New Zealand vs Afghanistan, World Cup 2023: LIVE Updates

New Zealand 138-4 After 30 Overs

New Zealand 138-4 after 30 Overs.

Consecutive Fifties For Will Young

Consecutive fifties for Will Young.His 7th in the ODIs.New Zealand 98-1 after 17 overs.

New Zealand 50-1 After 12 Overs

Slow start for New Zealand, 50-1 after 12 Overs.

Afghanistan Opt To Field Against New Zealand

Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi have won the toss and opted to field against New Zealand in the 16th match of World cup 2023.

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

New Zealand (Playing XI): Devon Conway, Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham(w/c), Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Mitchell Santner, Matt Henry, Lockie Ferguson, Trent Boult

NZ vs AFG Dream11 Team Prediction

New Zealand Batters vs Afghan Spinners

The spin trio of Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, and Mohammad Nabi will hold the key in the World Cup match against New Zealand. The three spinners lead the wicket-taking list for Afghanistan in the World Cup and played a major role in helping their team stun defending champion England in their last match.

Also, Chennai has historically aided spinners. It will be an interesting battle between Kiwi batters and Afghan spinners.

The Kiwis top order has fired in every game, and they come into this game on a five-match winning streak.

Stats Trivia Of New Zealand Team

Defending champions England lost to Afghanistan in one of the biggest upsets of the 2023 World Cup. Now the World Cup 2029 runners up, New Zealand have to face the Afghanistan team.

New Zealand remained unbeaten in the last six completed ODIs played in Asia. One of those games was played in Pakistan, two in Bangladesh and three in India.

New Zealand v Afghanistan Head-To-Head ODI Record

New Zealand v Afghanistan record ahead of their World Cup group game at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai on Wednesday (Match starts 0830 GMT):

08/03/2015: Napier - New Zealand won by 6 wickets

08/06/2019: Taunton - New Zealand won by 7 wickets

• Overall: 2
• New Zealand wins: 2
• Afghanistan wins: 0