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Published 03 Nov, 2023 09:20am

Afghanistan and Netherlands to clash in World Cup today

Afghanistan and Netherlands will clash in Lucknow in a high-stakes game in a potentially impactful game in the World Cup today.

Afghanistan are on a roll after beating Pakistan, Sri Lanka and England and are already having their best World Cup campaign ever.

Meanwhile, Netherlands have two wins out of six games against Bangladesh and South Africa and are fighting for a spot in the semis as well as the Champions Trophy.

The feather forecast for lucknow shows a slight chance of rain. However, the dry pitch at the Ekana stadium is likely to favour spin bowling.

Probable squads

Afghanistan

1 Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 2 Ibrahim Zadran, 3 Rahmat Shah, 4 Hashmatullah Shahidi (capt), 5 Azmatullah Omarzai, 6 Ikram Alikhil (wk), 7 Mohammad Nabi, 8 Rashid Khan, 9 Mujeeb Ur Rahman, 10 Naveen-ul-Haq/Noor Ahmad, 11 Fazalhaq Farooqi

Netherlands

1 Max O’Dowd, 2 Vikramjit Singh, 3 Wesley Barresi, 4 Colin Ackermann, 5 Scott Edwards (capt & wk), 6 Bas de Leede, 7 Sybrand Engelbrecht, 8 Logan van Beek, 9 Shariz Ahmad, 10 Aryan Dutt, 11 Paul van Meekeren

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