New Delhi, The Indian cricket team will face Afghanistan (India vs Afghanistan) in its first match of Super 8 of T20 World Cup 2024 on Thursday. India, captained by Rohit Sharma, and Afghanistan, led by Rashid Khan, will clash at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados. Before this match, former South African cricketer Dale Steyn has given a warning to Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli.
Dale Steyn said on Star Sports, “Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, you have to be careful. Afghanistan’s pacer Fazalhaq Farooqui can become a threat to you. Starting with Team India, Jasprit Bumrah has been amazing from the bowling point of view. He has been amazing in all three formats, ODI, T20 and Test cricket. From India’s batting point of view, Suryakumar Yadav is good with the bat.
Let us tell you that Fazalhaq Farooqui has proved fatal for the batsmen so far in this tournament. Till now he has taken the most wickets in the World Cup 2024. Farooqui has taken 12 wickets in 4 matches so far. His average has been 6.66. Whereas, if we talk about economy, it has been 5.58. Farooqui has done the feat of taking 5 wickets once. At the same time, once he has also taken 4 wickets in his name.
Virat- How is Rohit performing?
Team India’s star batsman Virat Kohli has not played the bat in the tournament yet. Virat Kohli has been able to score only 5 runs in 3 matches so far. Many cricketers have said that Virat Kohli will definitely perform well in Super 8. On the other hand, if we talk about Rohit Sharma, he has scored 68 runs in 3 matches. During this time he has also scored a fifty. Rohit’s highest score has been 52 not out.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: June 20, 2024, 14:20 IST
