Summary

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  • Both sides playing their opening game

  • Uganda appearing in competition for first time

  • Co-hosts West Indies, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea also in Group C

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  1. Key batters and bowlers to watchpublished at 15:12 3 June

    BBC Sport has partnered with data analysts CricViz to pick out a key batter and bowler for each side.

    A graphic showing Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Rashid Khan as Afghanistan's key batter and bowler at the Men's T20 World CupImage source, BBC Sport/Getty Images

    For Afghanistan the key batter is wicketkeeper Rahmanullah Gurbaz and the key bowler is Rashid Khan.

    Dynamic opening batter Gurbaz has been plying his trade in various franchise leagues across the globe, including the Indian Premier League (IPL), Major League Cricket (MLC) and ILT20.

    In the powerplay he will look to take on seam bowlers down the ground and pounce on any bowlers who overpitch.

    Since the end of the last World Cup, Gurbaz has more than double the number of runs than any other Afghanistan batter (1,504) and achieved this at a strike-rate of 143.

    Rashid's skill are in high demand across T20 franchise leagues globally, with the leg-spinner widely regarded as the best T20 bowler operating today,.His brand of fast and direct mystery spin has been puzzling batters over his nine-year international career.

    Across this World Cup cycle, his wickets have come at an average of just below 20 and at a miserly economy rate under seven.

    No bowler has taken more T20 wickets this decade than him either.

    A graphic showing Simon Ssesazi and Alpesh Ramjani as Afghanistan's key batter and bowler at the Men's T20 World CupImage source, BBC Sport/Getty Images

    For Uganda the key batter is Simon Ssesazi, while Alpesh Ramjani is their key bowler.

    Consistent left-hander Ssesazi is his country’s leading run-scorer in T20 internationals and has been the leading run-scorer across all nations in this World Cup cycle.

    His strike-rate has been above 130 against both pace and spin in this time, and his average of 43 against seamers provides great stability at the top of the order.

    Mumbai-born left-arm spinner Ramjani has taken 70 wickets from his 39 T20Is at an average of just 8.88.

    He is an all-phase bowler and brings consistency throughout, but through the middle overs he has taken 33 wickets and concedes just 4.37 runs per over.