 vs 111/7 (NZ won by 52 runs)
Pacers - 1w+5w=6w
Spinners - 2w+2w=4w
7) England vs Sri Lanka - 1st November'2021
163/4 vs 137/10 (ENG won by 26 runs)
Pacers - 1w+3w=4w
Spinners - 3w+5w=8w
8) Sri Lanka vs South Africa - 30th October'2021
142/10 vs 146/6 (SA won by 4 wkts)
Pacers - 5w+2w=7w
Spinners - 3w+3w=6w
9) New Zealand vs Pakistan - 26th October'2021
134/8 vs 135/5 (PAK won by 5 wkts)
Pacers - 5w+2w=7w
Spinners - 2w+3w=5w
10) Afghanistan vs Scotland - 25th October'2021
190/4 vs 60/10 (AFG won by 130 runs)
Pacers - 3w+1w=4w
Spinners - 1w+9w=10w
SUMMARY
Pacers
1st Innings - 23w
2nd Innings - 28w
Spinners
1st Innings - 25w
2nd Innings - 39w
Overall
51w:64w (Pacers:Spinners)
(v) Toss Based Analysis on this venue
Afghanistan (AFG)
1. Mohammad Nabi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 15(8)&0w, 16(8)*&2w, 7(7)&2w, 26(24)&0w, 6(7)&2w, 46(29)&0w, 6(9)&0w, 15(10)&1w, 26(11)&1w, 22(12)&1w, 2(10)&0w, 45(26)&1w, 18(13)&1w, 20(18)&0w, 8(3)*&0w, 37(15)&1w, 1(3)&0w, 47(16)&4w, 11(4)*&0w, 1(4)&1w, 0(1)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 1w, 10(9)&0w, 36(22)*&0w, 8(5)*&0w, 1w, 1w, 40(27)*&1w, 2w, 40(15)&0w, 0w, 6(5)&1w, 8(9)&0w
2. Najibullah Zadran
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 19(27), 33(25), 38(30), 1(2), 24(18), 17(12), 24(21), 25(26), 3(3)*, 59(34), 17(10), 10(11)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(4), 3(8), 8(8), 20(16), 23(18), 43(17)*
3. Fareed Ahmad
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 2w
4. Noor Ahmad
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
5. Usman Ghani
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 42(38), 5(13), 19(20), 0(2)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 40(36), 16(8)
6. Rahmanullah Gurbaz
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 15(8), 10(6), 46(37), 84(45), 17(11)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 33(22), 7(10), 11(18)
7. Karim Janat
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 39(39)&0w, 40(21)*&2w, 11(8)*&3w, 9(5)1w, 0w, 0(1)*, 15(19)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 8(14)&1w, 2(3)&2w, 27(23)&1w, 4(2)*&2w
8. Rashid Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 14(5)*&0w, 1w, 0(3)&2w, 56(27)*&1w, 1(5)&0w, 35(19)*&4w, 3(4)&1w, 17(13)*&1w, 4w, 9(7)&1w, 18(15)*&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3w, 24(11)&0w, 1w, 8(6)&1w, 19(7)&1w, 27(8)*&1w, 3(7)*&1w, 1w, 1w, 3(4)&1w, 3w
9. Azmatullah Omarzai
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(1), 10(10)*&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 11(9)&1w, 11(12)*&1w, 0w
10. Fazalhaq Farooqi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w
11. Sharafuddin Ashraf
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1(3)&0w, 2w, 11(7)&1w, 1w, 0(1)&3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 16(15)&2w, 14(15)&0w, 0w, 9(6)&0w
12. Gulbadin Naib
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 14(17)&0w, 4(3), 15(10), 9(14), 14(15), 3(9), 37(20)&1w, 13(6)&0w, 2(3)*&0w, 14(14)*&4w, 17(9)*&2w, 2w, 0(1)&0w, 2(5)&1w, 0(0)*&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(3)&0w, 1w, 1w, 8(11)&2w, 7(3)*&0w
13. Naveen Ul Haq
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 0w, 13(16)&0w, 1w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 0w
14. Mujeeb Ur Rahman
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 0w, 3w, 1w, 5w, 2w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 4w, 0w, 0w, 3w
15. Ibrahim Zadran
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 40(38), 35(37)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(5), 42(41)*
16. Afsar Zazai
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 9(21), 6(13)
17. Sediqullah Atal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
Pakistan (PAK)
1. Faheem Ashraf
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 21(13)&0w, 0(3)&1w, 13(6)*&2w, 4(8)&1w, 2(3)&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3w, 3w, 3w
2. Shadab Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 42(24)&2w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 8(10)&1w, 6(5)&1w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 18(18)&0w, 0w, 0w, 36(26)&1w
3. Iftikhar Ahmed
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(3), 30(33)
4. Saim Ayub
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
5. Mohammad Haris
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
6. Ihsanullah
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
7. Azam Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
8. Mohammad Nawaz
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 2w, 3w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 4(5)&1w
9. Zaman Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
10. Shan Masood
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 18(16)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
11. Abdullah Shafique
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
12. Naseem Shah
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w
13. Tayyab Tahir
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
14. Imad Wasim
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 11(7), 2(2)&1w, 0(2)&1w, 14(9)&3w, 10(6)&0w, 0(1)&2w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(2)&0w, 6(5), 8(9)*&1w, 2w, 26(27)&1w, 0w, 11(12)&1w
15. Mohammad Wasim
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3. HEAD TO HEAD
(i) Overall
3 - 3w/0l (In favour of PAK)
(ii) On This Venue
2 - 2w/0l (In favour of PAK)
(iv) Recent Head to Head Matches
1) Afghanistan vs Pakistan - 7th September'2022
129/6 vs 131/9 (PAK won by 1 wicket)
Ibrahim Zadran - 35(37)
Rashid Khan - 18(15)* & 2w
Rahmanullah Gurbaz - 17(11)
Fareed Ahmad - 3w
Fazalhaq Farooqi - 3w
Shadab Khan - 36(26) & 1w
Iftikhar Ahmed - 30(33)
Naseem Shah - 1w
Mohammad Nawaz - 1w
2) Afghanistan vs Pakistan - 29th October'2021
147/6 vs 148/5 (PAK won by 5 wkts)
Mohammad Nabi - 35(32)* & 1w
Najibullah Zadran - 22(21)
Rashid Khan - 1w
Mujeeb Ur Rahman - 1w
Naveen Ul Haq - 1w
Shadab Khan - 1w
3) Afghanistan vs Pakistan - 7th December'2013
137/8 vs 138/4 (PAK won by 6 wkts)
Najibullah Zadran - 38(30)
Mohammad Nabi - 15(10) & 1w
(vi) Toss Based Analysis (H2H)
Afghanistan (AFG)
1. Mohammad Nabi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 15(10)&1w, 35(32)*&1w, 0(1)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
2. Najibullah Zadran
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 38(30), 22(21), 10(11)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3. Fareed Ahmad
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
4. Noor Ahmad
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
5. Usman Ghani
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
6. Rahmanullah Gurbaz
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 10(7), 17(11)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
7. Karim Janat
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 15(17)&0w, 15(19)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
8. Rashid Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 18(15)*&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
9. Azmatullah Omarzai
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 10(10)*&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
10. Fazalhaq Farooqi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
11. Gulbadin Naib
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3(9), 35(25)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
12. Sediqullah Atal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
13. Naveen Ul Haq
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
14. Mujeeb Ur Rahman
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
15. Ibrahim Zadran
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 35(37)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
16. Afsar Zazai
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
17. Sharafuddin Ashraf
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
Pakistan (PAK)
1. Faheem Ashraf
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
2. Shadab Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 36(26)&1w
3. Iftikhar Ahmed
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 30(33)
4. Saim Ayub
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
5. Mohammad Haris
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
6. Ihsanullah
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
7. Azam Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
8. Mohammad Nawaz
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4(5)&1w
9. Zaman Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
10. Imad Wasim
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w
11. Mohammad Wasim
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
12. Abdullah Shafique
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
13. Naseem Shah
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 14(4)*&1w
14. Tayyab Tahir
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
15. Shan Masood
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
5. SQUAD INFO WITH DETAILING
A) AFGHANISTAN (AFG) SQUAD:
Probable XI
1) Rahmanullah Gurbaz - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 10, 33, 15, 25, 0, 23, 8, 62, 20, 15
2) Ibrahim Zadran - RHB, RMF
Last 10 - 60*, 1, 8, 21, 23, 2, 42, 0, 27, 48
3) Karim Janat - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 56r 0w, 7r 1w, 53r 0w, 33r 0w 18r 0w, 32, 16r 4w, 17r 1w, 31r 0w, 21r 0w
4) Najibullah Zadran - LHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 1, 59, 1, 37*, 16*, 1, 0, 0, 30, 35*
5) Mohammad Nabi - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 21r 0w, 0, 1r 1w, 18r 0w, 20, 0w, 1r 1w, 34r 0w, 3r 1w
6) Gulbadin Naib - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 0r 2w, 2r 0w, 8r 0w, 6, 22r 3w, 39r 0w, 12r 0w, 1r 0w, 40r 1w, 22r 0w
7) Rashid Khan - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 2w, 2w, 1w, 6r 0w, 15r 4w, 2w, 3w, 21r 2w, 18r 2w, 1w
8) Azmatullah Omarzai - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 2w, 10r 1w, 16r 2w, 0w, 2w, 3w, 0w, 12r 0w, 1w, 15r 2w
9) Naveen Ul Haq - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 17r 0w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 7r 1w, 7r 0w
10) Mujeeb Ur Rahman - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 0w
11) Fazalhaq Farooqi - RHB, LF
Last 10 - 1w, 1w, 3w, 0w, 3w, 3w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 0w
BENCH
12) Usman Ghani - RHB
Last 10 - 2*, 73*, 0, 33, 30, 27, 47, 1, 14, 2
13) Noor Ahmad - RHB, LWS
Last 10 - 10r 0w, 23r 2w, 4r 1w, 5r 1w, 0w, 7r 0w, 10r 0w, 3r 0w, 6r 1w
14) Fareed Ahmad - LHB, LFM
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 2w, 3w, 0w, 3w, 0w
15) Afsar Zazai - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 13, 18, 48, 14, 16, 67*, 14, 2*, 3
16) 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
17) Sediqullah Atal - LHB
Last 10 - 9r 0w, 0, 2, 0, 30, 85, 78, 47, 20, 23, 5, 1, 9
Safe C/VC choices
Rashid Khan, Karim Janat
B) PAKISTAN (PAK) SQUAD:
Probable XI
1) Shan Masood - LHB
Last 10 - 5, 75, 19, 25, 51, 3, 20, 3, 35, 0
2) Saim Ayub - LHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 9r 0w, 23, 0, 58r 1w, 74, 68, 1, 51, 3, 0
3) Mohammad Haris - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 85, 34, 79, 35, 9, 0, 0, 40, 18
4) Imad Wasim - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 45r 2w, 30r 0w, 92r 0w, 57r 0w, 14r 2w, 46r 0w, 35r 1w, 5r 3w, 0r 1w, 80r 0w
5) Iftikhar Ahmed - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 53, 4, 2r 1w, 3, 39r 0w, 6, 50*, 32, 0r 0w
6) Azam Khan - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 2, 3, 35, 72*, 4, 97, 9*, 16, 44
7) Shadab Khan - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 26r 2w, 25r 2w, 12r 0w, 44r 2w, 8r 0w, 0w, 4r 2w, 12r 2w, 3r 1w, 1r 1w
8) Faheem Ashraf - LHB, RFM
Last 10 - 5r 1w, 38r 1w, 4r 0w, 51r 1w, 39r 2w, 41r 1w, 4r 0w, 17r 0w, 1w, 4r 0w
9) Ihsanullah - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 1w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 2w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 2w, 3w
10) Mohammad Wasim - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 1w, 14r 1w, 8r 1w, 16r 2w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 1w
11) Zaman Khan - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 0w, 2w, 1w, 6r 2w, 2w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 2w
BENCH
12) Mohammad Nawaz - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 16r 1w, 0w, 15r 1w, 52r 2w, 4r 2w, 0w, 2r 1w, 2r 1w, 3r 1w, 14r 0w
13) Naseem Shah - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 0w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 1w
14) Abdullah Shafique - RHB
Last 10 - 65, 10, 0, 2, 1, 7, 48, 15, 45, 75
15) Tayyab Tahir - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 40, 7, 19, 6, 65, 71, 58, 59, 30, 0
Safe C/VC choices
Shadab Khan, Faheem Ashraf
Differential GL C/VC choices
AFG - Fazalhaq Farooqi, Mohammad Nabi, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Azmatullah Omarzai
PAK - Imad Wasim, Ihsanullah, Mohammad Haris, Shan Masood
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