NZ vs AFG Live Score T20 World Cup 2024: Gurbaz, Zadran Stitch Fifty Partnership to Frustrate New Zealand - News18

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NZ VS AFG Live Score: Follow live updates and scorecard of the NZ VS AFG T20 World Cup 2024 match. Get real-time commentary and match analysis of New Zealand vs Afghanistan.

T20 World Cup 2024 LIVE Score: Hello and welcome to our coverage of Match 14 of the T20 World Cup 2024 between New Zealand and Afghanistan at the Providence Stadium in Georgetown, Guyana.

Afghanistan will be riding high on their stellar victory over Uganda to get their first points of the season, but this time they will face a much tougher test as they take on New Zealand led by the veteran Kane Williamson.

Although the Kiwis might not have the big-name players that some of the favourites might possess, they still find themselves in contention for the major trophies which makes them a big threat in the tournament.

Both sides have some quality bowling options with New Zealand taking the point for the better pace-attack while Afghanistan boasts a better spin-bowling unit. Each of them will be tested as the Kiwis look to kick off their campaign on a positive note.

Both teams last met in October 2022 but that was abandoned without a ball being bowled. In their 2021 T20 World Cup meeting, New Zealand won against Afghanistan by 8 wickets.

Kane Williamson (c), Rachin Ravindra, Devon Conway (wk), Jimmy Neesham, Daryl Mitchell, Mark Chapman, Trent Boult, Lockie Ferguson, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Glenn Phillips

Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Omarzai, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan (c), Karim Janat, Naveen-ul-Haq, Noor Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi

Georgetown is likely to experience cloudy weather with spells of rain expected on Saturday. The temperature is predicted to range from 31 degrees Celsius during the day to 24 degrees Celsius at night. The humidity level is expected to be around 86 per cent. The wind speed is predicted to be around 28 km/hr. There is around a 79 per cent chance of rain on Saturday.