England skipper Eoin Morgan has won the toss and sent Afghanistan to bowl in their 2019 ICC World Cup match at Manchester on Tuesday (Jun 18).
Afghanistan will still win games at this World Cup, according to Morgan, and that belief has made the England captain hyper-aware of avoiding a slip-up at Old Trafford.
Afghanistan have four defeats from four matches so far but have shown plenty of glimpses of the talent they possess especially in a narrow loss to Sri Lanka.
Conversely, the host already have three victories to their name and also beat the Afghans by nine wickets in a warm-up match ahead of the World Cup 2019.
Yet Morgan is adamant his side won’t take anything for granted despite being favourites and believes Gulbadin Naib’s troops have plenty of weapons that could cause problems.
SQUADS
Afghanistan: Noor Ali Zadran, Gulbadin Naib (c), Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Asghar Afghan, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Ikram Alikhil (wk), Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Dawlat Zadran
England: Jonny Bairstow, James Vince, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan (c), Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler (wk), Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, Adil Rashid, Jofra Archer, Mark Wood.