IND vs AFG, Pitch Report Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua Records and Stats: The Super 8 matches have started in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup (T20 World Cup 2024). England, Australia, South Africa and India started this phase with a win. Team India defeated Afghanistan by 47 runs in their first Super 8 match and now Team India's second match will be held against Bangladesh at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium on Saturday, June 22. So far 6 matches of the tournament have been played on this ground, in which the teams have won 4 times while chasing the target while only England and South Africa have defended the target.

Who will have the upper hand on the pitch of Antigua Stadium?

The Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in North Sound, Antigua has always been dominated by batsmen. The pitch here has been beneficial for the batsmen. However, there is also help for fast bowlers in the beginning of the innings. A high scoring match can be seen on this ground.

So far 35 T20 matches have been organized on this ground in which the team batting first has won 16 times while the target has been chased only 17 times. The average score of the pitch of this ground is 123 in the first innings and it decreases to 105 in the second innings. In the Super 8, South Africa scored 194 runs against USA on this ground which is the highest score on this ground. The lowest score on this ground is 47 made by the Oman team.

Record of India and Bangladesh team in Antigua Stadium

Bangladesh team has played only 1 match on this ground, which was recently played against Australia. In this rain-interrupted match, Bangladesh team lost by 28 runs under Duckworth Lewis rule. Indian team will play T20 international match on this ground for the first time. Before this, Team India has played 2 Test and 4 ODI matches here and has won 2 Test and 2 ODI respectively.