Australia vs Afghanistan Live: AFG at 195/3-40 overs,

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: A good over for Afghanistan as 11 runs came in this over. Azmatullah Omarzai showing good intent and the last 10 overs in Afghanistan’s innings will be crucial for them to set a target of atleast 300 runs which may be a bit difficult for Australia to chase down.

Ibrahim Zadran 90(117)

Azmatullah Omarzai 14(11)

Pat Cummins 6-0-28-0

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: AFG at 179/3-38 overs, Shahidi departs

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: Mitchell Starc strikes as they get Afghanistan skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi clean bowled by a beautiful yorker. Azmatullah Omarzai comes in the middle and starts his innings with a SIX.

Azmatullah Omarzai 6(4)

Ibrahim Zadran86(112)

Mitchell Starc 7-0-45-1

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: AFG at 169/2-36 overs

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: Another tight over bowled by Mitchell Starc as just four runs came in this over . The current run-rate for Afghanistan falls below 4.7 runs per over.

Hashmatullah Shahidi 24(39)

Ibrahim Zadran 84(108)

Mitchell Starc 6-0-39-0

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: AFG at 159/2-34 overs

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: Another great over bowled by Australia as once again Afghan batters are not able to score big as just two runs came in the 34th over bowled by Josh Hazlewood

Ibrahim Zadran 80(104)

Hashmatullah Shahidi21(31)

Josh Hazlewood 7-0-26-1

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: AFG at 157/2-33 overs

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: Two good overs bowled by Australia as once again just two runs scored in the 33rd over. Adam Zampa bowls well after conceding 11 runs in his last over. The partnership between Ibrahim Zadran and Hashmatullah Shahidi is now 36 runs from 50 deliveries.

Ibrahim Zadran 79(101)

Hashmatullah Shahidi 20(28)

Adam Zampa 6-0-29-0

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: AFG at 153/2-31 overs

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: Just the over Afghanistan required as eleven runs came from Adam Zampa’s fifth over which includes a couple of boundaries. 150 also comes up for Afghanistan.

Hashmatullah Shahidi 18(24)

Ibrahim Zadran77(93)

Adam Zampa 5-0-27-0

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: AFG at 142/2-30 overs

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: Josh Hazlewood came to bowl another spell as Afghanistan will look to increase the scoring rate as they have lost just two wickets and only 20 overs are left in the batting innings. Six runs came from this over.

Ibrahim Zadran 72(90) 

Hashmatullah Shahidi 13(21)

Josh Hazlewood 5-0-22-1

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: AFG at 133/2-28 overs

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: Australia bowling quite well as they tightened things up. The current run-rate for Afghanistan is 4.73. Five runs came off from Pat Cummins’s fifth over. 

Hashmatullah Shahidi 8(13)

Ibrahim Zadran 69(86)

Pat Cummins 5-0-21-0

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: AFG at 124/2-26 overs

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: Pat Cummins came to bowl another spell after the fall of Rahmat Shah. Just two runs from the over.

Hashmatullah Shahidi 2(6)

Ibrahim Zadran 66(81)

Pat Cummins 4-0-16-0

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: AFG at 122/2-25 overs, Rahamat Shah departs

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: So we are done with the first half of Afghanistan’s batting innings and Glenn Maxwell finally gets the breakthrough that Australia wanted. Hazlewood takes the catch and Rahmat departs for 30 off 44 balls. Another crucial wicket for Australia. Afghanistan skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi comes in middle. Five runs came in this over.

Hashmatullah Shahidi 1(2)

Ibrahim Zadran 65(79)

Glenn Maxwell 6-0-28-1

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: AFG at 117/1-24 overs

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: Pat Cummins introduces Marcus Stoinis to break the partnership and Stoinis just conceded two runs in his first over.

Rahmat Shah 29(42)

Ibrahim Zadran 62(77)

Marcus Stoinis 1-0-2-0

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: AFG at 115/1-23 overs

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: Glenn Maxwell came to bowl a new spell and he conceded four runs in the over. Partnership between Ibrahim Zadran and Rahmat Shah is now 77 runs from 91 deliveries.

Ibrahim Zadran 61(75)

Rahmat Shah 28(38)

Glenn Maxwell 5-0-23-0

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: AFG at 111/1-22 overs

 Australia vs Afghanistan Live: A better over for Afghanistan as eight runs came off from Travis Head’s second over which included a boundary hit by Rahmat Shah as he hits it over mid-off region.

Rahmat Shah 26(35)

Ibrahim Zadran 59(72)

Travis Head 2-0-11-0

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: AFG at 103/1-21 overs

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: Adam Zampa bowls another tight over as just four runs came in the over and also the team total for Afghanistan crosses 100-run mark.

Ibrahim Zadran 58(71)

Rahmat Shah19(30)

Adam Zampa 4-0-16-0

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: AFG at 99/1-20 overs

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: Australia introduces Travis Head and he bowls well as he conceded just three runs in his first over. Afghanistan did well in the overs 11-20 as the run-rate continues to hover around 5 runs per over.

Ibrahim Zadran 56(68)

Rahmat Shah17(27)

Travis Head 1-0-3-0

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: AFG at 96/1- 19 overs

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: Adam Zampa continues to bowl well as he conceded just three runs in his third over. The game is going on a bit slowly at the moment as 50-runs partnership also comes up between Ibrahim Zadran and Rahmat Shah

Rahmat Shah 15(25)

Ibrahim Zadran 55(64)

Adam Zampa 3-0-12-0

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: AFG at 93/1- 18 overs

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: Ibrahim Zadran continues his good form in this tournament as he scores second fifty in this World Cup. 13 runs came in this over which includes a boundary and 4 wide deliveries bowled by Mitchell Starc.

Ibrahim Zadran 54(63)

Rahmat Shah 13(20)

Mitchell Starc 5-0-35-0

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: AFG at 76/1- 16 overs

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: Mitchell Starc comes to bowl another spell as he conceded just three runs and  Ibrahim Zadran approaches another ODI fifty. The partnership between the Afghan batsmen is now 38 runs from 48 deliveries.

38(48)

Ibrahim Zadran 45(56)

Rahmat Shah 9(15)

Mitchell Starc 4-0-22-0

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: AFG at 73/1- 15 overs

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: Adam Zampa comes to bowl for the  first time in this match and has bowled a tight over as he conceded just five runs in it. 26 runs coming off from the last 30 deliveries.

Ibrahim Zadran 43(52) 

Rahmat Shah 8(13)

Adam Zampa 1-0-5-0

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: AFG at 68/1- 14 overs

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: A better over for Afghanistan as Ibrahim Zadran hits a boundary over Josh Inglis and seven runs came in this over. The Afghanistan opener looking set for a big innings.

Ibrahim Zadran 40(48)

Rahmat Shah 6(11)

Pat Cummins 3-0-14-0

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: AFG at 61/1- 13 overs

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: Four singles coming in from Glenn Maxwell’s fourth over as the Afghanistan batters continue to play steadily and boundaries dry up but the pair of Ibrahim Zadran and Rahmat Shah keep the scoreboard ticking.

Rahmat Shah 6(11)

Ibrahim Zadran 33(42)

Glenn Maxwell 4-0-19-0

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: AFG at 57/1- 12 overs

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: A better over from Pat Cummins as Afghanistan collects two runs from his second over.

Ibrahim Zadran 31(40)

Rahmat Shah 4(7)

Pat Cummins 2-0-7-0

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: AFG at 55/1- 11 overs

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: Afghanistan’s team total crosses 50-run mark in 11th over as nine runs came in this over. Glenn Maxwell conceded nine runs in his third over as Ibrahim Zadran hit another boundary between the backward point and short third-man region. 

Rahmat Shah 3(5)

Ibrahim Zadran 30(36)

Glenn Maxwell 3-0-15-0

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: AFG at 46/1- 10 overs

Australia vs Afghanistan Live:  Pat Cummins comes to bowl for the first time in the match as Ibrahim Zadran hits a beautiful cover drive. Five runs coming from this over as we are done with the first powerplay. Afghanistan did most things well as they lost only one wicket in this phase of the match.

Rahmat Shah 0(3)

Ibrahim Zadran 24(32)

Pat Cummins 1-0-5-0

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: AFG at 38/1- 8 overs

Australia vs Afghanistan Live:  Australia strikes as Hazlewood gets the wicket of Rahmanullah Gurbaz  who is caught by Mitchell Starc at the deep backward square leg region. Five runs coming from the over. Rahmat Shah comes in the middle

Rahmanullah Gurbaz 21(25)

Ibrahim Zadran 16(23)

Josh Hazlewood 4-0-16-1

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: AFG at 33/0- 7 overs

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: Australia introduces spin as Glenn Maxwell comes to bowl his first over. Three runs from this over.

Rahmanullah Gurbaz 21(24)

Ibrahim Zadran11(18)

Glenn Maxwell 1-0-3-0

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: AFG at 27/0- 6 overs

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: Just three runs from Josh Hazlewood’s third over. Afghanistan had a good first five overs with  Gurbaz playing an attacking knock.

Rahmanullah Gurbaz 20(22)

Ibrahim Zadran 9(14)

Josh Hazlewood 3-0-11-0

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: AFG at 27/0 at 5.0 overs

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: Another good over for Afghan batters, 7 runs from Hazlewood’s second over. This has been a cautious start by Zadran and Gurbaz who have been trying to gauge the pace of the surface while latching on to anything that has been on their radar.

Ibrahim Zadran 7 (11)

Rahmanullah Gurbaz 13 (14)

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: AFG at 13/0 at 3.0 overs

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: Starc gives the Afghan batters an opportunity to free their arms and Ibrahim Zadran grabs it with both hands in the last ball of the over, hitting the ball over covers for a boundary. Starc gives away 7 runs in his second over.

Ibrahim Zadran 7 (11)

Rahmanullah Gurbaz 6 (7)

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: AFG at 6/0 after 2.0 overs

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: Josh Hazlewood keeps the line and length tight as expected from the ICC 2nd ranked ODI bowler. Hazlewood gives nothing to the Afghan batters who manage to get just 1 run from the over.

Ibrahim Zadran 3 (3)

 Rahmanullah Gurbaz 3 (8)

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: AFG at 5/0 after 1st over

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: Mitchell Starc bowls the first over against the Afghan batting pair of Ibrahim Zadran and Rahmanullah Gurbaz. Good start for the innings for Afghanistan, getting 5 runs from the first over while trying to gauge the surface at Wankhede.

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: National anthem on the way

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: The two teams have made their way for the national anthems. Live action will soon follow with Afghan batters taking the field to bat at around 2:00 pm.

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: Playing XI of both sides

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: 

Australia: Travis Head, David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis(w), Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Pat Cummins(c), Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood

Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi(c), Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Ikram Alikhil(w), Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Naveen-ul-Haq

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: Afghanistan to bat first

Australia vs Sri Lanka Live: Hashmatullah Shahidi won the toss and decided to first at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai. Cummins said that he would liked to bat first as well. 

Steve Smith who had a vertigo problem before the match misses out while Glenn Maxwell replaces him in the squad. Cameron Green is also not in the Playing XI while Mitchell Marsh makes a comeback.

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: Around 1 hour left for the match

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: Just around 1 hour is left for the start of the AUS – AFG match. The toss at Wankhede stadium in Mumbai is scheduled for 1:30 pm while the live action between these two teams will start from 2:00 pm onwards.

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: Shahidi credits ‘talent’ and ‘belief’ for AFG’s success in the World Cup

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: Speaking at the pre-match press conference, the Afghan skipper said, “We didn’t have a good past in World Cup history — we only (had) won one game. But coming to this World Cup, we believed that we can do better,” he said.

“The gap (with other teams) which we had before, I think it’s now like I feel we are equal to the teams which are in the top level. We might be still learning, but talent-wise, we are a good team… It’s the talent that we have in the team and the hard work that we did in the recent past. More importantly, we have (the) belief. We have (the) belief that we can do, we can achieve” Shahidi added 

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: ‘AFG tough team to beat’, admits Steve Smith

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: Speaking at the pre-match press conference, Smith said, “They are going to be tough to beat — there is no doubt about that. But I think we are playing some good cricket so hopefully we can have a good day, get ourselves in there and give ourselves a chance,”

“They are going to be tough to beat — there is no doubt about that. But I think we are playing some good cricket so hopefully we can have a good day, get ourselves in there and give ourselves a chance,” the former Aussie skipper added.

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: Hasmatullah Shahidi praises Indian fans 

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: Shahidi while talking about the incredible fan support received during the world cup said, “First of all, people back home playing in World Cup, like the way we are playing here right now, they are all feeling proud, and they are very happy for our achievements. And also, the Indian people give us a lot of support throughout the tournament. They are coming to every game, into the stadiums, and they’re supporting us. That also motivates us, and also off the field – a lot of people, when they recognize that we are Afghanistan team players, they give a lot of respect and love to us. Even one of the guy, a taxi driver, he took me on rides. So, at the end, he didn’t take money from me. And that’s how people give us love here in India. So, we enjoy that and we are thankful for that,” 

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: Who wins the key clash today? Check match prediction

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: As per Google’s win probability, there is an 84% chance that Australia will beat Afghanistan in this match.

As per CricTracker, the team batting first will win. MyKhel, however, tilts in favour of Australia. We believe that Afghanistan won’t make it easy for Australia. We want to give an outside chance to the Afghans who have been impressive so far.

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: Afghanistan skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi expressed ‘excitement’ over meeting Sachin

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: Speaking at the pre-match press conference, Shahidi said, “Yeah, it’s the first time. And we all are excited because he’s the legend of the game. And for a lot of players, we were watching him on TV as a successful player. And he was a role model for a lot of our players. So, it will be excited time for the all team. See him and maybe some words and we learn from him,”

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: Probable XI for today

Australia vs Afghanistan Live:

Australia Probable XI

David Warner, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Steven Smith/Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis (wk), Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Pat Cummins (capt), Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood.

Afghanistan Probable XI

Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi (capt), Azmatullah Omarzai, Ikram Alikhil (wk), Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Naveen-ul-Haq/Noor Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: Fantasy XI for today

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: David Warner, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Mitchell Marsh, Rahmat Shah, Glenn Maxwell (VC), Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan (C), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Fazalhaq Farooqi and Josh Inglis (WK).

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: Sachin meets Afghan team 

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: Former Indian batter Sachin Tendulkar , often termed as ‘God of Cricket’ by his fans, met the Afghan cricket team ahead of the match against Australia. 

Veteran Afghan spinner Rashid Khan thanked Sachin for coming, he said, “I just want to say thank you so much for coming here. I know lots of people start cricket watching you and you are a role model for everyone back home in Afghanistan,” Rashid said.

“So on behalf of the whole of Afghanistan, massive thank you for coming here, spending this very important time with us. I’m pretty sure this will give these guys lots of energy, lots of positive things. And meeting you was a dream of everyone,” Rashid added.

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: Head to head records

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: These two teams have played 3 ODIs against each other so far. All the matches went in favour of the Aussies. The last time these two faced off was in June 2019 (World Cup), when Australia won by 7 wickets.

Australia have played against Afghanistan in 2 matches in World Cups so far and won both. In 2015, Australia beat Afghanistan by 275 runs. The Afghans know that they have a completely-different squad now and are quite capable of giving Australia a run for their money.

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Australia vs South Africa Live: Steve Smith experienced vertigo, hopes to get better

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: Speaking at the pre-match press conference, Smith said,”I have had a bit of vertigo stuff the last day or so, so it has just been a bit annoying. So, hopefully, I can get through training today and be all good. But, yeah, it is not a nice place to be.”

“Occasionally, I have had a few episodes, so I can tell you it is not the funniest space to be in, but yeah, I will go out and have a hit and hopefully be okay and we will see how we go,” the veteran batter added.

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: Mumbai weather prediction today

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: The weather conditions in Mumbai are set to be very warm with intervals of clouds and sunshine. According to AccuWeather, there is a 1% probability of rain in Mumbai in the daytime, and no chance during the night.

The temperature is expected to range between 37 degrees to 27 degrees and winds are expected to blow at the speed of around 7 km/hr in the south-south-east direction in the day and 6 km/h in the northeast direction in the night. The possibility of wind gusts with a speed of 26 km/h in daytime and 24 km/h in night cannot be ruled out. There is a 60% probability of cloud cover during the daytime and 38% during the night in the city.

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: When and where to watch?

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: The Australia vs Afghanistan match will air live on Indian television via Star Sports channels. Indian viewers can also enjoy free live streaming of these matches on the Disney+Hotstar app and website. Social media giant Meta has also partnered with the ICC for World Cup 2023 coverage on Instagram, WhatsApp, Facebook and Threads.

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Australia vs Afghanistan Live: World Cup squads of both teams

Australia vs Afghanistan Live: Australia squad: Pat Cummins (c), Steve Smith, Alex Carey, Josh Inglis, Sean Abbott, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne, Mitch Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, David Warner, Adam Zampa, Mitchell Starc.

Afghanistan squad: Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Riaz Hassan, Rahmat Shah, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Ikram Alikhil, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Abdul Rahman, Naveen ul Haq.