India clash with Afghanistan in a T20 World Cup Group 2 match in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday and whilst India start as short price favourites, they have no margin for error and will need a whole lot of luck to make the semi finals.
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India
India had been 2/1 outright favourites pre-tournament but they have lost both their matches so far by wide margins and only Scotland are below them in the group standings.
India came up against arch rivals Pakistan in their opening match in Dubai and crashed to a 10 wicket defeat. They posted 151/7 Kohli (57) and Pakistan wrapped the chase up in 17.5 overs.
On Sunday they came up against New Zealand and this time they managed to score just 110/7 with Jadeja's 26 not out the top score. New Zealand crashed off the chase in 14.3 overs for an 8 wicket victory
India are now tasked with having to win this game to stay in contention. If they do they still have matches against the group minnows Scotland and Namibia in which to repair their net run rate and hope that is enough to squeeze through. However they would also need New Zealand to be upset in one of their remaining matches and with that in mind, India are now trading at around 33/1 to win the tournament.
This was how India lined up last time out
Ishan Kishan, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli (c), Rishabh Pant (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Varun Chakaravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah
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Afghanistan
Afghanistan have 2 wins and 1 defeat against their name. They have put away both of the group outsiders, Scotland by a margin of 130 runs and most recently Namibia by 65 runs. In between those wins they lost to Pakistan by 5 wickets, posting 147/6 which was chased down with an over to spare.
Afghanistan will take on New Zealand after this and they are now trading at around 20/1 to win the tournament.
This is how Afghanistan lined up last time out.
Hazratullah Zazai, Mohammad Shahzad (wk), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Najibullah Zadran, Asghar Afghan, Mohammad Nabi (c), Gulbadin Naib, Rashid Khan, Karim Janat, Hamid Hassan, Naveen-ul-Haq
Head to Head
Overall the teams have met twice, back in 2010 and 2012 with India winning both of those matches.
The Betting
India are currently trading at around 1/5 to win the game and Afghanistan can be backed at around 7/2
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The Verdict
Although India put in another shocker against New Zealand Jasprit Bumrah returned decent figures of 2/19 in his 4 overs and he gets the vote to be top Indian bowler. KL Rahul has been a big disappointment in his 2 knocks so far but has the class to make him worth following in the Indian top bat market.
Bets: Top Indian Bowler Bumrahat 5/2
Top Indian Bat KL Rahul at 11/4
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