Let us guide you through the West Indies vs Afghanistan best odds that will help you pick the right players and the team for the match at the Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium in Gros Islet, St Lucia.
Both West Indies and Afghanistan have made their way through to the playoffs in the ongoing mega event. The Caribbean team looked nervous against Papua New Guinea before getting more consistent. Afghanistan, on the other hand, have oozed confidence and will look to stay unbeaten as they head into the Super 8 of the tournament.
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Where to watch West Indies vs Afghanistan T20 World Cup 2024 clash live
The broadcasting rights for the T20 World Cup Group A game are held by Star Sports, with Disney+ Hotstar providing live streaming in multiple regional languages along with English and Hindi.
- In Pakistan, the broadcast is available on PTV Sports and Ten Sports.
- Viewers in the USA can watch the matches on Willow TV and Willow Xtra, with the Cricbuzz app offering live streaming in the USA and Canada.
- In Australia, Fox Sports holds the broadcasting rights, and live streaming is accessible via Kayo Sports. The coverage is also available in other Asian countries, including Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, and the Maldives.
- ESPN is the broadcaster for the Caribbean, including various telecast and streaming services on ESPN Caribbean, ESPN2 Caribbean, ESPN Extra, and the ESPN Play Caribbean app, in addition to the espncricinfo.com website.
- In the United Kingdom, the event is broadcasted by Sky Sports.
- In the UAE and MENA region, CricLife and StarzON provide the coverage.
- SuperSport Cricket and its affiliate channels will broadcast and stream the event in the sub-Saharan African region.
Possible XI: West Indies vs Afghanistan
Let us now take you through the possible playing XIs for the teams to help you analyse the West Indies vs Afghanistan best odds.
West Indies have won 3 matches in a row and have got better as the tournament has progressed. After getting the better of Uganda, New Zealand, and Papua New Guinea, they will be looking to finish the league stage on top of the points table. Their spinners, Akeal Hosein and Gudakesh Motie, and pacer Alzarri Joseph have taken charge in the bowling department. Sherfane Rutherford will be high on confidence after the knock he played against the Black Caps.
Afghanistan, on the other hand, came into the tournament as underdogs. However, they have shown that they are not here to make up the numbers. The manner of their wins has been dominant until now. Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Fazalhaq Farooqi have been the standout performers for them this season.
West Indies: Brandon King, Johnson Charles, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Roston Chase, Rovman Powell (c), Sherfane Rutherford, Andre Russell, Romario Shepherd, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Gudakesh Motie
Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran, Karim Janat, Rashid Khan (c), Noor Ahmad, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi
West Indies vs Afghanistan: Head-to-Head
West Indies and Afghanistan have faced each other 7 times in T20Is since their first meeting back in 2016, The Afghans have won 4 times while West Indies won 4 games. In their last meeting back in November 2019, Afghanistan won by 29 runs in Lucknow. Rahmanullah Gurbaz won the Player of the Match award after he scored 79 runs off 52 balls with 6 fours and 5 sixes. After defending 156, the Afghans restricted their opponents to 127 for 7.
West Indies favourites to win
West Indies will go into the game as favourites with odds of 1.544 on 22Bet.
West Indies will go into the upcoming game as the favourites. Although both teams are unbeaten, the hosts may have the advantage given the familiarity with the conditions. Also, one cannot rule out Afghanistan, who have the bowling attack to rattle the Caribbean. Afghanistan beat the West Indies back in the 2016 T20 World Cup and would be looking to replicate something similar.
If you believe Afghanistan have any chance of winning, go to Parimatch and 22Bet where the odds are 2.616.
Venue analysis Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium in Gros Islet, St Lucia
The venue in Gros Islet has been decent for the batters. The average score at the venue is 163, which means that an average-scoring match is on the cards. 9 out of the 19 matches since 2010 have gone in favour of the team batting first. Hence, chasing teams also have had an advantage.
Characteristics of the venue
- The average second innings score is slightly higher compared to the first innings
- Spinners are likely to play a big part in the next game
- The outfield is not expected to be fast because of the rainy conditions.
West Indies vs Afghanistan best odds for betting
Here are some of the betting tips based on the West Indies vs Afghanistan best odds.
Nicholas Pooran has the chance of becoming the best batter for West Indies with odds of 4.00. Pooran recently became the all-time top run-scorer for the Caribbean going past Chris Gayle.
Rahmanullah Gurbaz will be the top batter for Afghanistan with odds of 4.33. Gurbaz is currently the top run-scorer in the ongoing tournament with 167 runs at an average of 55.66.
Alzarri Joseph is expected to be the standout bowler for the West Indies with odds of 3.20. He has taken 8 wickets in 3 matches at an economy rate of 5.36.
Rashid Khan is expected to be the pick of the bowlers for Afghanistan with odds of 2.95. Rashid has taken 6 wickets from 3 matches at an economy rate of 4.50.
If you are looking to take some risk, you can bet on Fazalhaq Farooqi to become the best Player of the Match with odds of 15. Farooqi is the top wicket-taker in the tournament.
West Indies fixtures at the T20 World Cup 2024
- vs PNG – Sun, 2 June 2024, Guyana, 10:30 AM local time – WON
- vs UGA – Sat, 8 June 2024, Guyana, 08:30 PM local time – WON
- vs NZ – Wed, 12 June 2024, Trinidad, 08:30 PM local time – WON
- vs AFG – Mon, 17 June 2024, St Lucia, 08:30 PM local time
Afghanistan fixtures at the T20 World Cup 2024
- vs UGA – Mon, 3 June 2024, Guyana, 08:30 PM local time – WON
- vs NZ – Fri, 7 June 2024, Guyana, 07:30 PM local time – WON
- vs PNG – Thu, 13 June 2024, Trinidad, 08:30 PM local time – WON
- vs WI – Mon, 17 June 2024, St Lucia, 08:30 PM local time
- Accept Indian Rupees as a currency
- Live Stream from mobiles
- Variety of sports betting markets
- Accept Indian Rupees as a currency
- Live Stream from mobiles
- Variety of sports betting markets