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Zimbabwe
Afghanistan
The Zimbabwe vs Afghanistan ODI series has reached the 2nd ODI which is scheduled to take place on Thursday at the Harare Sports Club. The two teams have met on 28 occasions in the past for ODI fixtures and Afghanistan holds an edge with 18 wins.
Zimbabwe started the T20i series with a win but soon lost track of their performance and ended up losing the series by 1-2. However, a new format brings in new hopes for the team and the hosts will hope to start on a high note and maintain the positivity in the 2nd ODI as well.
Afghanistan displayed a commendable performance in the last 2 T20s and clinched the series by 2-1. They are now well aware of the playing conditions in Zimbabwe and might dominate the ODI series. It will be interesting to see how visitors display their talent in the 2nd ODI.
Rahmanullah Gurbaz is the 6th highest run-scorer in 2024 in the ODI format with 531 runs in 11 ODIs at an average of 48.27 with a strike rate of 89.69.
The betting tip is...
Rahmanullah Gurbaz will be the top scorer in the match.
65 %
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ZimbabweAfghanistanZimbabwe will be under the leadership of Craig Evans who is also the leading run-scorer for Zimbabwe in 2024. He has scored 157 runs in 6 ODIs at an average of 26.16 with a strike rate of 70.72.
Sikandar Raza, Sean Williams, Brian Bennett, Tadiwanashe Marumani, and Dion Myers are the other batters who will be expected to score the majority of the runs for the team. However, Sikandar Raza will play an important role for the team in the bowling unit as well because he is the 2nd highest wicket-taker in the team in 2024 with 7 wickets in 6 ODIs this year.
Richard Ngarava will be the primary bowler for the team. He has scalped 10 wickets in the last 6 ODI fixtures at an economy of 4.80. Blessing Muzarabani will be another bowler to watch out for who has 6 wickets in the last 6 ODIs.
Craig Ervine, Sikandar Raza, and Richard Ngarava are the key players for the team.
Predicted Lineup: Craig Ervine (c), Tadiwanashe Marumani, Dion Myers, Sikandar Raza, Brian Bennett, Sean Williams, Ben Curran, Trevor Gwandu, Richard Ngarava, Wellington Masakadza, Blessing Muzarabani
As years pass by, Afghanistan has improved their quality in white-ball cricket and they carry the momentum with a T20 series win. The visitors will be under the leadership of Hashmatullah Shahidi and he will have Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Sadiqullah Atal, Rahmat Shah, and Mohammad Nabi as his primary batters for the 2nd ODI.
Out of all, Rahmanullah Gurbaz is their primary batter and he is the leading scorer for the team in 2024 with 531 runs in 11 ODIs at an average of 48.27 with a strike rate of 89.69.
On the bowling front, Rashid Khan, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Nangeyalia Karote, AM Ghanzafar, and Gulbadin Naib will be expected to dominate the game. Rashid Khan has 12 wickets in the last 5 ODIs at an economy of 3.27. AM Ghanzafar is another bowler to watch out for as he has 12 wickets in the last 8 ODIs at an economy of 4.36.
Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Rashid Khan, and AM Ghanzafar are the key players for the team.
Predicted Lineup: Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Sadiqullah Atal, Rahmat Shah, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Nangeyalia Karote, AM Ghanzafar, Gulbadin Naib
Zimbabwe is not a strong opposition and they have a major void when it comes to their batting unit. The team is dependent on one or two players to score the majority of the runs.
Afghanistan, on the other hand, are the experts of white-ball cricket and they have a superior combination of players. Their batters are in brilliant form and their bowlers have performed well against the world-class batting unit. We predict a win for Afghanistan in the 2nd ODI.
