England and Afghanistan are set to clash in the 13th ODI of the ongoing ICC World Cup 2023. England are the defending champions, having won the last edition of the tournament at home in 2019. They had beaten back-to-back finalists New Zealand to win their first-ever ODI crown. England had a poor start to their title defence. They lost their World Cup opener to the Black Caps as Devon Conway and Rachin Ravindra smashed centuries to secure a nine-wicket victory. The Englishmen bounced back in their next game beating Bangladesh by 137 runs. It was Dawid Malan who scored 140 runs in 107 balls to help establish a 364-run scoreline for England. Reece Topley scalped four wickets in the second innings to seal a dominant win.
The two teams will be going head-to-head at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on October 15. Afghanistan are currently on a poor run in ODIs. They lost back-to-back bilateral tours ahead of their World Cup campaign in India. In the tournament, Afghanistan conceded a six-wicket loss in their opener against Bangladesh. In the next game, the hosts India took the Afghans down as Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli rained runs in Delhi to secure an eight-wicket win. With England as their upcoming opponents, Afghanistan have quite the challenge at their helm.
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ENG vs AFG Dream11 Prediction
Captain: Joe Root
Vice-captain: Dawid Malan
Wicketkeepers: Jonny Bairstow
Batters: Dawid Malan, Joe Root
All-rounders: Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Azmatullah Omarzai
Bowlers: Adil Rashid, Chris Woakes, Reece Topley, Mark Wood, Rashid Khan
ENG vs AFG Probable XIs:
ENG Probable XI: Dawid Malan, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler (wk & c), Moeen Ali, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Reece Topley, Mark Wood, Adil Rashid
AFG Probable XI: Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Riaz Hassan, Rahmat Shah, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Ikram Alikhil, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb ur Rahman
ENG vs AFG Full Squad
England: Jonny Bairstow, Dawid Malan, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler(w/c), Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Chris Woakes, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood, Harry Brook, Gus Atkinson, Reece Topley, David Willey
Afghanistan: Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Riaz Hassan, Rahmat Shah, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Ikram Alikhil, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Abdul Rahman, Naveen ul Haq
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