After two last-over defeats, India will take Afghanistan on Thursday in their last game of the Asia Cup 2022 Super-4 stage. Winning this match will be very crucial for the Indian team if Afghanistan manages to beat Pakistan in their clash today. Dubai will host the IND vs AFG game and meanwhile, fantasy players would like to know the pitch report of Dubai Cricket Stadium. In this space, you will find out Dubai pitch report, records of the grounds, and other important stats about the India vs Afghanistan game.
Dubai T20 International Records
So far a total of 80 international T20 matches have been played in Dubai and the batting second team has always the upper hand.
- Total Matches: 80
- Matches won by batting first team: 35
- Matches won by batting second team: 44
- Average first innings total in Dubai Cricket Stadium: 143
- Highest first innings total – Sri Lanka 211-3 (20) vs Pakistan
- Lowest first innings total – West Indies: 55-10 (19.4) vs England
Asia Cup 2022 records in Dubai Ground
As far as the ongoing tournament is concerned, India have played all 4 games in Dubai only while Afghanistan will play their first game here. Below are records of this Asia Cup made in Dubai Cricket Stadium.
- Total Matches: 6
- Matches won by batting first team: 1
- Matches won by batting second team: 5
- Average first innings total in Dubai Cricket Stadium: 164
- Highest first innings total – India: 192-2 (20) vs Hong Kong
- Lowest first innings total – Sri Lanka: 105-10 (19.4) vs Afghanistan
- Biggest total chased: Sri Lanka chased Bangladesh’s 183
- Lowest total defended: India defended 192 vs Hong Kong
- Total wickets taken by pacers: 43 (Avg. 7 wickets per match)
- Total wickets taken by spinners: 24 (Avg. 4 wickets per match)
Dubai Cricket Stadium Pitch Report for IND vs AFG match
Dubai International Cricket Stadium has been a secondary host to Pakistan and hosting T20I matches since 2009. Having hosted IPL in two seasons, the venue is also very familiar to Indian players as well. It’s a batting-friendly track and a team would like to bowl first. Due to humid weather conditions, the dew factor won’t be there in 2nd innings, however, defending a total has never been easy here. In the last 20 T20Is, only 2 times the score was defended in Dubai one of which happened last week when India defended 192 vs hong Kong.
There will be help for pacers in the initial overs but as the game progresses, Dubai’s pitch becomes a paradise for batters. The average score in recent games has been 164. But a team would like to have 180 on the board to make it look defendable.
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Weather Forecast of Dubai for IND vs AFG match
As usual, there are no chances of rain in Dubai this week. The minimum temperature on Thursday will be 31-degree celsius while it goes higher up to 40 degrees.