3 Players To Watch In IND vs AFG CWC Match 9: India and Afghanistan will take on each other in Match 9 of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023. Here are 3 Players To Watch In IND vs AFG CWC Match 9 in this high-profile match-up.
3 Players To Watch In IND vs AFG CWC Match 9 of ICC CWC 2023
1) Shubman Gill
Shubman Gill is quickly emerging as the next great India batter. He will soon take the baton from Virat Kohli, which the Delhi superstar took from Sachin Tendulkar. Going into the 2023 Cricket World Cup, Shubman Gill has been the best cricketer in the world this calendar year. In 2023, the 24-year-old has scored 1230 runs in 20 ODI matches with an average of 72.35. He has scored five centuries and a double-century in the 50-over format this year.
The face of India’s new generation of cricketers, Shubman Gill can be expected to have a breakout party in the upcoming World Cup. A spectacular performance in the tournament will make him a true superstar of the game.
Apart from being a possible World Cup victory after 12 years, the upcoming World Cup can also bring personal glory to Shubman Gill, as he is 674 runs away from Sachin Tendulkar’s record of most ODI runs scored in a calendar year. While he has a realistic chance of reaching that milestone by the end of the year, doing so in the World Cup will make a probable tournament victory for India that much more special.
2) Rashid Khan
One of, if not the best spinner in the world, Rashid Khan has been the flagbearer of Afghan cricket since his teens. The leg-spinning all-rounder takes wickets consistently and has one of the best bowling economies in international cricket.
Rashid Khan’s batting too has come a long way in the past couple of years. A solid no.7 batter, Khan has the ability to smack the ball all over the park. His batting can pull Afghanistan out of dire situations.
An IPL veteran at this point, Rashid can lay the claim of being one of the best of all time in the league. In the 109 matches he has played in the T20 franchise tournament, he has taken a staggering 139 wickets. He has also been batting with a strike rate of over 200 for the last two years in the league.
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3) Jasprit Bumrah
Back into the squad full-time after over a year of an injury layoff, Jasprit Bumrah will be looking to take over the upcoming Cricket World Cup by storm. The 29-year-old is one of the best pace bowlers in the world. His ability to get some seaming movement both ways after pitching the ball only adds to his lethality as a 150 km/h + bowler.
Despite not playing too much cricket in the past year, Bumrah has looked good in the few matches he has played right before the World Cup.
Jasprit has the unique and sought-after talent of taking wickets wherever he is introduced in an innings, but his prowess is clearly in the first and last 10 overs. At the dawn of an innings, he can cripple any top order in the world. While in the end, he take vital wickets.
Rather than scrutinize his recent stats, it would be fairer to look at his ODI career as a whole. In the 50-over format, Jasprit Bumrah has 129 wickets in 78 matches with an acreage of just over 24.
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