The cricket fans are ready to witness yet another big battle of ODI cricket. The 1st ODI match of Afghanistan vs Ireland, 2021 is scheduled to be held on Thursday, 21st January 2021 at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi. We are providing 100 safe, perfect, and accurate today match prediction for all matches of Afghanistan and Ireland.

Afghanistan is going to play the ODI series after a long time. It was back in November 2019 when West Indies played an ODI series against West Indies where they were beaten in all three ODI matches played in that series. Asghar Afghan will be leading the Afghan side during this series against Ireland. The players like Usman Ghani, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Sayed Shirzad, Najibullah Zadran, Javed Ahmadi, Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, and Mujeeb Ur Rahman are part of the squad of the Afghanistan team.

The recent series of Ireland against the United Arab Emirates was tied. That was the series of four ODIs but was reduced to two matches due to Covid 19. Andrew Balbirnie will be leading the Ireland team during this series against Afghanistan. The players like Barry McCarthy, James McCollum, Kevin O Brien, Neil Rock, Simi Singh, Paul Stirling, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker, and Craig Young are part of the squad of this team.

Afghanistan had played a total of 126 ODI matches so far. They won 59 matches while other teams won 63 matches while their 1 match was tied and 3 matches were ended with no result.

Ireland had played 161 ODI International matches right now with 69 wins to their name. They had lost 81 matches while 8 matches were ended with no result and 3 matches were tied.

Afghanistan had played 27 ODI matches against Ireland where they won 13 while Ireland had won 13 matches and one match between these two teams was ended with no result.

According to our match prediction, Afghanistan is the favorite team to win this match. The reasons why Afghanistan is a favorite team in this match, are mentioned below:

• Afghanistan is a well-experienced side as compared to Ireland
• Rashid Khan had performed well in BBL T20 recently and he is in excellent form
• The bowling unit of Afghanistan is much stronger than Ireland
• Ireland also had a strong bowling unit and batting order which is in excellent form

Afghanistan has a strong batting order and bowling unit as compared to Ireland, so the winning chances of Afghanistan for today match have been increased. The equation of winning chances of both teams for today match is mentioned as under.

Afghanistan has 55% chances to win this match
Ireland has 45% chances to win this match

The toss can play an important role in the decision of this match. According to our toss prediction, the team who will win the toss may elect to bat first.

The 1st ODI match between Afghanistan and Ireland is going to be played at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi. The pitch at this stadium is excellent for batting. The boundaries at this venue are short and will bring the spinners into play. The pitch will continue to be good for batting throughout the match. As per the live cricket score, a total of 280 can be difficult for the batting second to chase.

The weather forecast in Abu Dhabi on match day is not very good. There are some chances of rain but and that is possible that we may have an interrupted match.

Dream11 Prediction for Afghanistan v Ireland. After checking the latest player's availability, the dream11 Team for this match of Afghanistan and Ireland is mentioned under.

Date: Thursday, 21st January 2021
Time: 05:30 AM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL / 11:00 AM IST

Stadium: Sheikh Zayed Stadium
Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Opened: 2004
Capacity: 20,000
Ends: North End, Pavilion End
Time Zone: UTC +04:00
Home to: United Arab Emirates
Floodlights: Yes

Total matches: 48
Matches won batting first: 31
Matches won bowling first: 17
Average 1st Inns scores: 247
Average 2nd Inns scores: 206
Highest total recorded: 313/9 (50 Ov) by PAK vs SL
Lowest total recorded: 63/10 (18.3 Ov) by AFG vs SCO
Highest score chased: 295/6 (49.5 Ov) by PAK vs WI
Lowest score defended: 180/3 (20 Ov) by UAE vs PNG

Asghar Afghan (c), Rahmat Shah, Naveen-ul-Haq, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Yamin Ahmadzai, Usman Ghani, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Sayed Shirzad, Najibullah Zadran, Javed Ahmadi, Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Sharafuddin Ashraf.