New Zealand vs Afghanistan Highlights Today, Sunday 7-11-2021. 40th Match, Group 2, ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, from Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi.
Afghanistan won the toss and will bat first.
Mujeeb is back. Sharafuddin is the bowler who makes way. Kane Williamson says he would have chosen to bat first as well on a used surface. New Zealand playing an unchanged XI.
New Zealand team: 1 Martin Guptill, 2 Daryl Mitchell, 3 Kane Williamson (capt), 4 Devon Conway (wk), 5 Glenn Phillips, 6 James Neesham, 7 Mitchell Santner, 8 Adam Milne, 9 Tim Southee, 10 Ish Sodhi, 11 Trent Boult.
Afghanistan team: 1 Hazratullah Zazai, 2 Mohammad Shahzad (wk), 3 Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 4 Gulbadin Naib, 5 Najibullah Zadran, 6 Mohammad Nabi (capt), 7 Karim Janat, 8 Rashid Khan, 9 Mujeeb Ur Rahman, 10 Naveen-ul-Haq, 11 Hamid Hassan.
Form guide
(last five completed matches, most recent first)
New Zealand: WWWLW
Afghanistan: LWLWW
ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 Points Table
ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021/22 Complete Fixture
Match Timings: 10:00 GMT | 14:00 Local
Umpires – Kumar Dharmasena, Langton Rusere
TV Umpire – Richard Illingworth
Match Referee – Javagal Srinath
Reserve Umpire – Aleem Dar
Match number – T20I no. 1402 – ICC T20 World Cup 2021 40th Match
