India and Afghanistan will meet on Tuesday (September 25) at Dubai International Cricket Stadium (Dubai) in their final Super Four game of the Asia Cup 2018. India will look to maintain their unbeaten streak in this tournament while Afghanistan is desperate to make a mark in this game.

India has already advanced to the final of this tournament while Afghanistan has no chance to reach to the final of this tournament. It will be their second ODI meeting in history as India beat them by eight wickets in their first meeting during the Asia cup 2014 at Dhaka.

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Since then, Afghanistan has gradually grown up in the international cricket. So, it will be the interesting contest on Tuesday. Afghanistan cricketers have already impressed with their performances in this tournament as they put high marks in every game of this tournament. After finishing as the champion of Group B by beating Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in big margins, Afghanistan has played well in the Super Eight stage too but unfortunately fails to reach to the final after losing two thrilling and close encounters against Pakistan and Bangladesh. While the India game will be their last game in this competition, Afghanistan wants to finish this tournament by putting a big mark against India.

Meanwhile, before the final of the tournament that has been scheduled on Friday (September 28), Indian cricket team will look at some important untested parts. While the Indian bowlers and the top-order batsmen are in the brilliant forms as they have led the team to dominate in this tournament, the middle-order batting is mostly untested. Also, India might go with few reserve-bench players to provide important rest for few regular cricketers prior to the tournament final.

India is the only team in this tournament who hasn’t suffered a defeat. Skipper Rohit Sharma surely wants to maintain this record and reach the tournament final as the favourite.

Full squads

India: Rohit Sharma (capt), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Ambati Rayudu, Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, MS Dhoni (wk), Deepak Chahar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Siddarth Kaul, Dinesh Karthik, Khaleel Ahmed, Ravindra Jadeja.

Afghanistan: Asghar Afghan (capt), Mohammad Shahzad (wk), Ihsanullah Janat, Javed Ahmadi, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Rashid Khan, Najibullah Zadran, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Aftab Alam, Samiullah Shenwari, Munir Ahmad, Sayed Shirzad, Yamin Ahmadzai.

Key Stats Preview:

• In the ODI history, India has met against Afghanistan only once in the Asia Cup 2014 at Dhaka where India beat them by eight wickets.
• Indian pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar (96 ODI wickets) is four wickets away to complete his 100 ODI wickets.
• Indian left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja needs to take two more wickets to become the leading wicket-taker as an Indian spinner in the Asia Cup history (only ODI formats). While the former cricketer Sachin Tendulkar is leading the table with 17 wickets, Jadeja has already taken 16 wickets in this competition history. However, Sachin is at the second position among the overall Indian bowlers as the left-arm pacer Irfan Pathan has taken 22 wickets in this tournament history.