Pakistan don’t desire to be in England’s scenario 5 video games into the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 leaving themselves with no room for error as they face Afghanistan in a crucial sport in Chennai on Monday, October 23. Pakistan have misplaced their final two video games towards India and Australia and would not need to be 2-3 after 5 video games provided that they’ll have to win all their remaining video games after that. And the floor is the one which was used for the India-Australia match, so the life will not be simple for Pakistan batters towards the Afghan spin trio of Rashid Khan, Mujeeb ur Rahman and Mohammad Nabi.
Pakistan will hope to take some inspiration from New Zealand, who pummeled this Afghanistan at this very venue by batting first. Eliminate the spin menace whereas chasing by opting to bat first and a complete above 250 will likely be tough to chase on that monitor. But Afghanistan too will know what they’ve to do on this wicket after struggling a 149-run mauling towards the Kiwis. Pakistan’s bowlers need to come to the get together because the batters have had three good video games however bowlers had just one.
Chennai weather forecast
Chennai will proceed to be sizzling and dry because the radar is crystal clear for the matchday on Monday, October 23. It will likely be sizzling and humid throughout the first innings as there isn’t any likelihood of rain which implies a full 100-overs sport on the playing cards. The temperatures will hover round a excessive of 33 levels and a low of 24 levels.
Probable Playing XIs
Pakistan: Abdullah Shafique, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam(c), Mohammad Rizwan(w), Saud Shakeel, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Nawaz, Usama Mir, Shaheen Afridi, Hasan Ali, Haris Rauf
Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi(c), Azmatullah Omarzai, Ikram Alikhil(w), Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi
Live streaming and telecast
The Pakistan-Afghanistan conflict will kick off at 2 PM IST with the toss scheduled to happen half an hour earlier than. The match will likely be live on Star Sports 1, Star Sports 1 HD, Star Sports 1 Hindi, Star Sports 1 Hindi HD and different language-particular channels in Kannada, Tamil and Telugu on TV. The PAK vs AFG match will likely be live streamed on the Disney+ Hotstar app and web site and cellular customers can watch the match completely free.
