Afghanistan vs South Africa in UAE, 2024: The first match of the three-match ODI series between Afghanistan and South Africa will be played today, 18 September. This exciting action will start at 5:30 PM IST at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium.
| Match | Afghanistan vs South Africa (AFG vs SA) |
| League | Afghanistan vs South Africa ODI |
| Date | Wednesday, 18th September 2024 |
| Time | 05:30 PM (IST) - 12:00 PM (GMT) |
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The first match of the ODI series will be played between Afghanistan and South Africa. The Afghanistan team has defeated the Ireland team 2-0 in the series. This series was also played at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium. On the other hand, South Africa played its last ODI series against India on its home ground in which it lost 2-1. In the last 5 years, 2 ODI matches have been played between South Africa and Afghanistan. In which the South African team has won both the matches.
The pitch of Sharjah Cricket Stadium is helpful for the batsmen, especially in the second innings. The pitch may be a bit slow in the second innings, but batting is easy in the first innings. Spinners will have to play an important role in the middle overs. 257 matches have been played on this ground in which the team batting first has won 135 matches. The average score of the first innings on this pitch has been 223 runs and the average score of the second innings has been 191 runs.
The temperature on the day of the Sri Lanka vs New Zealand match is expected to be around 30 degrees Celsius with 25% humidity and 7.5 km/hr wind speed. And the visibility is 10 kilometers. There is no chance of precipitation during the game.
Afghanistan (AFG) Possible Playing 11: 1. Rahmanullah Gurbaz(WK), 2. Riaz Hassan, 3. Rahmat Shah, 4. Hashmatullah Shahidi(C), 5. Azmatullah Omarzai, 6. Mohammad Nabi, 7. Gulbadin Naib, 8. Rashid-Khan, 9. Fareed Malik, 10. Naveed Zadran, 11. Fazal Haq
South Africa (SA) Possible Playing 11: 1. Temba Bavuma(C), 2. Reeza Hendricks, 3. Aiden Markram, 4. Jason Smith, 5. Tristan Stubbs(WK), 6. Kyle Verreynne(WK), 7. Andile Phehlukwayo, 8. Bjorn Fortuin, 9. Ottneil Baartman, 10. Lizaad Williams, 11. Lungi Ngidi
Also Read: IND vs BAN: India's probable 11 for the first test match against Bangladesh
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