Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions: Afghanistan Tour of India 2024 - 1st T20I Match - Afghanistan vs India - 11 January 2024

Here are the Fantasy Cricket Predictions and Betting Tips for the 1st T20I Match of the Afghanistan Tour of India, which will be played on 11th of January at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali.

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Current T20I Form Afghanistan:

Afghanistan are currently placed at the 10th position on ICC Men's Team Ranking with a rating of 209.

Afghanistan are in decent T20I form. They have recently beaten UAE in a 3 match T20I series by 2-1.

Afghanistan are a team that has proved to be a top notch unit in the recently concluded ICC Men's World Cup. They can't be tagged as the underdogs anymore. If they can bring out their best performance, India will have to toil hard in the T20I series.

1. Rahmanullah Gurbaz - He has recently scored a century against UAE in the T20I series. He holds the key for Afghanistan in the upcoming matches.

2. Fazalhaq Farooqi - He is the strike bowler for Afghanistan in recent times. After a brilliant Abu Dhabi T10 league, he will look to steal the spotlight in the upcoming matches against India.

Current T20I Form India:

India are placed at the 1st position on ICC Men's Team Ranking with a rating of 265.

India are in fabulous form in T20I cricket. They have recently managed to tie a T20I series against South Africa at 1-1.

Prior to that, they emerged victorious against a good looking Australian team by 4-1 margin in the 5 match series.

Players to look out for:

1. Yashasvi Jaiswal - He is a sensation in T20 cricket. Having performed superbly in the 5 match T20I series against Australia, he will be looking forward to shine against Afghanistan as well.

2. Arshdeep Singh- He had a great tour to South Africa and his performances helped India to dominate South Africa in foreign conditions. He is a key player for India against Afghanistan.

Let’s have a look at the squads:

India:

Rohit Sharma (C), S Gill, Y Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Shivam Dube, W Sundar, Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Avesh Khan, Mukesh Kumar

Afghanistan:

Ibrahim Zadran (c), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ikram Alikhil (wk), Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmat Shah, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Karim Janat, Azmaullah Omarzai, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Naveen Ul Haq, Noor Ahmad, Mohammad Saleem, Qais Ahmad, Gulbadin Naib, Fareed Ahmad and Rashid Khan.

Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions* - PrePlay

Who will win the toss? – Afghanistan

Who will win?- India

Top Batter (Runs Scored) – Yashasvi Jaiswal (India), Ibrahim Zadran (Afghanistan)

Top Bowler (Wickets taken) - Arshdeep Singh (India), Fazalhaq Farooqi (Afghanistan)

Most Fours – Yashasvi Jaiswal (India), Ibrahim Zadran (Afghanistan)

Player of the Match- Yashasvi Jaiswal (India)

Team Scores Batting first – India 180+, Afghanistan 155+

Match Handicap: India

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*NB these predictions may be changed nearer the start of the match once the final starting teams have been announced and we will be running ‘In-Play’ features, so stay tuned.

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