In the Super 12 round of the T20 World Cup cricket series, the England-Afghanistan teams will face each other in the match to be held in Perth today at 4.30 pm.
The England team will be led by the new captain Jos Buttler. Jonny Bairstow’s withdrawal due to injury was a slight setback. However, there is no dearth of action players like Ben Stokes, Alex Hales, Phil Salt, Jos Buttler, Moeen Ali in the team. Mark Wood, Sam Karan, Thymal Mills and Adil Rashid are strong in bowling. Reese Dobley’s absence due to injury at the last minute is a slight setback.
Afghanistan, whose spin is strong, is a team that dares to swing the bat even in batting. In today’s game, England has a chance to give a shock treatment.
The two teams have met twice before in T20Is and England have won both of them.
Proposed England Squad: Jos Buttler (captain & wicketkeeper), Alex Hales, David Malan, Ben Stokes, Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Chris Woakes / David Willey, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood
Proposed Afghanistan Squad: Hazratullah Jazai, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wicketkeeper), Ibrahim Zadran, Darwish Rasooli, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi (captain), Asmatullah Umarzai, Rasheed Khan, Raseeb Khan, Ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi
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