World Cup 2023 New Zealand vs Afghanistan: Pitch report, weather & squad update

NZ vs AFG, ICC World Cup 2023: New Zealand will take on Afghanistan on Wednesday, October 18, at the MA Chidambaram Stadium Chennai. NZ vs AFG match will be a day and night match starting at 2 PM. Pitch Report of MA Chidambaram Stadium: The Pitch at the MA Chidambarm Stadium is known to favour […]

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NZ vs AFG, ICC World Cup 2023: New Zealand will take on Afghanistan on Wednesday, October 18, at the MA Chidambaram Stadium Chennai. NZ vs AFG match will be a day and night match starting at 2 PM.

Pitch Report of MA Chidambaram Stadium:

The Pitch at the MA Chidambarm Stadium is known to favour the spinners, this stadium has hosted multiple games and spinners have ruled them all. Notably, batting here is not an easy task as seen in the previous India vs Australia match.
So, it can be said that chasing here is an easy task than batting first.

New Zealand vs Afghanistan match weather:

As per Weather.com, there is little chance of rain in Chennai, the humidity can go as high as 84%, with the temperature touching 32 degrees.

Details of NZ vs AFG World Cup 2023 match:

New Zealand’s Squad: Will Young, Kane Williamson (c), Rachin Ravindra, Tom Latham (wk), Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Mark Henry, Lockie Ferguson, Ish Sodhi and Trent Boult.

Afghanistan Squad: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi (capt), Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Ikram Alikhil (wk), Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi.