West Indies captain Jason Holder won the toss and chose to bat first against Afghanistan in their World Cup match in Leeds on Thursday.
Both Afghanistan and West Indies are out of the semifinal race, however, Afghanistan will look to register their maiden win in the tournament. Written off as minnows, Afghanistan have given India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka a run for their money in the World Cup. Afghanistan are place at the bottom of the table with zero points.
In the match against West Indies, the team has made two changes, leaving out Hamid Hassan and Hashmatullah Shahidi to give a game to Dawlat Zadran and Sayed Shirzad.
West Indies, too, have made two changes to their playing XI, bringing in Evin Lewis and Evin Lewis and Kemar Roach in place of Sunil Ambris and Shannon Gabriel.
The Windies, after beginning their campaign with a thumping victory over Pakistan, have faced seven straight defeats in the tournament. They came close to victory in their game against Sri Lanka but lost by 23 runs.
Teams:
West Indies: Jason Holder (captain), Chris Gayle, Evin Lewis, Shai Hope, Shimron Hetmyer, Nicholas Pooran, Carlos Brathwaite, Fabian Allen, Sheldon Cottrell, Oshane Thomas and Kemar Roach.
Afghanistan: Gulbadin Naib (captain), Rahmat Shah, Asghar Afghan, Mohammad Nabi, Samiullah Shinwari, Najibullah Zadran, Ikram Ali Khil, Rashid Khan, Dawlat Zadran, Sayed Shirzad and Mujeeb Ur Rahman.
(With inputs from PTI)
