England won the toss and elected to field first against Afghanistan in the 13th ODI match of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 on Sunday (15).
The teams are set to face each other at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi at 2.00 p.m. today.
England started its World Cup title defence on the wrong foot, crashing to a big defeat to New Zealand in the tournament opener.
But Jos Buttler’s side has bounced back with a win over Bangladesh and will look to add two more points against Afghanistan, a side it has never lost to in the format.
England and Afghanistan have faced each other only twice in ODIs, with both matches coming in the World Cup. Both in 2015 and 2019, England secured comprehensive wins, with Eoin Morgan’s rampage in 2019 being the highlight of their encounters.
England playing XI: Jos Buttler (captain & wk), Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan, Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Sam Curran, David Willey, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood, Reece Topley, Gus Atkinson.
Afghanistan playing XI: Hashmatullah Shahidi (captain), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Riaz Hassan, Rahmat Shah, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Ikram Alikhil, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Abdul Rahman, Naveen ul Haq.
