The 25th match of World Cup T20 2022 is scheduled to play between Afghanistan and Ireland on Friday, 28th October 2022 at Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne.

The most recent match of Afghanistan against New Zealand was abandoned without a ball being bowled due to rain and earlier, they lost their first match against England. Afghanistan has a strong batting order but they were not good in their previous match and scored just 112 while batting first. Their top batting order performed well but their middle batting order almost collapsed. Ibrahim Zadran was the highest run-scorer with 32 runs to his name in 32 balls with the help of three boundaries and one huge six. Usman Ghani was the other batter who put some runs on the board. He scored 30 runs while Najibullah Zadran scored 13 runs.

The bowling unit of Afghanistan is strong and experienced and is led by Fazalhaq Farooqi, Mohammad Nabi, Mujeeb ur Rahman, and Rashid Khan but they failed to defend a low target on the board in the previous match and leaked the target of 113 runs in 18.1 overs. Almost all bowlers form their side-picked wickets. Rashid Khan was the most successful bowler from their side who picked one wicket in four overs against 22 runs. The skipper, Mohammad Nabi also performed well and picked one wicket in three overs while he was charged with 16 runs. Fazalhaq Farooqi, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, and Fareed Ahmad Malik also picked one wicket each. Azmatullah Omarzai was the only bowler who failed to pick any wicket.

Ireland beat England in their previous match. They were also lucky as DLS came to decide the match. They lost the toss and were asked to bat first. The performance of their batting order was good and they scored 157 runs. Their full team came back to the pavilion in 19.2 overs. The skipper, Andrew Balbirnie was the most successful and highest run-scorer from their side with 62 runs to his name on 47 balls with the help of five boundaries and two huge sixes. Lorcan Tucker also performed well and scored 34 runs. He faced 27 balls and smashed three boundaries and one huge six during his inning. Curtis Campher scored 18 runs while Paul Stirling had 14 runs to his name.

The way how the bowling unit of Ireland performed in the previous match was just outstanding. They leaked 105 runs in 14.3 overs when the rain came in and the match was stopped which was decided through the DLS method later. Luckily they were five runs ahead of England. Joshua Little, Mark Adair, Barry McCarthy, Fionn Hand, Gareth Delany, and George Dockrell are leading bowlers of Ireland. Joshua Little was the most successful bowler from their side who picked two wickets in three overs against just 16 runs. George Dockrell, Fionn Hand, and Barry McCarthy picked one wicket each while Mark Adair and Gareth Delany were the bowlers who failed to pick any wicket.

Afghanistan had played 23 T20 matches against Ireland where they won 16 matches while Ireland won 7 matches against Afghanistan.

Afghanistan is overall a strong team as compared to Ireland at least on paper. According to our match prediction, Afghanistan is the favorite team who will win this match. Many factors make Afghanistan a favorite team to win this match. Some of the key factors are mentioned as under:

• Afghanistan has won most matches against Ireland
• Rashid Khan and Mohammad Nabi can play the main role in this match
• Ireland had beaten England in the previous match and they will be confident for this match
• The key players of Ireland are performing well and are in good form

Afghanistan is full of experienced and young players in the t20 format. The batting order of this team is also strong and some well-known hitters of the t20 format are part of the squad of this team, so the winning chances of today’s match against Afghanistan have been increased. The equation of who will win today’s cricket match prediction and who will win the cricket match today is mentioned as under.

Afghanistan has a 54% chance to win this match
Ireland has a 46% chance to win this match

The toss is playing an important role in the decision of all games of World Cup T20. Having a good total on the board is always a big advantage in these kinds of big matches. According to our toss prediction, the team who will win the toss may choose to field first.

The 25th match of World Cup T20 2022 is going to be held at Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne. We had observed in the previous matches played here that the pitch here at this venue is good for batting. The pitch is bouncy and fast and run-scoring is not much easy in early and middle overs. We are hoping that the surface is bound to get slower and be a bit more difficult for batting in this match. A score of 170 is going to be tough to chase.

The weather forecast in Melbourne is predicting some clouds around on match day and the weather forecast is also predicting some chances of rain but we are hoping for a full and uninterrupted match.

Afghanistan: Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Usman Ghani, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi (c), Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fareed Ahmad Malik, Fazalhaq Farooqi.

Ireland: Paul Stirling, Andrew Balbirnie (c), Lorcan Tucker (wk), Harry Tector, Curtis Campher, George Dockrell, Gareth Delany, Mark Adair, Fionn Hand, Barry McCarthy, Joshua Little.

Captain: Andrew Balbirnie
Vice-captain: Rashid Khan
Lorcan Tucker, Zazai, Tucker, Najibullah, Curtis Campher, Nabi, Joshua Little, Adair, Farooqi

Date: Friday, 28th October 2022
Time: 04:00 AM GMT / 03:00 PM LOCAL / 09:30 AM IST

• Stadium: Melbourne Cricket Ground
• location: Melbourne, Australia
• Opened: 1854
• Capacity: 100000 (approx, including standing room)
• Known as: The MCG, The “G”
• Dimensions: 172.9m long, 147.8m wide
• Ends: Members End, Great Southern Stand End
• Time Zone: UTC +11:00
  Home to: Australia, Victoria
• Floodlights: Yes
• Curator: Tony Ware

• Total matches: 20
• Matches won batting first: 8
• Matches won bowling first: 11
• Average 1st Inns scores: 141
• Average 2nd Inns scores: 128
• Highest total recorded: 184/4 (20 Ov) by AUSW vs INDW
• Lowest total recorded: 74/10 (17.3 Ov) by IND vs AUS
• The highest score chased: 172/5 (20 Ov) by SL vs AUS
• The lowest score defended: 127/10 (18.4 Ov) by AUS vs PAK

Mohammad Nabi (c), Najibullah Zadran, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Azmatullah Omarzai, Darwish Rasooli, Fareed Ahmad Malik, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Hazratullah Zazai, Ibrahim Zadran, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Naveen-ul-Haq, Qais Ahmad, Rashid Khan, Usman Ghani, Mohammad Saleem Safi.