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World Cup: Know before New Zealand vs Afghanistan match, head to head record and probable playing 11

ODI World Cup 2023 in the 16th match of New Zealand and Afghanistan The match will be played on 18th October at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai. Both the teams have come face to face twice in the World Cup. New Zealand has won both these matches. New Zealand has made a strong start to its tournament by registering three consecutive wins against England, Netherlands and Bangladesh. On the other hand, Afghanistan had a bad start in this World Cup 2023 campaign and had to face two consecutive defeats against Bangladesh and India. However, they have registered a brilliant 69-run win against England at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. After defeating England, Afghanistan has once again returned to the points table. This victory against England must have boosted the morale of the Afghan players. Afghanistan team would like to maintain its winning streak. Before the match to be played, let us know the head to head and possible playing 11 of both the teams.

NZ vs AFG: Head to Head Record

In the World Cup 2015, these two teams came to play against each other for the first time. Batting first, Afghanistan team had given a target of 187 runs to New Zealand. Chasing which, New Zealand achieved this target at the loss of four wickets in 36.1 overs. These two teams faced each other for the second time in the World Cup 2019. In this match, Afghanistan had given a target of 173 runs to New Zealand. New Zealand had won this match by six wickets. New Zealand and Afghanistan will face each other for the third time on Wednesday.

Matches played: 2

New Zealand won: 2

Afghanistan won: 0

New Zealand’s probable playing 11

  • devon conway

  • Rachin Ravindra

  • Will Young

  • Daryl MitchellTom Latham (Captain/WK)

  • glen phillips

  • mark chapman

  • michelle sentner

  • mate henry

  • lockie ferguson

  • trent bolt

Afghanistan’s probable playing 11

  • Rehmanullah Gurbaz

  • ibrahim zadran

  • Rehmat Shah

  • Hashmatullah Shahidi (Captain)

  • mohammad nabi

  • Ikram Alikhil (wicketkeeper)

  • Azmatullah Omarzai

  • Rashid Khan

  • mujeeb ur rehman

  • Naveen Ul-Haq

  • Fazalhaq Farooqui

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