Afghanistan Vs New Zealand: Afghanistan’s cricket team has performed brilliantly in international cricket in recent times. The Afghan team has performed brilliantly and won against many strong teams of the world. Afghanistan and New Zealand will play a Test match in Greater Noida from tomorrow. In this match being held under the World Test Championship, the Afghanistan team will enter with the intention of causing an upset. On the other hand, the New Zealand team will want to maintain its winning streak by defeating Afghanistan.
Test match will be played in Greater Noida from tomorrow
Only one Test match will be played between New Zealand and Afghanistan and this match is going to start from Monday in Greater Noida. Afghanistan team has been playing international cricket for a long time but Afghanistan has not faced New Zealand in a Test match yet. The Afghan team will play its first Test against New Zealand. In the difficult conditions of the Indian subcontinent, the New Zealand team has to play six Test matches this season. This will be the first time in the last 40 years that the New Zealand team will play so many Test matches in this subcontinent.
However, New Zealand’s record in this subcontinent is not good. So far, the New Zealand team has played 90 matches here and has lost 40 of them. In such a situation, the New Zealand team will try to improve its record.
There are many spinners in New Zealand’s team
Spinners have always proved to be effective on the pitches of this subcontinent. For this reason, it is believed that there will be a tough competition between the spinners of both the teams. New Zealand is preparing to enter the field with a strong army of spinners. Five spinners have been included in the New Zealand team. These include Ayaz Patel, who showed the feat of taking 10 wickets in an innings during a match played in Mumbai in 2021.
New Zealand’s senior batsman Kane Williamson has stressed that New Zealand players will have to adapt to the conditions of the subcontinent as soon as possible. The New Zealand team has to play a series against India next month and in such a situation, the New Zealand team will try its best to settle in Indian conditions.
A great performance is expected from these players
The New Zealand team includes many great players whose performance will be watched by all. New Zealand’s Rachin Ravindra is looking in great form and is expected to perform well with both bat and ball. All-rounder Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner and Michael Bracewell are the other spinners in the team. As far as fast bowling is concerned, New Zealand’s Matt Henry is bowling in a great line these days. He will test the Afghanistan batsmen with his fast balls. However, the performance of New Zealand captain Tim Southee has not been good in recent times. He will also try to lead the team to victory with his good performance against Afghanistan.
Eyes on the upset of the Afghan team
On the other hand, the Afghanistan team has been performing brilliantly in limited overs matches. The Afghanistan team is considered a T20 specialist, but the team will have to work harder to show its strength in Test matches. Afghanistan achieved Test playing status in 2017 and till now the team has played only 9 Test matches. The Test match against New Zealand starting tomorrow will be the team’s tenth match. The Afghanistan team had to face defeat from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Ireland during the last three matches. By the way, if we talk about the previous matches, the Afghanistan team has defeated Bangladesh, Zimbabwe and Ireland. Now the team will try to show its strength in the Test match to be played against New Zealand.
