{"id":76855,"date":"2024-06-20T02:29:18","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T02:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/20\/t20-world-cup-india-vs-afghanistan-tactical-strategies-key-battles-cricket-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2024-06-20T02:29:19","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T02:29:19","slug":"t20-world-cup-india-vs-afghanistan-tactical-strategies-key-battles-cricket-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/20\/t20-world-cup-india-vs-afghanistan-tactical-strategies-key-battles-cricket-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"T20 World Cup, India vs Afghanistan: Tactical strategies, key battles | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"975\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/imgsize-23456,msid-111126013,width-600,resizemode-4\/111126013.jpg?fit=600,975&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"T20 World Cup, India vs Afghanistan: Tactical strategies, key battles | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India\" title=\"T20 World Cup, India vs Afghanistan: Tactical strategies, key battles | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>The business end of the <!-- -->T20 World Cup<!-- --> begins for India against spirited <!-- -->Afghanistan<!-- -->. <!-- -->Rohit Sharma<!-- -->&#8216;s men have never lost to the Afghans in this format and are a much stronger team on paper, but this is a high-stakes World Cup game in sticky Caribbean conditions. <br \/><span class=\"strong \">T20 WORLD CUP: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/icc-mens-t20-world-cup\/schedule\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"strong \" frmappuse=\"1\">SCHEDULE<\/a><span class=\"strong \"> | <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/icc-mens-t20-world-cup\/points-table\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"strong \" frmappuse=\"1\">POINTS TABLE<\/a><br \/>Remember, the last T20I played between the two teams in Bengaluru on Jan 17, 2024 was the only one in T20I history to feature two sets of Super Overs.<!-- -->The Afghans will be no pushovers.<br \/><span class=\"strong\">TACTICS BOARD<\/span><br \/><span class=\"strong\">Bat first, bat big: <\/span>Matches in the US were low-scoring affairs with the ball dominating bat, but things are expected to improve in the Caribbean. The Barbados track has been a sporting pitch with an average bat-first score of 172. <br \/>Both teams may look to bat first if they win the toss. It&#8217;s worth mentioning that the Afghans excel at defending targets but tend to struggle while chasing. <br \/>The previous game here saw Australia score 201 batting first against England. For Afghanistan, inform openers Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran<!-- --> will once again be the key. <br \/><span class=\"strong\">Smother with spin:<\/span> Caribbean tracks are usually spin-friendly, with finger-spinners who bowl faster and flatter &#8211; like <!-- -->Ravindra Jadeja<!-- --> and Axar Patel &#8211; expected to do well.<\/p>\n<div data-pos=\"0\" class=\"id-r-component QbQNS undefined  &#10;        \">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"strong\">KEY BATTLES<\/span><br \/><span class=\"strong\">Rashid Khan vs India&#8217;s middle order: <\/span>The wily leggie is an expert at turning matches with key wickets in the middle while keeping the scoring rate down. Can India&#8217;s batter of the moment <!-- -->Rishabh Pant<!-- -->, designated spin-hitter Shivam Dube and the maverick <!-- -->Suryakumar Yadav<!-- --> keep him quiet?<br \/><span class=\"strong\">Fazalhaq Farooqi vs Rohit Sharma: <\/span>Left-arm pace has been the Indian captain&#8217;s old bugbear and Afghanistan will depend heavily on Farooqi to get India&#8217;s opener with the one that swings in.<br \/><span class=\"strong \">Virat Kohli<\/span><span class=\"strong \"> vs Naveenul-Haq: <\/span>Another potentially spicy faceoff given the history of antagonism between the two. Kohli&#8217;s recent rough patch may put extra pressure on him to take on the pacers.<br \/><span class=\"strong\">Rahmanullah Gurbaz vs Jasprit Bumrah: <\/span>How this one goes may well decide which way the contest swings.<\/p>\n<div data-pos=\"0\" class=\"id-r-component QbQNS undefined  &#10;        \">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"4\" msid=\"111126019\" width=\"600\" title=\"\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/83033472.cms\" imgsize=\"23456\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/imgsize-23456,msid-111126019,width-600,resizemode-4\/111126019.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<p><script>!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n    function loadFBEvents(isFBCampaignActive) {\n      if (!isFBCampaignActive) {\n        return;\n      }\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        if (f.fbq) return;\n        n = f.fbq = function() {\n          n.callMethod ? n.callMethod(...arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);\n        };\n        if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n        n.push = n;\n        n.loaded = !0;\n        n.version = '2.0';\n        n.queue = [];\n        t = b.createElement(e);\n        t.async = !0;\n        t.defer = !0;\n        t.src = v;\n        s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n      })(f, b, e, 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js', n, t, s);\n      fbq('init', '593671331875494');\n      fbq('track', 'PageView');\n    };\n    function loadGtagEvents(isGoogleCampaignActive) {\n      if (!isGoogleCampaignActive) {\n        return;\n      }\n      var id = document.getElementById('toi-plus-google-campaign');\n      if (id) {\n        return;\n      }\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        t = b.createElement(e);\n        t.async = !0;\n        t.defer = !0;\n        t.src = v;\n        t.id = 'toi-plus-google-campaign';\n        s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n      })(f, b, e, 'https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtag\/js?id=AW-877820074', n, t, s);\n    };\n    function loadSurvicateJs(allowedSurvicateSections = []){\n      const section =  window.location.pathname.split('\/')[1]\n      const isHomePageAllowed = window.location.pathname === '\/' && allowedSurvicateSections.includes('homepage')\n      if(allowedSurvicateSections.includes(section) || isHomePageAllowed){\n        (function(w) {\n          var s = document.createElement('script');\n          s.src=\"https:\/\/survey.survicate.com\/workspaces\/0be6ae9845d14a7c8ff08a7a00bd9b21\/web_surveys.js\";\n          s.async = true;\n          var e = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];\n          e.parentNode.insertBefore(s, e);\n        })(window);\n      }\n    }\n    window.TimesApps = window.TimesApps || {};\n    var TimesApps = window.TimesApps;\n    TimesApps.toiPlusEvents = function(config) {\n      var isConfigAvailable = \"toiplus_site_settings\" in f && \"isFBCampaignActive\" in f.toiplus_site_settings && \"isGoogleCampaignActive\" in f.toiplus_site_settings;\n      var isPrimeUser = window.isPrime;\n      if (isConfigAvailable && !isPrimeUser) {\n        loadGtagEvents(f.toiplus_site_settings.isGoogleCampaignActive);\n        loadFBEvents(f.toiplus_site_settings.isFBCampaignActive);\n        loadSurvicateJs(f.toiplus_site_settings.allowedSurvicateSections);\n      } else {\n        var JarvisUrl=\"https:\/\/jarvis.indiatimes.com\/v1\/feeds\/toi_plus\/site_settings\/643526e21443833f0c454615?db_env=published\";\n        window.getFromClient(JarvisUrl, function(config){\n          if (config) {\n            loadGtagEvents(config?.isGoogleCampaignActive);\n            loadFBEvents(config?.isFBCampaignActive);\n            loadSurvicateJs(config?.allowedSurvicateSections);\n          }\n        })\n      }\n    };\n  })(\n    window,\n    document,\n    'script',\n  );<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/icc-mens-t20-world-cup\/t20-world-cup-india-vs-afghanistan-tactical-strategies-key-battles\/articleshow\/111125969.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The business end of the T20 World Cup begins for India against spirited Afghanistan. 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