Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh and India make up Group 1 in the Super 8 and their opening matches will be played on Thursday afternoon and in the early hours of Friday morning (South African time).
Let’s start with a look at the Outright Winner Betting where India are still firm favourites at 2.80 followed by Australia 4.00, England 6.50, the West Indies 7.00 with South Africa dropping to 5th place at 7.50. You can get 26.00 and better the balance
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THURSDAY
AFGHANISTAN v INDIA
Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados is the venue for this match.
Afghanistan finished the group stage in 2nd position on 6 points, 2 points behind the West Indies in Group C. They won 3 and lost 1 of their 4 matches. In their first two matches they bundled Uganda out to win by 125 runs and beat New Zealand by 84 runs.
Their 3rd match was against Papua New Guinea who batted first setting a low scoring target of 95 and Afghanistan hit the winning runs in 15.1 overs winning by 7 wickets. Their final match was a loss against the West Indies who batted first posting 218 for 5 in their 20 overs and then bowled Afghanistan out for 114 in 16.2 overs.
India topped Group A on 7 points, winning 3 and having 1 no result in their 4 matches. The no result came in their final group stage match against Canada where the match was abandoned due to a wet outfield.
Their 1st match was low scoring with Ireland posting 96 all out in 16 overs giving India a comfortable victory by 8 wickets after they hit the winning runs in 12.2 overs. The 2nd match was against Pakistan and India batted first setting a total of 119 in 19 overs and they won by 6 runs after Pakistan scored 113 for 7 in their 20 overs. In another low scoring match against the United States they won by 7 wickets with Arshdeep Singh getting Player of the Match after getting 4 wickets for just 9 runs.
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Afghanistan 63/20
India 2/9
India should be too strong but Afghanistan are well capable of pushing them. My interest though will be in the top Indian bowler market where I like Singh to get amongst the wickets. Bumrah is a worthy favourite but teams treat him with a lot of respect and sometimes just play him out. Singh is a bowler that picks up wickets and that is what we need here.
Suggested Bet: Top Indian Bowler Arshdeep Singh at 43/20
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FRIDAY
AUSTRALIA v BANGLADESH
Australia v Bangladesh will play their Super 8 Match at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in North Sound, Antigua.
The Baggy Greens topped Group B on 8 points with 4 victories from their 4 matches. They played Oman first up and won by 39 runs. The 2nd match was against England where they once again batted first setting a respectable total of 201 for 7 in 20 overs, but England could only reply with 165 for 6 in their 20 overs and Australia won by 36 runs.
Their 3rd match was a low scoring affair against Namibia who batted first and reached 72 all out in 17 overs, Australia won this game by 9 wickets. Adam Zampa took 4 wickets for 12 runs and was Player of the Match.
In their last match against Scotland they chased down the 180 runs set by Scotland winning by 5 wickets. Travis Head scored 68 off 49 balls and player of the match was Marcus Stoinis who got 59 off 29 balls.
Bangladesh finished 2nd on 6 points in Group D, 2 points behind leaders South Africa on 8. They won 3 of their 4 matches with 1 loss coming in their 2nd match where South Africa won by 4 runs.
In their opening game against Sri Lanka they chased down a target of 124 and scored the winning runs in 19 overs with 2 wickets in hand. The 3rd and 4th matches against the Netherlands and Nepal ended with them winning by 25 runs and 21 runs respectively.
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Australia 2/13
Bangladesh 42/10
Australia have been the form team of the tournament but Bangladesh are an awkward opponent and I can see them shortening in the betting in-running.
I am going to look to one of my favourite markets the “Player of the Match” where Marcus Stoinis is my fancy. He contributes with both bat and ball and has made a habit of landing this award both internationally and at IPL level.
Suggested Bet: Player of the Match Marcus Stoinis at 15/2
Note: All prices correct at the time of writing but are subject to change
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