Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions: Afghanistan Tour of India 2024 - 2nd T20I Match - Afghanistan vs India - 14 January 2024

Here are the Fantasy Cricket Predictions and Betting Tips for the 2nd T20I Match of the Afghanistan Tour of India, which will be played on 14th of January at the Holkar Stadium, Indore.

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Current T20I Form Afghanistan and India:

India have won the first match of the T20I series and are currently leading by 1-0 in the 3 match series.

The top run scorer for Afghanistan in the T20I series is Mohammad Nabi with 42 runs to his name.

The top wicket taker for Afghanistan in the T20I series is Mujeeb ur Rahman with 2 scalps under his belt.

The top run scorer for India in the T20I series is Shivam Dube with 60 runs to his name.

The top wicket taker for India in the T20I series is Axar Patel with 2 scalps under his belt.

In the first T20I, Afghanistan batted first and they were able to post a total of 158 for 5 in 20 overs. Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran gave a decent start to Afghanistan. They scored 23 and 25 runs respectively. The middle order struggled to score quickly but Mohammad Nabi made an impactful 42 to take Afghanistan to 158 in 20 overs of play.

During the chase, India lost Rohit Sharma early on in the innings. Shubman Gill then struck 23 off 12 balls and got India back into the game. It was Shivam Dube who played a match winning knock of 60 runs to take India home with 6 wickets in hand.

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? – India

Who will win?- Afghanistan

Top Batter (Runs Scored) – Rinku Singh (India), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Afghanistan)

Top Bowler (Wickets taken) - Axar Patel (India), Mujeeb ur Rahman (Afghanistan)

Most Fours – Rinku Singh (India), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Afghanistan)

Player of the Match - Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Afghanistan)

Team Scores Batting first – India 160+, Afghanistan 165+

Match Handicap: Afghanistan

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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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