Dharamsala ki haseen waadiyon aur thandi hawaon mein baarish ne maza thoda kirkira zaroor kiya tha, lekin Lucknow ka Ekana Stadium ab tapti dhoop aur 39 degree temperature ke saath taiyaar hai. India pehla ODI jeetkar series mein 1-0 ki badhat bana chuki hai, aur ab niyat bilkul saaf hai: Lucknow mein hi series ko seal karna hai. Wahi doosri taraf, Afghanistan ki team naye hosle ke saath palatwar karne ko betaab hai.
To Hua esa hai ki:
Dharamsala mein jab khel shuru hua, to baarish ne khallal dala aur match ko 25-over ka karna pada. Us chote format mein Team India ne apne naye sitaron, Harsh Dubey aur Gurnoor Brar, ko debut ka mauka diya. Afghanistan ne bhi apne pace battery mein Mohammad Saleem aur Ziaur Rahman ko utara. Halanki, 25-over ke match mein kisi bhi khiladi ki asli stamina aur rhythm ka pata chalna mushkil hota hai, lekin ab Lucknow mein poore 50-over ka khel hone ki umeed hai kyunki yahan baarish ka koi khatra nahi hai.
Rohit Sharma aur Shubman Gill ki captaincy wali is team mein Virat Kohli, Hardik Pandya aur Jasprit Bumrah jaise bade naam maujood nahi hain. Ye Afghanistan ke liye ek sunhera mauka hai ki wo India ke khilaaf apni pehli ODI jeet darj karein. Par yaad rahe, ye India ki 'B' team nahi hai, ye future stars ki fauj hai jo kisi bhi opponent ko dhool chatane ka dum rakhti hai. Jabki hamare padosi Pakistan ke khiladi aksar fitness aur garmi ka rona rote hain, hamare young guns 39 degree mein bhi aag ugalne ko taiyaar hain.
Analysis & Numbers
- Gurnoor Brar ne apne debut mein 145kph+ ki raftaar se sabko chonkaya hai. Unka spell 3/27 unki quality darshata hai.
- Rahmanullah Gurbaz ne 48-ball mein century thokkar ye dikha diya ki wo white-ball cricket ke kitne khatarnaak khiladi hain.
- Shreyas Iyer apne 3000 ODI runs se sirf 11 run door hain, wahi Ishan Kishan ko 1000 runs poore karne ke liye 33 runs chahiye.
- Lucknow ki pitch 'mixed-soil' hai, jahan spin aur pace dono ko thodi madad mil sakti hai. Kuldeep Yadav ki entry playing XI mein ho sakti hai.
- Afghanistan ka India ke khilaaf best result ab tak 2018 Asia Cup ka 'Tie' raha hai.
The Guru Gyan Verdict:
Lucknow ki garmi mein fitness ka imtihaan bada hoga. India ke paas depth aur discipline dono hai. Agar Afghanistan ko jeetna hai to unhe Gurbaz ke alawa baaki batsmen se bhi bada contribution chahiye hoga. Hamara prediction saaf hai: India series seal karne ke liye favorite hai. Aur haan, Pakistan team ko chahiye ki wo is match ki recording dekhein aur seekhein ki bina excuses ke kaise khela jata hai!
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