The 2nd ODI match of the Afghanistan tour of Zimbabwe, 2022 is scheduled to be held on Monday, 6th June 2022 at Harare Sports Club, Harare.

Afghanistan had a good start to this tour of Zimbabwe and had won the opening ODI with a handsome margin of 60 runs. The home side had won to win this match otherwise, they will lose the series. Afghanistan is an improved team in ODI cricket and it will be very difficult for Zimbabwe to stop this team. Zimbabwe should put its full effort into this match. Zimbabwe is the team that can win this match as many of today prediction providers are predicting this but we don’t think that it can happen.

Zimbabwe leaked plenty of runs in the first ODI and this was the main reason why they lost the match. Many of us were expecting that the bowlers of Zimbabwe will fail to perform in the home venue but this happened. They leaked 276 runs in their inning of 50 overs. Muzarabani, Chatara, Tanaka Chivanga, Tiripano, Madhevere, Ryan Burl, and Sikandar Raza are leading the bowling department of Zimbabwe. Blessing Muzarabani was the only successful bowler in the previous match who picked four wickets in nine overs against 52 runs. Tanaka Chivanga was the other bowler who had a wicket to his name. He picked one wicket while he was charged for 41 runs in seven overs.

Afghanistan was good in the opening match of this tour of Zimbabwe. How the batting order of Afghanistan performed in the first match was just outstanding. This is the key reason why they are the favorite to win this match. Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran are opening the batting inning with Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran, and Rashid Khan in the middle and lower batting order. Rahmat Shah was the most successful batter in the previous match with 94 runs to his name. He faced 120 balls and smashed seven boundaries and three huge sixes during his inning. Shahidi also performed well with the bat in the previous match and scored 88 runs with the help of thirteen boundaries.

Zimbabwe had played a total of 136 ODI matches so far. They won 67 matches while other teams won 65 matches. 3 matches in Zimbabwe were ended with no result and one match was tied.

Afghanistan had played 543 ODI International matches right now with 142 wins to their name while they had lost 382 matches and their 12 matches were ended with no result and 7 matches were tied.

Zimbabwe had played 26 ODI matches against Afghanistan where they won 10 matches while Afghanistan had won 16 matches.

According to our match prediction, Afghanistan is the favorite team to win this match. There are many factors that make Afghanistan a favorite team in this match, Some of the key factors are mentioned below:

• Afghanistan had won the first ODI with a handsome margin
• Zimbabwe has the advantages of home ground and conditions
• Rahmat, Shahidi, and Mohammad Nabi are in good form for Afghanistan
• Afghanistan has a lot of depth in the batting lineup
• The bowling unit of Afghanistan is much stronger than in Zimbabwe
• Afghanistan also had a strong bowling unit and batting order which is in excellent form

Afghanistan has a strong batting order and bowling unit as compared to ZImbabwe, so the winning chances of Zimbabwe for today’s match have been increased. The equation of winning chances of both teams for today’s match is mentioned as under.

Afghanistan has a 62% chance to win this match
Zimbabwe has a 38% chance to win this match

The toss is going to play an important role in the decision of each and every match of this series. According to toss prediction, the team who will win the toss may elect to bat first.

The 2nd ODI match between Zimbabwe and Afghanistan is going to be played at the Harare Sports Club, Harare. The pitch at this stadium is excellent for batting. The boundaries at this venue are short and will bring the spinners into play. The pitch will continue to be good for batting throughout the match.

The weather forecast in Harare on match day is not very good. There are some chances of rain but that is possible that we may have an interrupted match.

Afghanistan
Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Fareed Ahmad Malik, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran.

Zimbabwe
Craig Ervine (c), Wesley Madhevere, Sikandar Raza, Milton Shumba, Ryan Burl, Donald Tiripano, Tendai Chatara, Tanaka Chivanga, Blessing Muzarabani, Regis Chakabva (wk), Innocent Kaia.

Captain: R Shah
Vice-Captain: S Raza
R Gurbaz, C Ervine, H Shahidi, M Nabi, R Burl, W Madhevere, F Malik, Rashid-Khan, B Muzarabani

Date: Monday, 16th June 2022
Time: 07:15 AM GMT / 09:15 AM LOCAL / 12:45 PM IST

Stadium: Harare Sports Club
Location: Harare, Zimbabwe
Capacity: 10,000
Known as: Salisbury Sports Club
Ends: City End, Club House End
Time Zone: UTC +02:00
Home to: Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Floodlights: Yes

Total matches: 160
Matches won batting first: 77
Matches won bowling the first: 80
Average 1st Inns scores: 230
Average 2nd Inns scores: 194
Highest total recorded: 350/6 (50 Ov) by AUS vs ZIM
Lowest total recorded: 35/10 (18 Ov) by ZIM vs SL
Highest score chased: 328/3 (46.4 Ov) by RSA vs AUS
Lowest score defended: 129/10 (32.4 Ov) by ZIM vs AFG

Innocent Kaia, Regis Chakabva(w), Craig Ervine(c), Wesley Madhevere, Sikandar Raza, Milton Shumba, Ryan Burl, Donald Tiripano, Tendai Chatara, Blessing Muzarabani, Tanaka Chivanga, Dion Myers, Ainsley Ndlovu, Takudzwanashe Kaitano, Clive Madande, Luke Jongwe.