Asia Cup 2022: Match 5 Super 4, India vs Afghanistan Stats Preview, Player Stats & Approaching Milestones

Eliminated teams India and Afghanistan will square off against each other in a dead rubber in the Super 4 round of Asia Cup 2022 on Thursday, September 08, 2022, at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai. Pakistan’s thrilling and exhilarating one-wicket victory over the Afghans the previous night in Sharjah meant both India and Mohammad Nabi’s side got knocked out of the tournament. It set up a final date between 2014 finalists Sri Lanka and Pakistan on September 11.

Speaking about both India and Afghanistan’s performances in the Super 4 round, both teams lost their respective first two fixtures. After a promising start to the competition with wins over Pakistan and Hong Kong, Rohit Sharma and his team lost the plot by losing both Super 4 games. It was Mohammad Rizwan and Nawaz who helped Pakistan in defeating their arch rivals while a spirited Sri Lankan team stunned the seven-time champions India with a six-wicket victory.

Afghanistan also sealed victories in their first two encounters but like India, they too suffered losses to the Lankan Lions and Pakistan. Coming back to this dead rubber, both teams will look at the bigger picture of the T20 World Cup, which is slated to begin next month in Australia. India would look to bring back Dinesh Karthik ahead of a struggling Rishabh Pant and will also like to give opportunities to all-rounders Axar Patel and Deepak Chahar.

 Meanwhile, here are some of the important stats and numbers ahead of Match 5 in Super 4 between India and Afghanistan in the Asia Cup 2022:

Head-to-Head: India and Afghanistan have met each other in three T20 internationals so far with India winning all three of them. The games took place at a neutral venue in Gros Islet in 2010, Colombo (RPS) in 2012, and Abu Dhabi in 2021.

40 – Hazratullah Zazai (960) needs 40 runs to complete 1000 runs in T20Is.

38 – Virat Kohli (3462) needs 38 runs to reach 3500 runs in T20 internationals.

1 – Dinesh Karthik (49) is one match away from featuring in 50 T20 internationals.

2 – Rohit Sharma (171) is two sixes away from surpassing Martin Guptill (172) and becoming the batter with most sixes in T20Is.

7 – Hazratullah Zazai (93) requires seven fours to reach 100 fours in T20Is.

2 – Hardik Pandya (48) needs two big hits to get to 50 sixes in T20Is.

5 – Mujeeb Ur Rahman (45) is five scalps away from reaching 50 wickets in T20 internationals.

1 – Samiullah Shinwari (149) is one game away from appearing in 150 matches in international cricket.

2 – Virat Kohli (98) requires two sixes to get to the milestone of 100 maximums in T20Is.

5 – Rashid Khan (118) needs five scalps to surpass Shakib Al Hasan (122) and become the highest wicket-taker in T20Is.

6 – Suryakumar Yadav (44) is six sixes away from reaching 50 maximums in T20 internationals.

99 – KL Rahul (1901) needs 99 runs to complete the landmark of 2000 runs in the shortest international format.

3 – Virat Kohli (247) is three big hits away from completing 250 sixes in international cricket.