T20WC G2 | AFG v PAK | DSC | Oct 29, 2021 | 10 AM EST

[maniac]

1 minute ago, Austin 3:!6 said:

Pak should bat first. They will be through to semi finals anyway...so its time for them to test their bowling under Dubai Dew.

I know we all want Pakistanis to do something dumb and lose  but wouldn’t it make sense to do such experiments after you officially qualified and playing the associate teams :)

[Lord]

3 minutes ago, Austin 3:!6 said:

Pak should bat first. They will be through to semi finals anyway...so its time for them to test their bowling under Dubai Dew.

need to win this to confirm qualification

[Austin 3:!6]

3 hours ago, nitinbwj said:

India might be out of WC after playing one match.. Thanks ICC   yeh break khatam kyon nahi ho rahi hai.. 

This one week long break has backfired Indian team big time. Had we played couple of more games this week, everyone would have forgotten that Pak game by now and moved on. But bcoz we have not played anything since Sunday, everyone is going after our players and giving expert opinion. Its like you murder someone and hang the deadbody for a week for people to rejoice. Just fire the guy who prepared this scheduling.

[Austin 3:!6]

1 minute ago, Lord said:

need to win this to confirm qualification

But even if they lose today, they will surely beat Scotland and Namibia irrespective of batting 1st or 2nd. So their semi spot is guranteed.

 

Today's game is the last tough game they will get before semis...so its better to practice bowling 2nd even if they lose here. 

[Lord]

Just now, Austin 3:!6 said:

But even if they lose today, they will surely beat Scotland and Namibia irrespective of batting 1st or 2nd. So their semi spot is guranteed.

 

Today's game is the last tough game they will get before semis...so its better to practice bowling 2nd even if they lose here. 

 

It is not guaranteed.

 

If Afg win and then they beat  NZ,there will be three way tie between Afg,Pak and winner of India-NZ.

 

And Afg have massive NRR boost of 6+

[QuarantineTormentino]

Wtf Afghanistan are currently on a 16 match win streak in the UAE lol

[Adi_91]

Just now, QuarantineTormentino said:

Wtf Afghanistan are currently on a 16 match win streak in the UAE lol

 

I believe Pak are on also on a streak, so one of theirs will end today. 

[zen]

AFG won the toss and will bat first. So AFG sticking with its strategy to bat first. 

[I6MTW]

1 minute ago, zen said:

AFG won the toss and will bat first. So AFG sticking with its strategy to bat first. 

Dumb decision. Pakistan is not Scotland, they are not going to score 190 against Pak's bowling attack. And Afg batting is not that good anyway. They are full of FTBs, small ground bullies, and leg side hacks. They should've bowled first.

[zen]

Just now, I6MTW said:

Dumb decision. Pakistan is not Scotland, they are not going to score 190 against Pak's bowling attack. And Afg batting is not that good anyway. They are full of FTBs, small ground bullies, and leg side hacks. They should've bowled first.

It appears as if AFG likes to bat first no matter what  

 

Let’s see how they go. Maybe a change in pattern is on the cards. 

[speedheat]

Afghanistan decides to bat first despite winning toss despite dew factor.

This is def. ISI/Taliban influence

[mishra]

4 minutes ago, I6MTW said:

Dumb decision. Pakistan is not Scotland, they are not going to score 190 against Pak's bowling attack. And Afg batting is not that good anyway. They are full of FTBs, small ground bullies, and leg side hacks. They should've bowled first.

Afgans know their strength. If they score 150, they have way to make it very difficult for Pakistan

[mishra]

Anything above 160 , Afghans will win

[Austin 3:!6]

Okay El-Classico time. This will be a huge rivalry in next decade and a half.

[G_B_]

5.33 pm Toss time. Afghanistan have won the coin flip and chosen to bat first. Captain Mohammad Nabi says it is a dry pitch and looks good for batting first. Afghanistan is playing an unchanged XI.

 

looks like somebody has taken a lot of money...

 

dumb call with the dew if not.

[Bigg Brother]

The tune of Pakistan's national anthem is good. 

[coffee_rules]

5.33 pm Toss time. Afghanistan have won the coin flip and chosen to bat first. Captain Mohammad Nabi says it is a dry pitch and looks good for batting first. Afghanistan is playing an unchanged XI.

Afghanistan XI: 1 Hazratullah Zazai, 2 Mohammad Shahzad, 3 Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), 4 Najibullah Zadran, 5 Mohammad Nabi (capt), 6 Asghar Afghan, 7 Gulbadin Naib, 8 Karim Janat, 9 Rashid Khan, 10 Naveen-ul-Haq, 11 Mujeeb-ur-Rahman.

Pakistan XI: 1 Mohammad Rizwan (wk), 2 Babar Azam (capt), 3 Fakhar Zaman, 4 Mohammad Hafeez, 5 Shoaib Malik, 6 Asif Ali, 7 Shadab Khan, 8 Imad Wasim, 9 Hasan Ali, 10 Haris Rauf, 11 Shaheen Shah Afridi.

 

Why Nabi? 

[Bigg Brother]

Afghanistan should definitely give a fight to padosis. Anything above 145 and it would be difficult for Pakistan.

[Swag]

Very odd this winning toss and batting first

[G_B_]

I remember the WC 2019 Pakistan vs Afghanistan.

 

the Afghani captain bowled himself despite much better bowlers being there with overs remaining and allowed Pakistan to win.

 

Rot of corruption in Afghanistan is too much.