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Video and stats highlight from England versus West Indies match

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Video and stats highlight from England versus West Indies match

Fans around the world were expecting a thrilling contest between the two powerhouses of batting. However, the West Indies were disappointing again, and England completely dominated the match from the very first over.

After winning the toss in the overcast condition, England decided to bowl first.

West Indies lost opener Lewis in the 3rd over of the match. It was a jaffa of delivery from Chris Woakes. Chris Gayle didn’t look in great touch during his knock of 36; he even got a lifeline when was dropped on third man boundary. No West Indian batsman other than Pooran batted sensibly for his 63. Andre Russell was disappointing again as he was hitting everything then he needed to bat and support Pooran at the other end. Russell is still in IPL mode, and this is hampering West Indies chances big time.

West Indies bowled out for 212 runs and could not even play full quota of 50 overs. It seems like West Indies players know just one way of playing, i.e., T20 style. This kind of approach will help only in chasing if the target is not very significant.

The English pace attack bowled exceptionally well in conditions that were conducive for bowlers. Wood and Jofra picked three wickets each. The surprising element was Joe Root’ bowling, which took two crucial wickets of Holder and Hetmyer.

West Indies Innings (Fall of Wickets)

England had some problems early in their innings. As per the rules, the English opener Jason Roy could not bat before number 7 as he didn’t field due to injury in most of the West Indian innings.

England started well as their openers started hitting boundaries from the start of their innings. Bairstow’s new opening partner, Joe Root looked very confident, and it didn’t feel like he was opening for the first time. The pair added 95 runs before Bairstow holds out at 3rd man boundary. The wicket didn’t matter much as the score was too low to chase. Surprisingly England sent Chris Woakes at number three despite having Buttler and Stokes in the middle order. However, Woakes batted like a top order batsman and added a hundred runs partnership for the second wicket. Root scored his second hundred of this world cup and became only the second player after Kevin Pietersen to score two in the same world cup for England.

England Innings (The Run Chase)

STATS

  • Chris Gayle becomes the leading run-scorer in One-Day Internationals between two sides. Gayle has scored 1632 runs against England in 36 ODIs. The second highest scorer is Sir Viv Richards who has 1619 runs in 36 ODIs.
  • Mark Wood has now 50 wickets in One Day International.
  • Joe Root became only the second English batsman to score two hundred in the same World Cup. Kevin Pietersen was the first who scored two hundred in 2007 edition.
  • This was Joe Root’s third Cricket World Cup century – more than any other England batsman.

Businessman with ties to Tarun Tejpal arrested by Delhi Police for fraud while trying to flee the country

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Businessman with ties to Tarun Tejpal arrested by Delhi Police for fraud while trying to flee the country

Manpreet Singh Chaddha alias Monty Chadha, son of deceased liquor baron Ponty Chaddha, was arrested by the Economic Offence Wing (EOW) of the Delhi Police on Wednesday night from the Indira Gandhi International airport while he was leaving for Phuket.

Monty was booked by the EOW Delhi Police in January 2018 in a cheating case over allegations of duping the investors of over Rs 100 crore in a real estate project at NH24. In the FIR, it is alleged that Uppal Chadha Hi-Tech Developers Pvt Ltd did not deliver their promised hi-tech township in Ghaziabad. A case was registered under IPC sections 420 (cheating), 406 (criminal breach of trust) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) after a complaint was filed by K Ramesh, Kaveri Ramesh and others.

The complainants had claimed that the company launched a project in 2006 at NH-24, Ghaziabad, a year after the Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) formulated a policy for the development of a Hi-Tech City, thereby providing a platform to real estate developers to develop smart townships with modern facilities at the place. The 29 victims who have approached the Police thus far booked lots sometime during 2005-05 after approximately paying a sum of Rs. 4.5 crores.

Monty had not been arrested until he made an attempt to flee the country. A Look-Out Circular (LOC) was issued 10-15 days ago as a consequence of the case registered against him and immigration authorities informed the Delhi Police based on it. An LOC is issued to prevent an accused or a suspect from leaving the country.

As per the FIR lodged in the matter, agents of the company “approached the public with an early-bird booking discount offer on plots in the proposed project… situated in the villages of Kachera, Dujana and Mehrauli of Ghaziabad. The possession of the plot was to be given within eight months from the date of allotment, as per the accused company’s documents”.

Additional CP (EOW) Suvashis Choudhary said, “The complainants received letters in November 2009 from the alleged company stating therein that all necessary licenses and approvals were obtained and the first phase of 1500 acres has been approved by the government. The details about sectors and plots were being finalized with the government.”

“In 2011, they received a demand letter signed by Vice President of the alleged company but to their utter shock and surprise the name of the company, the township and the address of the company were changed and all payments were sought in a new entity namely Wave City NH-24,” he added.

Coincidentally, Monty has ties with Tarun Tejpal, the disgraced founder-editor of Tehelka, who is accused of rape. According to a report by Indian Express, Monty’s father Ponty had decided to invest in a private club for elite Indians proposed by Tejpal after the latter made a business presentation on the concept of an exclusive private club. After Ponty was murdered in 2012, his son Monty decided to honour all his father’s business commitments. The establishment is called ‘Prufrock’.

Begusarai: Cop attempts to dilute charges against local Muslims, changes complaint by Dalit family, suspended

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Begusarai: Cop attempts to dilute charges against local Muslims, changes complaint by Dalit family, suspended

In what appears an attempt to shield the culprits, police changed the complaint of a Dalit family in Begusarai district in Bihar. According to a report by Swarajya journalist Swati Goel Sharma, the Dalit family (mother, a daughter and a son) that lives in the refinery area of Barauni Tehsil’s Nurpur village, had lodged a complaint at the Barauni outpost police station after three men barged into their home on the intervening night of June 10 and 11 and allegedly tried to sexually assault the women (the mother and the daughter) and thrashed the son. The family had submitted a written complaint in the case as no police officer was present in the police station. One of the culprits has been identified by the family as their neighbour Laddu Alam son of Feroze Alam.

Sections 447 (trespass), 341 (wrongful restraint), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 354A (making sexually coloured remarks) and 354B (assault or use of criminal force with the intent to disrobe) were applied among others but the Prevention of Atrocities against SCs and STs Act (SC/ST Act) was not applied.

The following day, the daughter told the Swarajya that she complained to the senior police officers who had come to meet the family, including Deputy SP Ranjan Sinha, that her complaint was distorted by the police the previous night to dilute the charges. She said that she wanted to register a fresh complaint.

Deputy SP Sinha allowed her to file another complaint and directed Suchit Kumar, the Station House Officer (SHO) of Barauni station to proceed on the new complaint. However, to the shock of the family, SHO Kumar ignored the directions given by Deputy SP Sinha and filed the FIR based on the original complaint.

The First Complaint (Left), the Second Complaint (Right),
Source: Swarajya

The family conveyed their grievance to the senior officials after which an inquiry was conducted under the circle officer. According to Awakash Kumar, SP Begusarai, serious lapse was found in the inquiry on the part of the SHO. On being found guilty, the SHO was suspended.

Based on the initial probe the police claimed that several allegations of the Dalit family including that of rape and attempt to rape have not been found to be true and that the matter is of a land dispute.

However, the mother refused the land dispute angle. The family alleged that the Muslims in the area have been pressurising the family to sell off their home for 16 lakhs, the same amount for which they bought the house of a neighbouring Hindu family, and leave the area. The Muslims had allegedly threatened the family that even the Bajrang Dal would not be able to help them. The area in which the family lives is a Muslim majority area with around 74 percent Muslims.

The family had submitted a letter of complaint to the SHO at Barauni police station last month after Firoze Alam along with his two sons including Laddu Alam attacked the family when some water spilt into the house of Alam. Worried about the safety of his family, the family’s elder son who works in Dubai had written a letter to the Indian Embassy on June 12 requesting the protection for his family.

On June 13, the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) stepped in and sent a notice to Begusarai District Magistrate and SP informing that the Commission has taken suo moto cognisance of the case. The Commission has demanded the details of the FIRs, sections of the SC/ST Act applied, medical examination of the women, arrests in the case, copy of statements under sections 161 and 164 of the CrPC and the security and the monetary aid provided to the family.

Our Children, Our Future: Dear Smriti Irani, these child development and humanitarian issues cannot wait

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Our Children, Our Future: Dear Smriti Irani, these child development and humanitarian issues cannot wait

Dear Mrs Smriti Irani,

Congratulations on a spectacular electoral victory and appointment as Cabinet Minister for Women and Child Development. You have lived up to the appellation of a giant-slayer and have stood up against the odds to carve out this win.

As concerned citizens, the authors of this article wish to draw your attention to three disturbing trends in child development, especially relating to the most vulnerable children in our society – orphans, runaways, children of the indigent and children of marginalized sections of society.

Childline services need improved monitoring

The childline services have been found to act in an arbitrary and high-handed manner. Let us point you to two aspects of the interventions that they make:

Harassment at public places

In one instance, Bihari children studying at a Veda Pathashala in Srirangam were investigated by Childline authorities. They also gave the impression in the press that these children were being trafficked. We investigated through private sources with the Pathashala in question. These children were returning home for the holidays. Most of the parents of these children could not afford to travel to Chennai and hence sent a few representatives to Chennai. The others collected their wards at Patna Railway Station. Upon their arrival at Patna, Childline Patna subsequently confirmed with the people who had come to Patna station to take charge of their wards and sent word to Childline Chennai Central. Given the background of foreign funding and the sectarian nature of NGOs running these services, we request more oversight to prevent such harassment.

Prejudiced treatment of marginalized communities

72 castes and tribes were classified by the British colonial government as Criminal Tribes, i.e., taking birth in that community was sufficient to be classified as a suspect in several crimes. The communities have been denotified, but the Indian State has not ceased its suspicion and disapproval of their frequently nomadic lifestyle.

District Childline authorities separate children as young as 7 or 8 from their parents and send them to childcare institutions in the district. In some cases, we hear of children being admitted to homes and running away from them.

In one case in Kerala, the entire band of people these children were with were removed from the State of Kerala, since the district did not have sufficient places in shelters to house these children.

Aboriginal children in Canada and Australia were separated from their parents and made wards of the State. This is no less an injustice and violation of human rights. European countries frequently harass Romani people and make them move on suspicions of crimes by these people.

The parents are charged with engaging these children in child labour or begging.  In the absence of houses where the children could be left behind, the parents seem to take the children with them as they go about their usual livelihood of selling knick-knacks on pavements and other public places. If upper-middle-class women can take their children to their workplace or the small shop owners can have their children in the shop premises during summer holidays, why would the State intervene only in the case of indigent, marginalized communities?

We would insist on sensitivity training to these Childline teams as well as vetting the background of the organizations.

Some of these organizations have powerful vested interests abroad funding them. A small sample is shown below:

It is our earnest request that these organizations and similar foreign funded ones working in the domain of Child Rights be brought under scrutiny. Also, we need a review of penalties imposed on these organizations including

  1. Removing empanelment from Childline
  2. Removing FCRA registration and charitable trust status
  3. Criminal action where required

Child Care Institutions

Media reports arrive on a regular basis about child care institutions where horrific crimes are perpetrated on the children in their care.

We suggest the following steps towards improving scrutiny of these child care institutions

  1. Improved data gathering: The Ministry of WCD should collect a master list of CCIs across the country.
  2. Against each CCI, the name and registration number of the trust, foundation, society or non-profit company must be registered.
  3. The registry must be cross-linked with the Darpan Portal and registration on Darpan must be made mandatory for continued operations of child care homes.
  4. The registry must be cross-linked with the FCRA registration database available with the Ministry of Home Affairs.
  5. Details of key personnel, changes in the composition of the Board of Trustees and key personnel must be updated and notified to the WCD Ministry.

A comprehensive manual for the monitoring of these CCIs must be made available. The Central WCD ministry must review frequently, the monitoring mechanisms set up in the States.

The data with the WCD will be used for the following:

  1. Prompt activation of the criminal justice system as soon as reports of wrong doing are received.
  2. Freezing of accounts, rescinding tax exemptions of the organizations in question.
  3. Key personnel must have passports impounded to avoid flight out of the country as in this case

Oversight over RTE monitoring and implementation

In this particular case, we point you to this article that appeared in the Indiafacts online portal in 2015.

This report proves conclusively that the entire activity of monitoring RTE compliance, following up and complaining are carried out by NGO Consortia that report into the NCPCR, which is a body set up in the WCD Ministry.

As we have seen in the last decade or so, the influence of foreign funds in our civil society has often had a malign effect on the Indian body politic.

Our humble request is to place the monitoring and implementation of such Government programmes outside the purview of FCRA funded NGOs. An appropriate modification to the rules of the FCRA may be suggested to the MHA.

Oversight and vetting in legislation

In 2017, the NCPCR under WCD ministry brought out a document to describe the powers of the Child Welfare Committee. The document included the logo of Justice and Care. JAC is a project of Waste Management Society, Yavatmal, FCRA-NGO, MH/84010051. WMS has been sent a Questionnaire by FCRA Wing (as per MoS(Home)’s reply in Lok Sabha dated 20-03-2018).

Such a questionnaire is usually the first step in an investigation. While the Ministry of Home Affairs was investigating an organization, one of its constituents, an individual by the name Adrian Phillips was a member of the committee drafting the anti-trafficking bill piloted by the Ministry of WCD.

Sufficient scrutiny is needed on individuals and organizations that are invited to participate in WCD’s legislative efforts.

(The author acknowledges sourcing all raw data from the blog – fcraanalyses.blogspot.in)

After Mamata Banerjee, KCR and Captain Amarinder Singh to skip NITI Aayog meet

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After Mamata Banerjee, KCR and Captain Amarinder Singh to skip NITI Aayog meet

After Mamata Banerjee, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao has also decided to skip today’s NITI Aayog meet. The Chief Ministers of all states were invited for a meeting to discuss the country’s development agenda for ‘New India 2022’. This would be the fifth General Council Meeting chaired by Prime Minister Modi.


According to official sources, KCR had initially intended to attend the meeting. He, however, changed his plans and wishes to meet the PM separately to invite him for the inauguration of Kaleshwaram project. On June 21st, the Telangana government would be inaugurating its prestigious Rs.80,000 crore Kaleshwaram mega irrigation and drinking water project.

The Chief Minister also wanted to meet the Prime Minister personally as he had missed the oath-taking ceremony. After having attended Andhra Pradesh CM Jagan Reddy’s oath-taking ceremony, KCR could not fly to Delhi as his aircraft was denied permission to land after 4 pm.

On the other hand, Punjab Chief Captain Minister Amarinder Singh would not be attending the meeting owing to poor health.

In a statement, it was said that the agenda of the meeting would include aspirational districts programme, transforming agriculture and security related issues with special focus on left-wing extremism (LWE) districts.

Previously West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee decided to skip the meeting chaired by the PM. She had also said that the NITI Aayog meeting would be fruitless as they do not have any financial powers. In a 3-page letter to the PM, she had reportedly stated that it is ‘useless’ for her to attend the meet as the agenda is set by the centre without consulting the states.

Even as 700 doctors resign, TMC leader Abu Taher Khan Chaudhury accused of threatening doctors with rape and murder

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Even as 700 doctors resign, TMC leader Abu Taher Khan Chaudhury accused of threatening doctors with rape and murder

The Bengal Health crisis has acquired unfathomable proportions. It is reported now that over 700 doctors have submitted their resignations from all over the state in solidarity with the protests over the state government’s apathy towards the concerns of the medical fraternity.

Ever since Mamata Banerjee escalated matters with her threats to the medical fraternity, things have been spiralling out of control. Even as mass resignations started pouring in from medical institutions across the state on Friday, medical institutions continued to be attacked.

On Friday afternoon, the Calcutta National Medical College (CNMC) was attacked for the second time since Monday. One student had suffered a head injury as a consequence of the mob attack.

Meanwhile, the protesting Bengali junior doctors have made a chant out of Mamata Banerjee’s ‘outsider’ allegation. The chant goes:

“Who am I?”
“Outsider!”
“Who is he?”
“Outsider!”
“Who are they?”
“Outsider!” 

As a consequence of the state government’s gross mismanagement of the entire issue, patients are suffering. There’s an immediate need to resolve the issue so that normal operations can begin. Senior Doctors are blaming the Trinamool government’s proclivity towards mob violence for the entire situation.

To make matters worse, Trinamool leaders themselves are being accused of threatening protesting doctors with rape and murder. Staffers at the Murshidabad Medical College and Hospital claim that that the ruling dispensation was threatening them to withdraw the strike.

There are videos circulating on social media which purportedly show the Trinamool MP from Murshidabad, Abu Taher Khan threatening the doctors at the institution. The politician, however, has denied all allegations.


The longer this goes on, the more it will hurt the ordinary citizen. However, the ruling dispensation appears bent on intimidating the medical fraternity into submission. We had reported that Mamata Banerjee herself had derailed the ongoing discussions by threatening the doctors on Thursday, a day after constructive decisions were taken.

Politically, as well, the protests are catastrophic for Mamata Banerjee. Through her stubborn resistance towards any reconciliation, she has made it her ‘Singur Moment‘. The Doctors on strike are demanding that Banerjee meet them at the NRS Hospital. At this point, it’s the least she could do to initiate the resolution process.

Chhattisgarh: Congress govt arrests man over social media post, targets journalist over tweeting about it

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Chhattisgarh: Congress govt arrests man over social media post, targets journalist over tweeting about it

The Congress government in Chhattisgarh has recently arrested a man over a social media post. Mangelal Agrawal of Musra Dongargarh, Rajnandgaon was arrested after he had shared a video which claimed that the Bhupesh Baghel government’s nexus with inverter manufacturing companies is the reason behind the rampant power cuts in Chhattisgarh.

Bhupesh Baghel’s government was so disturbed by the social media post that they had proceeded to level sedition charges on Agarwal.

The news of a man being arrested over a social media post and being charged with sedition created an uproar all over. Chhattisgarh’s Congress government, however, seems hell-bent on keeping dissenting voices muzzled.

Journalist Manak Gupta had shared a Tweet, where he had stated that after widespread outrage, the sedition charges against Agarwal have been dropped but Agarwal’s post is an allegation, not a rumour. Sharing another tweet, he had stated that when the people of Chhattisgarh are suffering due to the frequent power cuts, the government is arresting people for even complaining about it. Gupta had demanded Agarwal’s immediate release.

Via Twitter

However, the Congress, who was till last week, whining over some journalist being arrested by the Yogi government in UP, has proceeded to tag Manak Gupta’s employers, News 24, and has attempted to brazen out the arrest of a man over a social media post.

Perhaps in an attempt to bully Gupta over his question to the Bhupesh Baghel government, the official handle of Chhattisgarh Congress had asked tagging his employers whether they endorse Gupta’s opinion.


The Congress official handle has also asked whether Gupta’s tweet can be seen as the Channel is agreeing to spread lies.

It is a remarkable level of brazenness and hypocrisy displayed by a party whose president had made grandiose statements and condemned the UP government for arresting a journalist for spreading fake news and a couple of persons for running an unlicensed news channel without any official permit just days ago.


It seems Congress is oblivious and even defensive about the rights of people’s freedom of expression being trampled over in states where they are in power. Congress and Rahul Gandhi have not uttered a word against journalists and common people being arrested in states ruled by them. Worse, they seem to take the right of free speech only as a political tool and speak about it only when it is seemingly infringed in a state that is ruled by BJP.

Is Kamal Nath in trouble for the 1984 Sikh Genocide case? Armed with this Home Ministry order, MS Sirsa certainly thinks so

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Is Kamal Nath in trouble for the 1984 Sikh Genocide case? Armed with this Home Ministry order, MS Sirsa certainly thinks so

The Home Ministry has given the nod to reinvestigate old cases related to the 1984 Sikh Genocide case. MS Sirsa, the chief of Shiromani Akali Dal released a press note today hailing the Home Ministry and asserting that this reinvestigation would mean Kamal Nath, Congress leader and Madhya Pradesh CM will now be brought to book.


Sirsa said that this order means that Kamal Nath would surely go to jail like Sajjan Kumar who was enjoying Z+ due to the Gandhi family. He said, “his involvement in 1984 riots will be proved in the court after completion of fresh enquiry against him”.

The order that Sirsa was referring to is dated April 9th 2019. The order says that the SIT should reinvestigate serious criminal cases which were filed in the National Capital Territory of Delhi in connection with the 1984 riots case and have since been closed. For this purpose, the SIT shall examine the records afresh.

Home Ministry Order

The order also says that the order has been passed in consideration of the representation made on 24th December 2018 received from the General Secretary, Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee. The order says that the SIT may investigate even cases where the accused have been discharged if any fresh information or evidence comes to light.

The representation that the order refers to was made by MS Sirsa. The representation spoke about the attack on Rakab Ganj Gurudwara in which Kamal Nath is said to have led the mob.

In his representation, Sirsa had said that there was clear evidence that Kamal Nath was present at the Rakab Ganj Gurudwara inciting the mob in 1984 but unfortunately the police had failed to investigate the case properly. Sirsa had said that the five people who were discharged for the crime cannot be tried in the court of law, but the real culprit was never chargesheeted and thus, it is the duty of the police and the SIT to proceed against these culprits and bring them to book.

He had said that Kamal Nath was an active participant in the mob and should be investigated.

The representation had specifically asked the Home Ministry to direct the SIT to inquire into the role of Kamal Nath.

When OpIndia reached out to MS Sirsa, he said that the order has been passed in reference to his representation and thus, it is an order to investigate Kamal Nath as well.

The language of the order certainly does seem to mean that Kamal Nath can now be reinvestigated for his alleged role in the attack of Rakbar Gang Gurudwara.

While the order was passed on 9th April, Sirsa said that he has acquired this order only now and hence, it is being reported now.

Chandrababu Naidu denied VIP access to aircraft and undergoes frisking at Vijayawada airport, made to travel in bus

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Chandrababu Naidu denied VIP access to aircraft and undergoes frisking at Vijayawada airport, made to travel in bus

Former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh and current leader of opposition N Chandrababu Naidu was denied VIP access to the aircraft he was boarding and was asked to undergo frisking at Vijayawada airport.

Reportedly, airport security staff did not allow his convoy up to the aircraft. Naidu was asked to get off and undergo the regular security checks before boarding, a security guard was seen frisking him at the entrance. Following which he had to board the bus along with common passengers.

Naidu was given ‘Z plus’ category security after he was attacked by Maoists at Alipiri in Tirupati in 2003. This meant that he had 24-hour protection by 23 armed security men and escort vehicles.

The TDP has also alleged that BJP and YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) were resorting to witch-hunting while asserting that Leader of Opposition (LoP) in a state Assembly also comes with the benefits of a cabinet minister rank.

Former state Home Minister and TDP leader Chinna Rajappa said that the authorities have not only insulted the former CM but also compromised his security. He added that Naidu had never needed to face such a situation though he was in the opposition for many years. He also urged the central as well as the state government to ensure proper security for Naidu.

The TDP has had a sour relationship with the ruling YSR Congress Party after having lost in the 2019 Assembly elections. Earlier Chandrababu Naidu had decided to skip Jagan Mohan Reddy’s swearing-in ceremony despite being invited by the CM.

Match Preview, Afghanistan v South Africa: The bottom two teams will play against each other

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Match Preview, Afghanistan v South Africa: The bottom two teams will play against each other

Noone would have thought of this kind of headline for a South Africa match that too against Afghanistan. However, that’s how it is in the current world cup scenario South Africa is just ahead of Afghanistan thanks to one point they got due to the rain against West Indies. This will be the first time these two teams play against each other in ODIs.

So far, this has been the most disastrous World Cup campaign for South Africa. Having lost the first three games, now going to face Afghanistan in a match where there is a possibility of rain throughout the day and they can’t afford another washout.

Hoping for a full match but the weather at Cardiff is expected to have a good amount of rain in the first half of the day and then passing shower during the second half, but this is a day-night match and it will start a little late. So South Africa still has a chance for a result.

South Africa is desperately looking for a win, and they are playing against the weakest team of this world cup. Their shocking performance has already let down their fans around the world. If they cannot produce a positive result in their favour then it will be bye bye for them from the World Cup.

It’s high time for them to play as a team and leave everything behind. Take one game at a time and treat every match as a knockout. They have the capability of performing, and they cannot have a better opposition to get back in form.

Afghanistan had a chance to win against Sri Lanka in the first game but lost that opportunity. Since then they look like just a traveller and have been very inconsistent in the tournament. This is mostly because they are a very young team. However, they should try to beat South Africa as the Proteas are not in great form. Afghanistan is having a problem with its star player Rashid Khan, who has not able to deliver as per his capability. If he can uplift the mood of the team with his all-around performance, there would be high chances of Afghanistan providing the biggest upset of recent times in cricket.

Players to watch out for

Rabada must be waiting to have a go at Afghanistan batsmen, with his kind of pace he can easily outdo the Afghans, and that will help South Africa not only in winning the match but also maintaining a reasonable run rate. Rabada would be excepting some help from the prime spinner Tahir from the other end.

Najibullah is in form for Afghanistan. He has to cope with all the pressure and perform because others are not able to score. Afghanistan has a chance to put up a decent score on board only if he scores some runs today as well, and Najibullah would be hoping to get some support from others as well.

Afghanistan v South Africa in ODIs

Overall: Matches 0, Afghanistan 0, South Africa Won 0

World Cup: Matches 0, Afghanistan Won 0, South Africa Won 0

Recent Form (most recent first): Afghanistan L L L W L, South Africa NR L L L W

ICC Rankings: Afganistan (10), South Africa (4)

Upcoming Records

Hasmatullah Shahidi needs 54 more for 1000 Runs in ODIs, he will be the 9th Afghani player to reach the milestone.

Hashim Amla has scored 7,935 runs and needs 65 more to become the fourth South African player to reach the 8,000 runs milestone.

JP Duminy has scored 444 runs in World Cup and needs 56 more to become the ninth South African player to reach the 500 runs milestone in World Cup.

Squads

Afghanistan: Gulbadin Naib (capt), Aftab Alam, Asghar Afghan, Dawlat Zadran, Hamid Hassan, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Hazratullah Zazai, Mohammad Nabi, Mohammad Shahzad (wk), Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Najibullah Zadran, Noor Ali Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Rashid Khan, Samiullah Shinwari.

South Africa: Faf du Plessis (capt), Hashim Amla, Quinton de Kock (wk), JP Duminy, Beuran Hendricks, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Chris Morris, Lungi Ngidi, Andile Phehlukwayo, Dwaine Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Imran Tahir, Rassie van der Dussen.

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