The 16th match of the ongoing ODI World Cup will have the game between New Zealand and Afghanistan on Wednesday at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. Afghanistan’s recent 69-run win against England must have encouraged them to come out with more such performances to keep themselves lifted. Afghanistan have played three games in total, of those three, one has gone into their favour while two remained in negative results for them. It was incredibly brightening for Afghanistan to open their victory account in the World Cup against the defending champions. Afghanistan have suffered their defeats in the matches against Bangladesh and India respectively. Collective efforts from the team have brought successive result for Afghanistan. Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Rashid Khan, Hashmatullah Shahidi and Mohammad Nabi have all been good. 

New Zealand, currently, are being the tough nut to crack with their powerful performances coming in each match. New Zealand have been successful in their last three outings with their positive results. They have won their three matches having already been played by them in the tournament. High-voltage performances from New Zealand have kept them brimmed with confidence. Players like, Devon Conway, Daryl Mitchell, Mitchell Santner, Trent Boult and Rachin Ravindra have done positively well. New Zealand played their last match against Bangladesh where they recorded an 8-wicket win. New Zealand will again be without their regular skipper Williamson who is out due to thumb injury. This match is set to witness a lot of top-quality action with both teams entering the match on the back of victories from their last matches. 

NZ Probable XI: Devon Conway, Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham (c, wk), Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Mitchell Santner, Matt Henry, Lockie Ferguson, Trent Boult

AFG Probable XI: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Ikram Alikhil, Mohammad Nabi, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi