Afghanistan vs Pakistan T20I series 2022-23
2nd T20I:
Second T20I of the series of 3 T20I matches between Afghanistan and Pakistan is going to be played at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah on March 26th 2023.
Afghanistan vs Pakistan History:
Overall:
Series:
This is going to be the second bilateral series between the teams. Pakistan won the only played series.
The longest streak without a draw between the teams is 1 series in the span of 9 years, from 2013-14 to present, where Afghanistan won 0 times and Pakistan won 1 time.
The consecutive winning streak for Afghanistan against Pakistan was 0 series, till date.
The longest undefeated streak for Afghanistan against Pakistan was 0 series, till date.
The consecutive winning streak for Pakistan against Afghanistan was 1 series in 2013-14.
The longest undefeated streak for Pakistan against Afghanistan was 1 series in 2013-14.
Last 5 (completed) series results of Afghanistan against Pakistan are L – – – -.
Matches:
The teams completed 4 meetings, only, in the shortest format of cricket, till date. Afghanistan won 1 time, whereas Pakistan won thrice.
The consecutive winning streak for Afghanistan against Pakistan was 1 match in 2023.
The longest undefeated streak for Afghanistan against Pakistan was 1 match in 2023.
The consecutive winning streak for Pakistan against Afghanistan was 3 matches from 2013 to 2023.
The longest undefeated streak for Pakistan against Afghanistan was 3 matches from 2013 to 2023.
Last 5 (completed) series results of Afghanistan against Pakistan are WLLL -.
Pakistan as visitors:
Series:
This is going to be the second bilateral series between the teams. Pakistan won the only played series.
The longest streak without a draw between the teams is 1 series in the span of 9 years, from 2013-14 to present, where Afghanistan never won, yet and Pakistan won once.
The consecutive winning streak for Afghanistan against Pakistan was 0 series, till date.
The longest undefeated streak for Afghanistan against Pakistan was 0 series, till date.
The consecutive winning streak for Pakistan against Afghanistan was 1 series in 2013-14.
The longest undefeated streak for Pakistan against Afghanistan was 1 series in 2013-14.
Last 5 (completed) series results of Afghanistan against Pakistan are L – – – -.
Matches:
The teams completed 4 battles against each other in the shortest format of cricket, till date. Afghanistan won once and the other team won 3 times.
The consecutive winning streak for Afghanistan against Pakistan was 1 match in 2023.
The longest undefeated streak for Afghanistan against Pakistan was 1 match in 2023.
The consecutive winning streak for Pakistan against Afghanistan was 3 matches from 2013 to 2023.
The longest undefeated streak for Pakistan against Afghanistan was 3 matches from 2013 to 2023.
Last 5 (completed) series results of Afghanistan against Pakistan are WLLL -.
Points and Rankings:
The series is the comparison between the tenth rank (Afghanistan (218)) and third rank (Pakistan (256)) teams. The host is 38 points behind the visitors.
Afghanistan:
The team completed 111 games in the format. Out of them, the team won 71 times and lost 40 times including a (1) defeat in a tie.
Last 5 (completed) series results of Afghanistan are WLWDW.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Afghanistan are WWLWL.
Pakistan:
The team completed 216 matches in the format. Out of them, the team won 132 times including a (1) win in a tie and lost 79 times including a couple (2) of defeats in a tie. Five (5) plays were called off without any result (No Result).
Last 5 (completed) series results of Pakistan are LLWWW.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Pakistan are LLWWW.
The Second Outing:
The result of the match will impact the team’s points, as if the result will go in favor of Afghanistan then the home side will earn 3 points without any impact in the ranking, whereas Pakistan will lose a couple (2) of points without any impact in the ranking. On the other hand, in case of a reverse result, both the teams will neither gain nor lose either the points or the ranking. In case of tie result, Afghanistan will gain a (1) point without any impact in the ranking, whereas the other team will lose a (1) point without any impact in the ranking.
Venue Weather:
Weather forecast of Sharjah shows the weather would be partly cloudy till the mid of the engagement and then mostly cloudy for an hour then pretty cloudy till the end of the outing. There will be almost no chances of rain, as the precipitation percentage would be 1%. The temperature would be between 25 to 26 Celsius. The wind would be between 13 – 18 km/h. The speed of wind would increase gradually and the temperature would decrease gradually.
Toss and Pitch:
Team preferred to bat first after winning the toss 16 times in 30 played games. The selection favored the teams, as the teams won 10 times including a win in a tie and lost 6 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to bat first, are LLWWL.
Asia Cup 2022 – 3rd match between Bangladesh and Afghanistan
The teams never won an engagement after choosing to bat first after winning the toss since 2021.
On the other hand, the teams, who chose to field first, won 7 times and lost 7 times, too.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to field first, are WWLLL.
The first batting team won the match 17 times including a victory in a tie. Whereas, the teams, who batted second, won 13 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while the team bat first, are LLLWL.
Overall, 17 times including a win in a tie, the teams won the toss, won the matches and lost 13 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while winning the toss, are LWWLL.
Afghanistan:
Particularly, for Afghanistan, the team won the toss 9 times in 17 played games. The team won 7 times and lost 2 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Afghanistan at the venue, while winning the toss, are WWWLW.
The team never chose to field first after winning the toss since 2018.
The team never lost an outing after choosing to field first after winning the toss, till date.
The side never lost an encounter after choosing to bat first after winning the toss since 2013.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Afghanistan at the venue, while losing the toss, are WLLWW.
The team has never been sent to the bat after losing the toss since 2021.
The team never won any engagement after being sent to the bat after losing the toss since 2018.
The team never lost any battle after being sent to the field after losing the toss since 2013.
Score:
The lowest defended total was 132 runs in 2013, and the highest successful chase was 176 runs in 2022.
The first innings lowest total was 44 runs in 2021 whereas the highest total was 215 runs in 2016. For the second innings, the lowest total was 38 runs in 2022 whereas the highest was 182 runs in 2016.
The batting average of the first innings is 22.60 and 19.34 is for the second innings.
T20I History Between the Teams at the Venue:
Both the teams faced each other thrice at the venue. Afghanistan won once and Pakistan won twice.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Afghanistan against Pakistan at the venue are WLL – -.
Teams’ T20I History at Venue:
Afghanistan:
Afghanistan has an extremely good record, as the team won 12 times and lost 5 times out of the 17 played outings.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Afghanistan at the venue are WLLWW.
Pakistan:
Pakistan has an extremely good record, as the team won 5 times and lost 2 times including a (1) defeat in a tie out of the 7 played outings.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Pakistan at the venue are LWWWW.
Selected XI for both the Teams:
Afghanistan:
The side comes with U. Ghani in place of G. Naib.
Afghanistan Eleven: U. Ghani, R. Gurbaz, I. Zadran, N. Zadran, M. Nabi, K. Janat, A. Omarzai, R. Khan, M. Ur Rahman, F. Farooqi, N. ul Haq
Pakistan:
The side comes with M. Nawaz in place of F. Ashraf.
Pakistan Eleven: S. Ayub, M. Haris, A. Shafique, T. Tahir, S. Khan, A. Khan, M. Nawaz, I. Wasim, N. Shah, Z. Khan, Ihsanullah
*Notes: the result of the most recent match is at the left. *Notes: D means draw in “last five series results”. *Notes: T means tie in “last five match results”. *Notes: “*” means the match was tied but the match was resulted through one over eliminator. *Notes: The images were taken from google search. *Notes: https://www.sportstime247.com/afg-vs-pak-live-telecast-in-india-where-to-watch-afghanistan-vs-pakistan-2023-t20-series-streaming/
