Who Won the Toss Today, NED vs AFG World Cup 2023 Match 34: Netherlands vs Afghanistan Match Toss Result on November 3

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Who Won the Toss Today, NED vs AFG World Cup 2023 Match 33: Netherlands captain Scott Edwards won the toss and elect to Bat first against Hashmatullah Shahidi led Afghanistan in ICC World Cup 2023 Match 34 at the Ekana Sports City in Lucknow on Friday (November 3).

The match is scheduled for 2 PM IST at the Ekana Sports City in Lucknow on Friday (November 3).

What the captains said at the NED vs AFG toss?

Netherlands captain Scott Edwards said, "We'll bat first. It has worked well for us. The wicket looks decent. Hopefully put on the runs and defend it. We have made one change. That's something we've spoken about, our top-order needs to make more runs. We've got Barresi coming up to the top and Vikramjit is missing out. We are still fighting for the spot in the semi-final. We have to play a lot of good cricket. As a group, that (Champions Trophy) is not something we are focusing on. That comes with potentially playing good cricket."

Afghanistan Captain, Hashmatullah Shahidi said, "We wanted to bat, but that doesn't matter. We need to play 100 overs of good cricket. It'll spin. We are trying to play good cricket. We are going with four spinners. Noor Ahmad is in for Naveen. A lot of support, in this WC, everyone's praying for us. We are happy for that. The focus will be on today's game."

NED vs AFG ICC World Cup 2023: Playing XI

Netherlands (Playing XI): Wesley Barresi, Max ODowd, Colin Ackermann, Sybrand Engelbrecht, Scott Edwards(w/c), Bas de Leede, Saqib Zulfiqar, Logan van Beek, Roelof van der Merwe, Aryan Dutt, Paul van Meekeren

Afghanistan (Playing XI): Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi(c), Azmatullah Omarzai, Ikram Alikhil(w), Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Noor Ahmad

Ekana Sports City Pitch Report

It is rather warm, there'll be some comfort from the wind. Square boundaries - 66 m and 67 m, straight boundary - 76 m. Red and black soil and a little bit of green grass rolled in. They throw the grass cuttings on and then throw a little bit of water. It looks like a good surface, but the advantage could be to bat first. Later on, it might break up because it's not necessarily held together. However, dew can help you bat."

"Pitch No.5 being used for this game. Same as the one used for the AUS-SL game. Red soil wicket," informs Gokul Gopal from the Ekana Stadium.