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When New Zealand’s team starts its campaign against the IPL star-studded Afghanistan team in the T20 World Cup in a Group C match tomorrow, it will have to avoid making the mistake of underestimating its opponent. New Zealand has got a tough group which has teams like two-time champions, hosts West Indies and Afghanistan.
Providence. New Zealand will start their campaign against the IPL star-studded Afghanistan team in the T20 World Cup Group C match on Saturday and they will have to avoid making the mistake of underestimating their opponents. New Zealand has got a tough group which has teams like two-time champions, hosts West Indies and Afghanistan. The cancellation of practice sessions due to rain has affected New Zealand’s preparations. They have to play against Afghanistan and West Indies in the first two matches.
Afghanistan has won its first match here and is well aware of the conditions. However, New Zealand’s strength is its ability to adapt quickly to the conditions in ICC tournaments and the team has been performing consistently well in the last few years. Apart from experienced players, it also has young players like Finn Allen and Rachin Ravindra. On paper, the Kiwi team looks very strong with depth in batting and variety in bowling.
Trent Bolt will be handling the new ball and he will be supported by Lockie Ferguson and Tim Southee. Left-arm spinner Mitchell Santner has also performed well in West Indies and his economy rate has been 5.5. Meanwhile, Afghanistan registered a spectacular victory over Uganda in the first match. Openers Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran gave a good start while Fazalhaq Farooqi, Naveenul Haque and captain Rashid Khan were effective in bowling.
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