Afghanistan sealed another T20I series with a game to go by winning the match by 84 runs. Pitch has changed from slow-track to the batting paradise where 472 runs scored off 40 by combining both innings. The man with the bat Hazratullah Zazai who scored a 62-ball 162 and took Afghanistan to the highest ever total in a T20. Afghanistan would like a clean sweep this series with a win, and we can expect one change can be done Afghanistan in their playing 11 Sayed Shirzad can get a chance here to bowl in place of Fareed Malik.
Ireland started the chase like a bullet, while both opener Paul Stirling and Kevin O'Brien added 126 runs on the first wicket. After the wicket of O'Brien fell Ireland couldn't continue their run scoring momentum as usual they couldn't deal the Afghan spinner Rashid Khan in last few overs while ended up by losing the match by 84 runs. After the huge loss we can expect some changes in their playing 11 where James Shannon and Andy McBrine can come in the expense of Lorcan Tucker and George Dockrell.
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Wicket-keeper: Stuart Poynter (8.5 credits)
Poynter played a good knock at the end of the inning in last match where he got just seven balls to bat, while ended up by scoring 15 runs. Poynter batting at eighth position he gives stability and attacking options for Ireland at the end of the inning if the top-order fails to score. Again, he
Afghanistan sealed another T20I series with a game to go by winning the match by 84 runs. Pitch has changed from slow-track to the batting paradise where 472 runs scored off 40 by combining both innings. The man with the bat Hazratullah Zazai who scored a 62-ball 162 and took Afghanistan to the highest ever total in a T20. Afghanistan would like a clean sweep this series with a win, and we can expect one change can be done Afghanistan in their playing 11 Sayed Shirzad can get a chance here to bowl in place of Fareed Malik.
Ireland started the chase like a bullet, while both opener Paul Stirling and Kevin O'Brien added 126 runs on the first wicket. After the wicket of O'Brien fell Ireland couldn't continue their run scoring momentum as usual they couldn't deal the Afghan spinner Rashid Khan in last few overs while ended up by losing the match by 84 runs. After the huge loss we can expect some changes in their playing 11 where James Shannon and Andy McBrine can come in the expense of Lorcan Tucker and George Dockrell.
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Wicket-keeper: Stuart Poynter (8.5 credits)
Poynter played a good knock at the end of the inning in last match where he got just seven balls to bat, while ended up by scoring 15 runs. Poynter batting at eighth position he gives stability and attacking options for Ireland at the end of the inning if the top-order fails to score. Again, he will be the key player for this match in middle-order for Irish.
Batsman: Hazratullah Zazai (9 credits)
The hard-hitting opening batsman Zazai smashed the record of most sixes by a player in a T20I with 16 sixes. As expected, he delivered by scoring the second highest individual scorer in T20Is with 162 not-out coming in just 62 balls with 11 fours and 16 sixes at the strike-rate of 261.29. A similar innings can be expected again in this match as the pitch support the batsman, with that splendid performance this man cannot be ignored.
All-rounder: Mohammad Nabi (9.5 credits)
Afghan's middle-order batsman did not get enough opportunity to bat in previous match after the impressive performance of both openers. At the end Nabi just got five balls to play, while he ended up by scoring 17 runs with one four and couple of sixes. Normally, he used to pick wickets but in previous match he has to go wicket-less which is not seen often. But he knows how to come-back and still he is our top all-rounder pick for this match.
Bowler: Rashid Khan (10 credits)
Again leg-spinner Rashid Khan who picked four wickets in his four overs, while ended up giving just 21 runs and helped his side to seal another T20I series to their name. At one time looking at Ireland's start they looked favourites to win that match but when Khan came to bowl in last few overs, as usual Irish batting collapsed before him. Looking at his performance in this series again he will be the biggest threat for Irish batsmen.
Captain: Hazratullah Zazai
Vice-captain: Rashid Khan
