West Indies vs Afghanistan in T20 World Cup: Both teams are unbeaten in this World Cup; Caribbeans won 4 out of 7 matches against Afghans

The 40th match of the ICC T20 World Cup will be played between West Indies and Afghanistan on June 18 at 6 am. The match will be held at the Darren Sammy Cricket Ground in Gros Islet, St. Lucia.

Both teams have not lost a single match in this World Cup so far. Both have qualified for the Super-8 by winning their first three matches in Group-C. This will be the last group stage match of this World Cup. After this, the Super-8 matches will begin.

West Indies heavy on Afghanistan
A total of 7 T20 International matches have been played between West Indies and Afghanistan so far. Windies won 4 of these and Afghanistan won 3. One match was played in the World Cup. This match was played in the 2016 World Cup, in which Afghanistan won by 6 runs.

Gurbaz is the top scorer of this World Cup and Farooqi is the top wicket taker
Afghanistan team opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz is the highest run scorer for the team in the last one year. He scored 524 runs in 17 matches during this period. He scored one century and four half-centuries in 17 innings. He is also the top scorer for the team in this World Cup. He has scored 167 runs in the last 3 matches.

Fazalhaq Farooqi is on top in bowling both in the last one year and this World Cup. Farooqi has taken 12 wickets in three matches of the World Cup. Gurbaz is the top scorer of this World Cup and Farooqi is the top wicket taker.

King scored the most runs for West Indies in the last one year
Brandon King is the highest run scorer for West Indies in the last one year. He has scored 561 runs in 18 matches. Alzari Joseph is the top wicket taker. Joseph has taken 21 wickets in 13 matches during this period.

Pitch Report
So far 20 T20 International matches have been played on this ground. Out of these 10 matches have been won by the team batting first and only 10 matches have been won by the team chasing. On this pitch on Monday, Sri Lanka scored 201 runs against Netherlands. Earlier, on Sunday, Scotland scored 180 runs. Whereas, Australia scored 186 runs. The pitch is high scoring, which will support the batsmen.

Weather report- 70% chance of rain
The match will be played in the evening in West Indies. The temperature in the evening will be around 32 to 27 degrees. It will be cloudy and there is a 70% chance of rain.

Possible playing-11 of both the teams
West Indies: Rovman Powell (captain), Brandon King, Johnson Charles, Nicholas Pooran (wicketkeeper), Roston Chase, Sherfane Rutherford, Andre Russell, Romario Shepherd, Akeal Hosein, Alzari Joseph and Gudakesh Moti.

Afghanistan- Rashid Khan (captain), Ibrahim Zadran, Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran, Karim Janat, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmed, Naveen-ul-Haq and Fazalhaq Farooqi.