Australia will look to clinch their semifinals spot when they take on Afghanistan in the eighth game of the Super Eights round and the 48th of the 2024 T20 World Cup. Get our latest expert AUS vs AFG match betting tips, predictions and picks below.
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AUS vs AFG Match Information
- Venue: Arnos Vale Ground, Kingstown, St Vincent
- Date: Saturday, June 22
- Time: 8.30 pm local (1.30 am GMT, 6 am IST next day)
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What Have The Two Teams Done So Far?
Australia clinched their Super Eights spot with easy wins over Namibia, Oman and England before stuttering to a victory against Scotland in the final league game.
And starting out their Super Eights campaign against Bangladesh they were off to a rollicking start as they routed their opposition in a rain-affected opener.
Afghanistan looked like they had got off to a decent start in their Super Eights game but once India got control, there was no letting up. India turned out to be easy winners.
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The manner in which Australia have been swatting opponents away, it would take a lot for Afghanistan to beat the superpower opponents.
More so because of the psychological hold that Australia look to have obtained on Afghanistan after their win at the 2023 World Cup.
There was absolutely no way that Afghanistan should have lost that game following the position they got themselves in against their cricketing giant opponents and to have seen the match slip from their grasp there to a stunning Glenn Maxwell double-century could have its repercussions for years to come.
Afghanistan will hope to win most of the big moments – like Fazalhaq Farooqi will need to continue his solid run in the Powerplay, Rashid Khan will hope he can continue discovering his form the way he did against India and then the batters have need to do a lot better than most other T20 World Cup 2024 teams have against Pat Cummins and co.
All in all, it looks like an uphill task.
AUS vs AFG Head-to-Head Stats
- Overall Australia vs Afghanistan Head-to-head: There has been one previous meeting between these two teams in this format and Australia had won that.
- It had come in the 2022 edition of the T20 World Cup in which Australia limped to 168/8 and then managed to scrape to a victory by four runs.
- These two have also played four ODIs and Australia have won them all including that famous win at the 2023 World Cup where they came back from being 91/7 chasing 292 to clinch a victory on the back of a Glenn Maxwell 200.
Possible Playing XIs
Australia
Afghanistan
Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Hazratullah Zazai, Ibrahim Zadran, Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Omarzai, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmad, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi.
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AUS vs AFG Predictions with Latest Odds*
AUS vs AFG Match Winner
- Australia to win: 1/10 (sign up with 1xbet)
AUS vs AFG Top Batsman
- Top Australia Batsman – Glenn Maxwell: 5/1 (sign up with 1xbet)
- Top Afghanistan Batsman – Najibullah Zadran: 3/1 (sign up with 1xbet)
AUS vs AFG Top Bowler
- Top Australia Bowler – Josh Hazlewood: 3/1 (sign up with 1xbet)
- Top Afghanistan Bowler – Noor Ahmad: 5/1 (sign up with 1xbet)
AUS vs AFG Toss Prediction
Australia to win the toss: 10/11
AUS vs AFG Score Prediction
Total Score in the Match – Over 305.5 Runs: 5/6
*odds correct at the time of writing.
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