Afghanistan will lock horns with New Zealand within the sixteenth match of the ICC World Cup 2023 on Wednesday, October 18 at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai.

New Zealand launched their event marketing campaign on a excessive notice, notching up three consecutive wins in opposition to England, Netherlands, and Bangladesh. Their confidence is hovering as they head into this sport, however there’s a priority with the absence of their common captain, Kane Williamson, who’s dominated out for the group stage of the World Cup.

Alternatively, Afghanistan had a troublesome begin to the event, struggling two consecutive defeats in opposition to Bangladesh and India. Nonetheless, they bounced again by pulling off a surprising upset, beating England by 69 runs of their current match at Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi. This victory possible supplied a confidence enhance as they give the impression of being to take care of their successful momentum on this sport.

Nonetheless, earlier than heading into this sport, let’s check out the head-to-head report between New Zealand and Afghanistan in ODIs to see how these two groups have fared in opposition to one another on this format thus far:

NZ vs AFG Head-to-Head in ODIs

Afghanistan and New Zealand have confronted one another in two ICC ODI World Cup matches. In these two encounters, Afghanistan has but to safe a victory, whereas New Zealand has emerged victorious on each events.

Matches Performed: 2
New Zealand Received: 2
Afghanistan Received: 0