T20 World Cup: Two important matches to be played today

Dubai: In the International Cricket Council (ICC) T20 World Cup, two matches will be played on Wednesday (today).

In the first match, New Zealand will play against Scotland at 3:00 pm in Dubai while in the second match Afghanistan will take on India at Abu Dhabi at 7:00 pm.

Both India and Afghanistan have had a contrasting start in their T20 World Cup campaign. While Afghanistan is placed at the second spot in Group 2 and India is occupying the 5th spot. 

For now, Pakistan is certainly the top team from the group B to qualify for T20 World Cup semifinals, having beaten India, New Zealand, and Afghanistan.

Scotland squad

Kyle Coetzer (c), Richard Berrington, Dylan Budge, Josh Davey, Ally Evans, Matthew Cross , Chris Greaves, Michael Leask, Calum Macleod, Mark Watt, Brad Wheal, George Munsey, Safyaan Sharif, Hamza Tahir and Craig Wallace.

New Zealand squad 

Kane Williamson (c), Mark Chapman, Martin Guptill, Glenn Phillips , Tim Seifert, Devon Conway , Daryl Mitchell, Jimmy Neesham, Mitchell Santner, Todd Astle, Kyle Jamieson, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Trent Boult and Adam Milne.

Afghanistan squad

Mohammad Nabi (c), Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Usman Ghani, Mohammad Shahzad, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Asghar Afghan, Gulbadin Naib, Najibullah Zadran, Karim Janat, Hamid Hassan, Farid Ahmed Malik, Hazratullah Zazai and Naveen ul Haq.

India squad

Virat Kohli (c), KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav, Rohit Sharma , Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Rahul Chahar, Rishabh Pant, Ishan Kishan , Shardul Thakur, Ravichandran Ashwin, Varun Chakravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mohd Shami.