Riding on the confidence of back-to-back wins over Hong Kong and arch-rivals India, Pakistan will play their second Super Four encounter against Afghanistan in Asia Cup 2022 on Wednesday.
While Pakistan are being rated as one of the favourites to win the continental tournament this year, Afghanistan too cannot be taken lightly after they topped their group beating both Sri Lanka and Bangladesh before facing a defeat to Sri Lanka in the Super Four opener.
Ahead of what promises to be an exciting contest at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium , here is the match prediction, toss prediction, and predicted powerplay score of this game.
1. Toss Prediction
Afghanistan have 1 out of 3 tosses so far in Asia Cup 2022, while Pakistan too have won just 1 of the 3 tosses. Having said that, while Afghanistan won the toss in their first match, Pakistan won their toss in their most recent fixture against India. Going by this stat, Pakistan are predicted to win the toss.
2. Win Possibility
Pakistan have a 100 per cent win record over Afghanistan in T20Is. The two teams have played a couple of matches in this format and on both those occasions Pakistan have emerged victorious. So they are predicted to win this match.
3. Team of the Day
The Team of the Day is Pakistan. They are the better-ranked team and have a phenomenal record chasing in T20Is in recent matches.
4. Predicted Powerplay score and Average score
53.66 is the average powerplay score for Afghanistan in Asia Cup 2022. Meanwhile, Pakistan have scored an average of 42.33 in the first six overs. So the powerplay score is predicted to be between 40-55. The average first innings score in Sharjah in Asia Cup 2022 is 165.
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