Netherlands, Afghanistan to compete today in WC 2023

Lucknow: Netherlands will face Afghanistan team Friday that has defeated competitive teams in the International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup 2023.

According to details, the match between the two teams will be played at Ekana Sports City in Lucknow at 1:30pm Pakistan Standard Time.

Squads

Afghanistan

Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Ibrahim Zardan, Najibullah Zardan, Rahmat Shah, Riaz Hassan, Azmatullah Omarzai, Gulbadin Naib, Mohammad Nabi, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Ikram Alikhil (wk), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Abdul Rahman, Fareed Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Naveen-ul-Haq, Noor Ahmad and Rashid Khan.

Netherlands

Scott Edwards (c) (wk), Max O’Dowd, Teja Nidamanuru, Wesley Barresi, Bas de Leede, Colin Ackermann, Roelof van der Merwe, Saqib Zulfiqar, Sybrand Engelbrecht, Vikramjit Singh, Noah Croes (wk), Aryan Dutt, Kyle Klein, Logan van Beek, Paul van Meekeren, Ryan Klein and Shariz Ahmad.

Afghanistan team is at the sixth position on the points table with six points while the Netherlands is at the eighth position with four points.

Netherlands and Afghanistan are in the race for the semi-finals, but both teams will also be looking to retain their place in the Champions Trophy.