Live Cricket Score, Afghanistan vs Scotland, ICC World T20: Afghanistan opt to bat first
Afghanistan are favourites to beat Scotland in the World T20 Qualifier in Nagpur. (Source: ICC)
In the second World T20 Qualifier, Afghanistan will start as the heavy favourites against Scotland despite the Europeans getting plenty of match practice in India. Speaking numbers, Scotland haven’t won any games at their two World T20 appearances in 2007 and 2009. Add to that, they have only won six of 25 games in Asia. On the other hand, Afghanistan have won 13 of 16 T20Is since 2015. On a head-to-head basis, Afghanistan are unbeaten (5-0) against their opponents today in T20Is. Will that change?
LIVE UPDATES:
1930 hrs IST: Scotland start with spin and Afghanistan start with a four.
1924 hrs IST: Battle of the openers
It’s the battle of the openers, as Coetzer’s Scotland take on Shahzad’s Afghanistan in the 2nd game of the #WT20 pic.twitter.com/Co5H0D0dGy
— ICC (@ICC) March 8, 2016
1922 hrs IST: Most statistics not looking good for Scotland.
Scotland #SCO is the only side without a single win in any World Cup formats#CWC (played 14, lost 14)#WT20 (played 4 lost 3,1 Nr)#AFGvSCO
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) March 8, 2016
TEAMS:
AFG XI: A Stanikzai, M Shahzad, S Shenwari, G Naib, S Shafiq, M Nabi, N Zadran, N Zadran, D Zadran, R Khan, A Hamza
— ICC Live Scores (@ICCLive) March 8, 2016
AFG XI: A Stanikzai, M Shahzad, S Shenwari, G Naib, S Shafiq, M Nabi, N Zadran, N Zadran, D Zadran, R Khan, A Hamza
— ICC Live Scores (@ICCLive) March 8, 2016
TOSS: Afghanistan win the toss and opt to bat.
SCORECARD, COMMENTARY AND STATISTICS
Earlier today, Zimbabwe beat Hong Kong by 14 runs
In the opening qualifier, Zimbabwe beat Hong Kong by 14 runs. (Source: AP)
Despite a scare late on, Zimbabwe emerged victorious in the end after scoring 158 runs. Vusi Sibanda (59 from 46 balls) and Elton Chigumbura (30 from 13 balls) starred in the victory.
The build-up
Cheering for our nation would be the best memory from India: Afghan students
Fans from Afghanistan during the World T20 warmup match played between Afghanistan and Netherlands at IS Bindra PCA Stadium in Mohali. (Express Photo by Kamleshwar Singh)
Afghan students gathered to watch their team take on the Netherlands at Mohali; say Virat Kohli is a superstar in Kabul. Today they will look to create their own heroes.
Hoping to find their place in the World
Live Cricket Score, Afghanistan vs Scotland, ICC World T20: Only two teams, one team from each group, will qualify for the main round of the World T20. (Express Photo by: Kamleshwar Singh)
Associates have tried to shed ‘amateur tag’ as their players have gotten stronger but advancing from qualifiers won’t be easy.
