Rovman Powell-led West Indies head into the match on the back of a 13-run Super 8 spot sealing win over New Zealand, while Rashid Khan's Afghanistan are fresh from a 7-wicket win over Papua New Guinea. Afghanistan and West Indies are set to fight for the top spot in Group C although their positions in the Super 8 group has already been decided via the pre-tournament seedings by ICC. Both Afghanistan and West Indies have beaten New Zealand, Uganda and Papua New Guniea so far. The two teams will now collide in a key match which could see one team taking the momentum into the Super 8, where they will be different groups. This is Afghanistan's seventh appearance in the show-piece tournament and the Asian side have reached the Super 8 stage for the first time, while it's two-time champions West Indies ninth appearance since the T20 World Cup's inception in 2007. The two sides will look to carry the winning run when they clash for the 8th time in T20 format and for the first time in the Gros Islet venue. Here is a look at the head to head numbers of WI vs AFG: West Indies vs Afghanistan Head to Head Record In the 7 WI vs AFG head to head meetings in T20Is, West Indies hold the edge with the 4 wins against Afghanistan, who have won three times in such encounters with their two wins coming in the most recent meeting in 2019. In T20 World Cups, the two teams have crossed paths only once in 2016 when Afghanistan stunned the eventual champions by defending a total of 123. Here is a look at the West Indies vs Afghanistan head to head stats: West Indies vs Afghanistan Head To Head Stats in IPL

STAT	For WI vs AFG	For AFG vs WI
Wins Batting 1st	2	3
Wins Chasing	2	0
Highest Total	164	156
Lowest Total	106	93
Highest Successful Chase	147	NA
Lowest Total Defended	112	123
Most Runs	Evin Lewis (176 runs)	Najibullah Zadran (134 runs)
Highest scorer	Marlon Samuels (89*)	Rahmanullah Gurbaz (79)
Most Sixes	Evin Lewis (11 sixes)	Rahmanullah Gurbaz (5 sixes)
Most Fours	Evin Lewis & Marlon Samuels (12 fours each)	Najibullah Zadran (10 fours)
Most wickets	Kesrick Williams (16 wickets)	Karim Janat (8 wickets)
Best Bowling	Sunil Narine & Kesrick Williams (3/11)	Karim Janat (5/11)

WI vs AFG record in Tarouba West Indies and Afghanistan will face off for the very first time at the Daren Sammy Stadium in Gros Islet, St Lucia, a venue which has hosted 19 T20I matches. Both Afghanistan and West Indies have experience of playing T20 matches at the venue. Afghanistan has lost their solitary outing against India at the venue, where West Indies has won 5 of their 9 matches in St Lucia. Here is a look at the T20I stats from the venue: Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium T20I Record and Stats

• Matches: 19
• Won Batting 1st: 9
• Won Batting 2nd: 10
• Highest Total: 199/8 by West Indies vs Australia in 2021
• Lowest Total: 105 All Out by West Indies vs Australia in 2010
• Average 1st Innings Score: 161
• Highest Successful Chase: 197/7 in 19.5 overs by Australia vs Pakistan in 2010
• Lowest Total Defended: 145/6 by West Indies vs Australia in 2021
• Highest Individual Score: Suresh Raina (India) - 101 off 60 balls vs South Africa in 2010
• Best Bowling Figures: Devendra Bishoo (West Indies) - 4 for 17 in 4 overs vs Pakistan in 2011
• Total Sixes: 263 sixes
• Total Fours: 452 fours
• Total Hundreds: 1 hundred
• Total Fifties: 32 fifties