Afghanistan vs Ireland 2019, T20I series – Statistical Preview

Ireland will be spending nearly a month in India as they take on Afghanistan in all the three formats at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Dehradun. Ireland’s tour begins with the 3-match T20I series which will be followed by a 5-match ODI series and a one-off Test match. The Afghanistan team will be featuring in their first International assignment since the Asia Cup in last September while Ireland coming after mixed performances in the Quadrangular T20I series in Oman.

Here are all the key stats and numbers ahead of the T20I series between Afghanistan and Ireland:

3 – Ireland has won only three of their last 15 T20I matches. They lost 11 of their previous 15 T20Is while another game ended in a Tie which didn’t have a Super Over.

7 – Afghanistan is currently on a 7-match winning streak in T20I cricket. Since losing to Windies in the Caribbean Islands by 3-0 margin, Afghanistan defeated Zimbabwe 2-0, Bangladesh 3-0 and Ireland 2-0.

16 – Afghanistan has won each of their last 16 T20I matches they played in Asia. Their winning streak began with the victory over the Windies during the WT20 2016.

18 – Number of wickets Rashid Khan has bagged in the T20I format against Ireland; the most for him against any team. In the seven matches against them, Rashid has an average of 7.55 and has taken a 5-wicket haul and a 4-fer.

156.7 – Hazratullah Zazai’s batting strike-rate of 156.70 in Twenty20 cricket is the 4th best for any player with 750+ runs. He has scored 876 runs from 27 matches with help of a century and six fifties. However, in the last five T20 matches, Zazai aggregated only 29 runs.

905 – Kevin O’Brien needs 95 more runs for becoming the 4th Ireland player to aggregate 1000 runs in T20I cricket. Kevin scored 111 runs in the previous two T20Is including his maiden T20I fifty.

968 – Runs Samiullah Shinwari has scored in his 60-match T20I career. He needs 32 more runs to become only the 4th player with 1000+ T20I runs for Afghanistan.

2013 – Ireland’s last victory over Afghanistan in T20I cricket came way back in 2013. The Irish team won three of the five T20Is they played against Afghans until 2013 but lost all the seven they played after that.

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