AFG vs IRE Today Match Prediction- Afganistan vs Ireland 3rd ODI Match 2024

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Afghanistan and Ireland go head to head in the AFG vs IRE first ODI. The match starts at 5 pm IST. All the matches will be played in Sharjah. The three ODIs will be played on March 7, 9 and 12.

Afghanistan and Ireland have played 30 ODIs with the Afghans winning 16 games and Ireland winning 13. One match ended in no result. Ireland earlier in the series won the only Test match by six wickets. This was Ireland’s maiden Test win while the Afghans are yet to win in Test cricket.

However, Afghanistan are a very different ODI side. They won four games in the ICC World Cup 2023 beating heavyweight tems. In this series though, they will be without Rashid Khan and Mujeeb Ur Rahman. While Rashid is recovering from his lower back injury, Mujeeb is suffering from a right phalanx sprain that keeps him out of the series.

Afghanistan in the absence of their two key bowlers have added three new faces. Left-arm spin bowling allrounder Nangyal Kharoti, right-arm offspinner Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar, and right-arm quick Bilal Sami are the three new faces.

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Afghanistan still have a pretty experienced squad with their all-rounders Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, and Gulbadin Naib. Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran are their two key batters. Hasmatullah Shahidi will lead the side and bat in the middle-order. Fazalhaq Farooqi and Noor Ahmad are the two key bowlers in the absence of Afghanistan’s spin twins.

Ireland will be led by Paul Stirling. He will have plenty of experienced players to fall back on. Andrew Balbirnie, Harry Tector, Gareth Delany, Curtis Campher, and George Dockrell are the key batters. Lorcan Rucket the specialist keeper is also a good batter. Mark Adair, Barry McCarthy, and Craig Young form the pace bowling trio. Adair won the Men of the Match in the One-off Test as he took three wickets.

Speaking of AFG vs IRE head to head, both teams have played 30 ODIs with the Irish side winning 13 while Afghanistan 16 games. In 23 T20Is, Afghanistan have won 16 while Ireland has seven. One match ended in a tie.

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AFG vs IRE: Key Statistics

Afghanistan leads the head-to-head count by 16-13 in 30 ODIs. In the last five ODIs, Afghanistan have won four games, and one game was abandoned. Ireland have not won against Afghanistan since 2019 in ODIs.

AFG vs IRE: Recent 5 Encounters

In the last five AFG vs IRE ODI matches, Afghanistan have won four matches while one match was abandoned. As said above, Ireland have not won against Afghanistan since 2019 in ODIs. Afghanistan won their last ODI series against Ireland 3-0 back in 2021.

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Key Moments and Stand-out Performances (Players)

The most recent key moment between the AFG vs IRE contest has been Ireland’s maiden Test match win. They took only 8 Test matches to get their first win. Paul Stirling with 838 runs has a chance to complete 1000 ODI runs against Afghanistan.

Trends and Patterns

Afghanistan have well and truly dominated against Ireland in the ODI and T20I formats. They have won 16 out of the 30 ODIs and 16 out of the 23 T20Is. The Afghans have also won the last four ODIs on the trot and two of the last five T20Is.