ICC Cricket World Cup 2023: Netherlands vs Afghanistan, 34th Match – Toss Update, Playing XIs

The 34th match of the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 is going to take place between Netherlands and Afghanistan. The match will be played at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. Considering the recent form, Afghanistan can win this match.

However, the Netherlands won the toss and opted to bat first. It will be an interesting match to watch out for today.

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ICC Cricket World Cup 2023: Who said what at the toss?

Scott Edwards: We’ll bat first. It has worked well for us. The wicket looks decent. Hopefully put on the runs and defend it. We have made one change. That’s something we’ve spoken about, our top-order needs to make more runs. We’ve got Barresi coming up to the top and Vikramjit is missing out. We are still fighting for the spot in the semi-final. We have to play a lot of good cricket. As a group, that (Champions Trophy) is not something we are focusing on. That comes with potentially playing good cricket.

Hashmatullah Shahidi: We wanted to bat, but that doesn’t matter. We need to play 100 overs of good cricket. It’ll spin. We are trying to play good cricket. We are going with four spinners. Noor Ahmad is in for Naveen. A lot of support, in this WC, everyone’s praying for us. We are happy for that. The focus will be on today’s game.

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Playing XIs

Netherlands: Wesley Barresi, Max ODowd, Colin Ackermann, Sybrand Engelbrecht, Scott Edwards(w/c), Bas de Leede, Saqib Zulfiqar, Logan van Beek, Roelof van der Merwe, Aryan Dutt, Paul van Meekeren

Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi(c), Azmatullah Omarzai, Ikram Alikhil(w), Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Noor Ahmad