SA vs AFG Dream11 Prediction, Playing XI, Fantasy Cricket Tips, Pitch Report, and Injury Updates for World Cup Warm-up 2nd ODI Match

South Africa are favourites to win this match.

ByĀ CricTracker Staff

Updated - 29 Sept 2023, 12:46 IST

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Preview

South Africa (SA) will be up against Afghanistan (AFG) in the second warm-up match of the ICC Cricket World Cup at the Greenfield International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram on September 29. South Africa has won three games on a trot of the last five matches and is looking good, while Afghanistan has a lot of work to do as they have lost all their previous five games. This is going to be an important match for both these teams, getting acclimatised to the situations for the World Cup.

South Africa had squared off against Australia in their last match, where Australia won the toss and elected to bowl. Being put to bat, Africans started slow and were going ahead cautiously, but as soon as the pair of Aiden Markram and David Miller joined hands, the scoring shot up immediately. With a fantastic finish by Marco Jansen and Andile Phehlukwayo, they put up a strong total of 315 runs. Australia started the chase aggressively and had a good partnership for the third wicket, but other than Marsh and Marnus, no one contributed. As a result, they were bowled out for 193 and lost the match by 122 runs.

Afghanistan had squared off against Sri Lanka in their last match, where Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat. Sri Lanka started well with a good opening partnership of 63 runs. It was followed by a couple of other good partnerships as well. There was a mini-collapse in the middle, but the lower order did a great job as they posted a strong total of 291 runs on the board. Afghanistan lost their openers cheaply, but the middle order was fantastic to put them up in the driving seat. However, they kept losing wickets regularly, which hurt them in the end as they fell short of the target by just two runs and were bowled out.

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Match Information

South Africa vs Afghanistan, Match 2

ICC Mens World Cup Warm-Up Matches, 29 Sep 2023, Fri, 2:00 PM IST ,Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram

Broadcast

Star Sports Network

Live Stream

Disney+ Hotstar

Weather Report

Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram

Clouds

30.8Ā°C

74% (Humidity)

Team Form (Last 5 matches)

South Africa

W
W
W
L
L

Afghanistan

L
L
L
L
L

Players Stats in current Series

119 Runs

1Ā Match

2

Rahmat Shah

AFG - bat

93 Runs

1Ā Match

84 Runs

1Ā Match

51 Runs

1Ā Match

39 Runs

1Ā Match

6

David Miller

SA - bat

18 Runs

1Ā Match

200.00

1Ā Match

129.35

1Ā Match

3

Rahmat Shah

AFG - bat

113.41

1Ā Match

105.41

1Ā Match

5

100.00

1Ā Match

94.38

1Ā Match

1

Mohammad Nabi

AFG - all

4 Wkts

1Ā Match

2

Lungi Ngidi

SA - bowl

3 Wkts

1Ā Match

3

Marco Jansen

SA - all

3 Wkts

1Ā Match

4

1 Wkts

1Ā Match

5

1 Wkts

1Ā Match

6

Naveen-ul-Haq

AFG - bowl

1 Wkts

1Ā Match

1

3.57

1Ā Match

2

4.26

1Ā Match

3

Lungi Ngidi

SA - bowl

4.71

1Ā Match

4

Mohammad Nabi

AFG - all

5.50

1Ā Match

5

Marco Jansen

SA - all

5.63

1Ā Match

6

Naveen-ul-Haq

AFG - bowl

5.86

1Ā Match

Probable Playing XI

South Africa

Q de Kock (wk), H Klaasen, HE van der Dussen, AK Markram (C), DA Miller, RR Hendricks, M Jansen, L Ngidi, KA Maharaj, T Shamsi, K Rabada

Bench : AL Phehlukwayo, T Bavuma, G Coetzee, LB Williams

Afghanistan

Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Hashmatullah Shahidi (C), Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Najibullah Zadran, Azmatullah Omarzai, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mohammad Nabi, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Ibrahim Zadran, Rashid Khan

Bench : IA Khil, R Shah, Riaz Hussan, Abdul Rahman, Gulbadin Naib, Farid Malik, Sharafuddin Ashraf

Injury and availability news

Temba Bavuma is unavailable for this game as he has traveled back to South Africa due to some personal reasons.

Pitch Report

The track at the Greenfield International Stadium is going to be helpful to batters as well as bowlers. Pacers at the start, while spinners throughout the innings can cause troubles for the batters, while batters, once settled, can play their shots freely. Teams winning the toss choose to bat, with the average first innings score being 264.

30%

Pace Bowling

70%

Spin Bowling

60%

Batting Pitch

264

Average Score

40%

Bowling Pitch

Player Picks

9
C

Quinton de Kock SA | WK

Quinton is a seasoned batter for the South African side and has been brilliant with his glovework as well. He is a suitable choice to lead your side.

9
C

Rashid Khan AFG | BOWL

Rashid is a magician of the ball and is an absolute match-winner with the bat as well. He can be another great choice for captaincy roles in your team.

8

Heinrich Klaasen SA | WK

Klaasen is an explosive batter who can turn the match around in a matter of a few balls. He played a sensational knock recently and would be looking to continue with his form.

9

David Miller SA | BAT

Miller is another explosive batter who has been finishing matches for his team well. He is a brilliant fielder as well and can fetch you extra fantasy points.

9

Kagiso Rabada SA | BOWL

Rabada has led the pace attack for South Africa and has scalped as many as 144 wickets in 92 matches. He can be handy with the bat as well.

9

Mohammad Nabi AFG | ALL

Nabi is a brilliant all-rounder of the game and can impact the results for your team. He has mustered 3082 runs and 154 wickets in his ODI career so far.

Avoid Having These Players In Your Fantasy Sports Team

8.5

Lungi Ngidi

SA | BOWL

Ngidi has not been able to perform to the merit he holds and can be left out of your team.

6

Rahmat Shah

AFG | BAT

Rahmat has not been performing consistently and you can make your team without him being included in it.

Last Updated On - Sep 29 2023 12:46 PM

Players
11/11

Team 1

SA

8 : 3

AFG

Credits Left
6/100

Head To Head
Quinton de Kock
C

9

Heinrich Klaasen

8

Rassie van der Dussen

8.5

David Miller

9

Aiden Markram

8.5

Marco Jansen

7

Mohammad Nabi

9

Keshav Maharaj

8.5

Kagiso Rabada

9

Rashid Khan
VC

9

Mujeeb Ur Rahman

8.5

Players
11/11

Team 1

SA

8 : 3

AFG

Credits Left
6.5/100

Mega League
Quinton de Kock

9

Heinrich Klaasen
C

8

Rassie van der Dussen

8.5

David Miller
VC

9

Aiden Markram

8.5

Marco Jansen

7

Mohammad Nabi

9

Tabraiz Shamsi

8

Kagiso Rabada

9

Rashid Khan

9

Mujeeb Ur Rahman

8.5

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