The cricket fans are ready to witness yet another big battle of T20 cricket. The 1st T20 match of Afghanistan vs Zimbabwe, 2021 is scheduled to be held on Wednesday, 17th March 2021 at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi. We are providing 100 safe, perfect, and accurate today match prediction for all matches of Afghanistan and Zimbabwe.

The test series of Afghanistan and Zimbabwe had been tied with 1-1 and now both teams are going to face each other in the series of three t20 matches. Afghanistan team has a lot of experience when it comes to the shorter format of cricket. This team had produced the best players in each and every department of the game. Asghar Afghan will be leading Afghanistan in this t20 series. The batting order of this team is strong at least on papers. Usman Ghani, Rahmanullah Gurnaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Afsar Zazai, and Najibullah Zadran will be leading the batting order of Afghanistan.

Afghanistan is a very rich team when it comes to the bowling department. This country had produced the bowlers like Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi, and Naveen ul Haq. These all bowlers are part of the squad for this t20 match. Karim Jannat, Hamza Hotak, and Fazal Haq Farooqi are also part of this team. We know that Rashid Khan and Mohammad Nabi are the best bowlers when it comes to the spin bowling department. Both players can change the game at any stage.

Zimbabwe failed to give the best performance in the first test but they bounced back strongly and won the second test. We can take Zimbabwe as a weak team. This team had changed in the last couple of years. Zimbabwe is going to play any t20 series after the gap of four months. They played their most recent t20 series against Pakistan back in November 2022 where they faced a clean sweep in the series of three t20 matches. We think that Sean Williams is going to lead this team during this series of three t20 matches.

The batting order of Zimbabwe is not much stronger as compared to Afghanistan. Ryan Burl, Sikandar Raza Butt, Regis Chakabva, Kevin Kasuza, Wesley Madhevere, and Wellington Masakadza will be leading the batting order Zimbabwe. Richmond Mutumbami, Blessing Muzarabani, Richard Ngarava, Victor Nyauchi, and Donald Tiripano will be taking care of the bowling department of Zimbabwe.

Afghanistan had played a total of 81 T20 matches so far. They won 55 matches while other teams won 26 matches.

Zimbabwe had played 79 T20 International matches right now with 20 wins to their name while they had lost 59 matches while 8 matches.

Afghanistan had played nine T20 matches against Zimbabwe where they won eight matches while Zimbabwe had won just one match.

According to today prediction, Afghanistan is the favorite team to win this match. The reasons why Afghanistan is a favorite team in this match, are mentioned below:

• Afghanistan is a well-experienced side as compared to Zimbabwe
• Rashid Khan had performed well recently and he is in excellent form
• The bowling unit of Afghanistan is much stronger than Zimbabwe
• Zimbabwe also had a strong bowling unit and batting order which is in excellent form

Afghanistan has a strong batting order and bowling unit as compared to Zimbabwe, so the winning chances of Afghanistan for today match have been increased. The equation of winning chances of both teams for today match is mentioned as under.

Afghanistan has 60% chances to win this match
Zimbabwe has 40% chances to win this match

The toss can play an important role in the decision of this match. According to our toss prediction, the team who will win the toss may elect to bat first.

The 1st T20 match between Afghanistan and Zimbabwe is going to be played at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi. The pitch at this stadium is excellent for batting. The boundaries at this venue are short and will bring the spinners into play. The pitch will continue to be good for batting throughout the match.

The weather forecast in Abu Dhabi on match day is not very good. There are some chances of rain but and that is possible that we may have an interrupted match.

Dream11 Prediction for Afghanistan vs Zimbabwe. After checking the latest player’s availability, the Dream 11 Team for this match of Afghanistan and Zimbabwe is mentioned under.

Date: Wednesday, 17th March 2021
Time: 10:00 AM GMT / 02:00 PM LOCAL / 03:30 PM IST

Stadium: Sheikh Zayed Stadium
Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Opened: 2004
Capacity: 20,000
Ends: North End, Pavilion End
Time Zone: UTC +04:00
Home to: United Arab Emirates
Floodlights: Yes

Total matches: 44
Matches won batting first: 19
Matches won bowling first: 25
Average 1st Inns scores: 137
Average 2nd Inns scores: 128
Highest total recorded: 225/7 (20 Ov) by IRE vs AFG
Lowest total recorded: 87/10 (18.3 Ov) by HK vs OMAN
Highest score chased: 166/6 (19.4 Ov) by HK vs AFG
Lowest score defended: 129/6 (20 Ov) by ENG vs PAK

Asghar Afghan (C), Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK), Afsar Zazai (WK), Usman Ghani, Ibrahim Zadran, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Najib Zadran, Karim Janat, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Amir Hamza Hotak, Fazal Haq Farooqi, Naveen Ul Haq, and Farid Malik.