Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions: Afghanistan vs Ireland in UAE 2024 - 2nd T20I - 17th March

The 2nd T20I Match of the 'Afghanistan against Ireland in UAE' will be played between Afghanistan and Ireland on the 17th of March at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah.

Current T20I Form Afghanistan and Ireland:

Ireland have won the first match of the 3 match T20I series to take a 1-0 lead.

The top run scorer for Ireland in the series is Harry Tector with 56 runs to his name.

The top wicket taker for Ireland in the series is Ben White with 4 scalps under his belt.

The top run scorer for Afghanistan in the series is Mohammad Ishaq with 32 runs to his name.

The top wicket taker for Afghanistan in the series is Rashid Khan with 3 scalps under his belt.

In the First T20I, Ireland batted first and they were restricted to an under par total of 149 in 20 overs of play. Harry Tector played like a champion and scored 56 runs off 34 balls. He kept losing partners at the other end though which restricted him to go all guns blazing. Rashid Khan picked up 3 wickets on his come back and Ireland were restricted to 149 in 20 overs of play.

During the chase, Afghanistan lost Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Sediqullah Atal early on in the innings. Azmatullah Omarzai also got out to Joshua Little in the 2nd over and at this point, Afghanistan were 3 down for 4 runs and looked in deep waters. They couldn't make any comeback from there on and were bowled out for 111, losing the match by 38 runs. For Ireland, Ben White picked up 4 wickets.

Let’s have a look at the squads:

Afghanistan: Rashid Khan (c), Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Sediq Atal, Ijaz Ahmadzai, Ishaq Rahimi (wk), Mohammad Nabi, Nangyal Kharotai, Azmatullah Omarzai, Noor Ahmad, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Wafadar Momand, Farid Malik, Naveen Ul Haq, Fazal Haq Farooqi

Ireland: Mark Adair, Ross Adair, Andrew Balbirnie, Curtis Campher, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Graham Hume, Josh Little, Barry McCarthy, Neil Rock, Paul Stirling (capt), Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker, Ben White, Craig Young

Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions* - PrePlay

Who will win the toss? –  Afghanistan

Who will win?- Afghanistan

Top Batter (Runs Scored) - Azmatullah Omarzai (Afghanistan), Harry Tector (Ireland)

Top Bowler (Wickets taken) - Rashid Khan (Afghanistan), Josh Little (Ireland)

Most Fours – Azmatullah Omarzai (Afghanistan), Harry Tector (Ireland)

Player of the Match - Azmatullah Omarzai (Afghanistan)

Team Scores Batting first – Ireland 140+, Afghanistan 150+

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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