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NZ vs AFG Dream11 Team Today Prediction: Stats, Analysis
Sandy Verma | February 8, 2026 12:24 PM CST

MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Pitch Report:

You can see two types of pitch here. Either it will be slow and low like its historical nature or it will give extra advantage to the batters. Generally pacers don’t get much movement here. Generally this pitch slows down as the match progresses in afternoon games.

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Last 7 (6 IPL Matches+1 T2OI) at this venue:
CSK: 190/10(20), PBKS: 194/6(19.4)(Pace: 9, Spin: 7)
CSK: 154/10(20), SRH: 155/5(18.4)(Pace: 11, Spin: 4)
CSK: 103/9(20), KKR: 107/2(10.1)(Pace: 4, Spin: 7)
DC: 183/6(20), CSK: 158/5(20)(Pace: 5, Spin: 5)
RCB: 196/7(20), CSK: 146/8(20)(Pace: 9, Spin: 6)
MI: 155/9(20), CSK: 158/6(19.1)(Pace: 5, Spin: 9)
ENG: 165/9(20), IND: 166/8(19.2)(Pace: 9, Spin: 3)

India vs New Zealand Head 2 Head:

NZ: 1, AFG: 1

New Zealand Team Preview:

They are a good team of this format but is batting with lot of injuries at this time. They will face a tough challenge from the Afghanistan team on a expected drier surface.

Team News:

Rachin Ravindra can miss this match while M Bracewell is expected to play this match.

Probable11 of New Zealand:

  1. Finn Allen: RHB
  2. T Seifert: RHB(wk)
  3. Rachin Ravindra: LHB+LAO/D Conway: LHB
  4. Glen Phillips: RHB+RAO
  5. Mark Chapman: LHB
  6. D Mitchell: RHB+RAM
  7. M Santner: LHB+LAO
  8. M Bracwell: LHB+RAO
  9. M Henry: RAM
  10. Jacob Duffy: RAM
  11. L Ferguson: RAF

Team Composition:
Main Batters: T Seifert, Glen Phillips, Finn Allen and D Mitchell

Main Spinners: M Santner and M Bracewell(Glen Phillips and Rachin Ravindra will assist them)

Main Pacers: L Ferguson, M Henry and Jacob Duffy

Expected Death Overs: Jacob Duffy/M Henry and L Ferguson

Important Picks in the Small Leagues:

  1. T Seifert
  2. Finn Allen(batting track)
  3. M Santner
  4. Lockie Ferguson
  5. M Bracewell
  6. J Duffy
  7. Glen Phillips

Trump Card Picks(Risky but can be effective on their day)

  1. M Henry

Afghanistan Team Preview:

They are looking well settled on the paper and will start as favourites if pitch will be on the drier side.

Probable11 of Afghanistan:

  1. R Gurbaz: RHB(wk)
  2. Ibrahim Zadran: RHB
  3. S Atal: LHB
  4. Darwish Rasooli: RHB
  5. A Omarzai: RHB+RAM
  6. Mohammad Nabi: RHB+RAO
  7. G Naib: RHB+RAM
  8. Rashid Khan: RAL
  9. Mujeeb: RAO
  10. Noor Ahmad: Chinaman
  11. Fazalhaq Farooqi: LAM

Team Composition:

Main Batters: S Atal, R Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, D Rasooli and A Omarzai

Main Spinners: Rashid Khan, M Nabi, Mujeeb and Noor Ahmad

Main Pacers: A Omarzai and Fazalhaq Farooq

Death overs: A Omarzai and Fazalhaq Farooq

Important Picks in most of the teams: 

  1. Rashid Khan
  2. R Gurbaz
  3. Ibrahim Zadran
  4. A Omarzai
  5. Noor Ahmad
  6. Fazalhaq Farooqi(first bowling)

Trump Card Picks:

Safe Captaincy Choices:

  1. M Santner
  2. A Omarzai
  3. Rashid Khan

Risky Captaincy Choices:

  1. M Bracewell

NZ STATS:

Devon Conway(RHB+RAM):
H2H: 2 I, 44 R, 44.0 A, 104.8 SR,
VENUE:(T20D) 10 I, 415 R, 51.9 A, 130.9 SR (ODI): 2 I, 65 R, 32.5 A, 84.4 SR
T20I: 66 M, 60 I, 1739 R, 35.48 A, 128.81 SR,
T20D: 229 M, 218 I, 7033 R, 39.73 A, 129.11 SR,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 0, 19, 1, 44, 16,

T Seifert(RHB):
H2H:
T20I: 81 M, 76 I, 1953 R, 29.59 A, 143.49 SR,
T20D: 307 I, 283 I, 7086 R, 28.57 A, 135.48 SR,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 24, 12, 62, 5, 66,

Finn Allen(RHB):
H2H: 1 I, 0 R,
VENUE:
T20I: 53 M, 53 I, 1365 R, 26.25 A, 165.45 SR,
T20D: 173 M, 171 I, 4961 R, 30.06 A, 175.23 SR,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 101, 69, 49, 36, 80,

Mark Chapman(LHB+LAO):
H2H: 6 I, 114 R, 19.0 A, 103.6 SR+ 1 I, 3 O, 1 W,
VENUE:(ODI) 1 I, 25 R, 208.3 SR,
T20I: 104 M, 90 I, 1980 R, 26.40 A, 135.06 SR+ 7 I, 14 O, 4 W,
T20D: 213 M, 187 I, 4117 R, 26.05 A, 134.98 SR+ 39 I, 81 O, 22 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 39, 10, 32, 9, 17,

Michael Bracewell(LHB+RAO):
H2H: 1 I, 0 R+ 1 I, 3 O, 0 W,
VENUE:
T20I: 47 M, 31 I, 434 R, 19.72 A, 133.95 SR+ 38 I, 105 O, 35 W,
T20D: 203 M, 171 I, 3455 R, 26.37 A, 135.49 SR+ 105 I, 294 O, 96 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 40+1/0(1), 47&24+3/0&138/1, 16+56/0(8), 34/1(10), 28,

Daryl Mitchell(RHB+RAM):
H2H: 2 I, 22 R, 11.0 A, 129.4 SR+ 1 I, 1 O, 0 W,
VENUE:(T20D) 7 I, 157 R, 31.4 A, 138.9 SR+ 1 I, 2 O, 1 W,
T20I: 95 M, 85 I, 1799 R, 27.25 A, 141.31 SR+ 15 I, 19 O, 9 W,
T20D: 259 M, 233 I, 5589 R, 30.87 A, 136.95 SR+ 102 I, 225 O, 83 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 18+2/0(0.2), 14, 39, 26, 32,

James Neesham(LHB+RAM):
H2H: 1 I, 4 O, 1 W,
VENUE:
T20I: 93 M, 71 I, 1010 R, 20.20 A, 149.62 SR+ 65 I, 148 O, 56 W,
T20D: 332 M, 273 I, 4639 R, 23.07 A, 141.47 SR+ 278 I, 762 O, 275 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 3+16/1(3), 6+26/0(4), 44+32/0(4), 7+24/2(4), 13+26/0(2),

Glenn Phillips(RHB+RAO):
H2H: 1 I, 18 R, 18.0 A, 100.0 SR,
VENUE:(ODI) 2 I, 87 R, 87.0 A, 95.6 SR+ 2 I, 5 O, 1 W,
T20I: 88 M, 79 I, 2105 R, 31.41 A, 141.56 SR+ 17 I, 25 O, 6 W,
T20D: 277 M, 258 I, 7100 R, 32.27 A, 140.95 SR+ 61 I, 109 O, 29 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 19, 48+16/0(1), 24+7/0(1), 7+10/0(1), 40+7/0(1),

Rachin Ravindra(LHB+LAO):
H2H:
VENUE:(T20D) 8 I, 238 R, 34.0 A, 156.6 SR+ 1 I, 1 O, 0 W,
T20I: 43 M, 39 I, 630 R, 19.68 A, 135.48 SR+ 18 I, 46 O, 14 W,
T20D: 124 M, 113 I, 2049 R, 20.08 A, 139.67 SR+ 75 I, 204 O, 67 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 1, 44, 4, 2, 30,

Mitchell Santner(LHB+LAO):
H2H: 1 I, 4 R, 4.0 A, 50.0 SR+ 2 I, 6 O, 0 W,
VENUE:(T20D) 3 I, 34 R, 17.0 A, 100.0 SR+ 4 I, 12.1 O, 3 W,
T20I: 127 M, 85 I, 953 R, 19.44 A, 130.36 SR+ 123 I, 434 O, 135 W,
T20D: 257 M, 188 I, 2690 R, 23.18 A, 132.77 SR+ 249 I, 872 O, 259 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 47+27/0(2), 27+28/0(2), 11+26/3(4), 0+60/1(4), 19+30/0(3),

Jacob Duffy(RAF):
H2H:
VENUE:
T20I: 43 M, 41 I, 140 O, 59 W,
T20D: 163 M, 157 I, 543 O, 186 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 38/1(4), 4+38/0(2), 33/2(3.4), 9+53/1(4), 37/1(3),

L Ferguson(RAF):
H2H: 1 I, 4 O, 1 W,
VENUE:(ODI) 2 I, 17 O, 6 W,
T20I: 44 M, 44 I, 157 O, 66 W,
T20D: 198 M, 195 I, 681 O, 235 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 36/0(4), 45/0(4), 34/3(4), 1+2/1(1.3), 3+41/2(4),

Matt Henry(RAF):
H2H: 1 I, 4 O, 2 W,
VENUE:(T20D) 1 I, 4 O, 1 W (ODI): 2 I, 15 O, 3 W
T20I: 34 M, 32 I, 115 O, 43 W,
T20D: 177 M, 171 I, 591 O, 214 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 8&8+43/3&29/1, 41/1(3), 1+28/1(2), 6+24/1(3), 1+32/5(4),

Ish Sodhi(LES):
H2H: 1 I, 2 O, 1 W,
VENUE:
T20I: 137 M, 131 I, 454 O, 162 W,
T20D: 309 M, 298 I, 1037 O, 332 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 34/1(3), 2+28/1(2), 46/2(4), 33+48/0(3), 27/2(4),

Kyle Jamieson(RHB+RAF):
H2H:
VENUE:(T20D) 3 I, 27 R, 13.5 A, 158.8 SR+ 3 I, 10 O, 5 W,
T20I: 26 M, 12 I, 76 R, 10.85 A, 128.81 SR+ 26 I, 89 O, 24 W,
T20D: 99 M, 55 I, 494 R, 18.29 A, 126.99 SR+ 98 I, 346 O, 111 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 0+58/1(9), 1+54/2(4), 3+17/0(2), 9+59/1(4), 41/0(3),

AFG STATS:

Rahmanullah Gurbaz(RHB+RAM):
H2H: 2 I, 86 R, 43.0 A, 132.3 SR,
VENUE:(T20D): 2 I, 40 R, 20.0 A, 111.1 SR (ODI): 2 I, 76 R, 38.0 A, 102.7 SR
T20I: 83 M, 83 I, 2139 R, 25.77 A, 134.02 SR,
T20D: 258 M, 255 I, 6244 R, 24.97 A, 145.00 SR,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 11, 0, 1, 71, 43,

Mohammad Ishaq(RHB):
H2H:
VENUE:
T20I: 8 M, 8 I, 104 R, 14.85 A, 104.00 SR,
T20D: 50 M, 48 I, 747 R, 20.75 A, 124.08 SR,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 33, 32, 22, 4, 38,

Sediqullah Atal(LHB):
H2H:
VENUE:
T20I: 25 M, 25 I, 532 R, 23.13 A, 116.66 SR,
T20D: 88 M, 87 I, 2625 R, 32.40 A, 133.45 SR,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 2, 53, 7, 6, 12,

Darwish Rasooli(RHB+RAO):
H2H:
VENUE:
T20I: 24 M, 22 I, 443 R, 22.15 A, 124.43 SR,
T20D: 88 M, 82 I, 1932 R, 26.83 A, 132.32 SR,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 84, 68, 4, 84, 27,

Ibrahim Zadran(RHB+RAM):
H2H: 1 I, 44 R, 44.0 A, 107.3 SR,
VENUE:(ODI): 2 I, 101 R, 50.5 A, 78.9 SR,
T20I: 61 M, 61 I, 1695 R, 31.98 A, 112.62 SR,
T20D: 131 M, 126 I, 3463 R, 31.77 A, 119.24 SR,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 87, 22, 28, 36, 51,

Shahidullah Kamal(LHB+LAO):
H2H:
VENUE:
T20I: 7 M, 6 I, 104 R, 26.00 A, 128.39 SR+ 1 I, 2 O, 0 W,
T20D: 76 M, 63 I, 1501 R, 34.11 A, 118.75 SR+ 42 I, 96 O, 23 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 77+19/0(3), 22+18/0(2), 10, 0+13/1(1), 9,

Gulbadin Naib(RHB+RAM):
H2H: 2 I, 15 R, 7.5 A, 75.0 SR+ 1 I, 1.1 O, 0 W,
VENUE:
T20I: 81 M, 68 I, 993 R, 20.68 A, 121.09 SR+ 49 I, 115 O, 35 W,
T20D: 177 M, 154 I, 2562 R, 22.47 A, 132.26 SR+ 127 I, 330 O, 102 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 9/0(1), 15/0(1), 7+8/0(1), 3+20/1(2), 3,

Rashid Khan(RHB+LES):
H2H: 2 I, 9 R, 4.5 A, 75.0 SR+ 2 I, 8 O, 5 W,
VENUE:(T20D) 5 I, 48 R, 9.6 A, 165.5 SR+ 8 I, 32 O, 10 W (OD): 1 I, 8 R, 8.0 A, 61.5 SR+ 1 I, 20 O, 1 W
T20I: 111 M, 69 I, 602 R, 14.68 A, 131.44 SR+ 111 I, 422 O, 187 W,
T20D: 515 M, 307 I, 2853 R, 13.91 A, 147.06 SR+ 510 I, 1953 O, 696 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 24/1(4), 19/2(4), 19/1(4), 0+13/2(4), 1+6/1(2),

Mohammad Nabi(RHB+RAO):
H2H: 2 I, 14 R, 7.0 A, 66.7 SR+ 2 I, 8 O, 2 W,
VENUE:(T20D) 1 I, 14 R, 14.0 A, 127.3 SR+ 1 I, 4 O, 2 W (ODI): 1 I, 7 R, 7.0 A, 77.8 SR+ 2 I, 18 O, 1 W
T20I: 148 M, 137 I, 2430 R, 22.29 A, 136.59 SR+ 135 I, 406 O, 104 W,
T20D: 481 M, 402 I, 6841 R, 21.31 A, 134.34 SR+ 454 I, 1451 O, 406 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 2/0(1), 7+14/0(1), 6+18/0(2), 34+9/2(2), 1+7/1(2),

Azmatullah Omarzai(RHB+RAM):
H2H: 1 I, 22 R, 22.0 A, 169.2 SR,
VENUE:(T20D): 1 I, 11 R, 11.0 A, 110.0 SR+ 2 I, 7 O, 1 W (ODI): 1 I, 27 R, 27.0 A, 84.4 SR+ 2 I, 12 O, 3 W
T20I: 62 M, 51 I, 719 R, 17.11 A, 122.07 SR+ 57 I, 149 O, 45 W,
T20D: 168 M, 133 I, 2029 R, 20.29 A, 134.01 SR+ 157 I, 482 O, 157 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 33+28/1(4), 12/0(3), 26+20/2(3), 3+14/3(3), 35+33/2(4),

Noor Ahmad(LAW):
H2H: 1 I, 1 O, 0 W,
VENUE:(T20D) 7 I, 25 O, 13 W (ODI): 1 I, 10 O, 3 W
T20I: 24 M, 23 I, 74 O, 20 W,
T20D: 194 M, 189 I, 689 O, 229 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 36/0(4), 34/2(3), 32/0(2), 7/0(2), 32/0(3),

Abdullah Ahmadzai(RAM):
H2H:
VENUE:
T20I: 8 M, 8 I, 25 O, 13 W,
T20D: 20 M, 20 I, 63 O, 28 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 11/3(3), 6+26/2(4), 1+30/1(4), 0+21/1(1.3), 0+30/2(4),

Fazalhaq Farooqi(LAF):
H2H: 1 I, 3.2 O, 4 W,
VENUE:(ODI): 1 I, 7 O, 0 W,
T20I: 52 M, 52 I, 183 O, 65 W,
T20D: 151 M, 150 I, 537 O, 190 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 30/2(4), 33/2(4), 28/2(3.5), 11/0(3), 29/1(4),

Mujeeb Ur Rahman(RAO):
H2H: 1 I, 4 O, 1 W,
VENUE:(T20D): 1 I, 4 O, 2 W (ODI); 2 I, 18 O, 1 W
T20I: 61 M, 61 I, 226 O, 82 W,
T20D: 286 M, 286 I, 1079 O, 314 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 29/2(4), 21/4(4), 4+22/0(4), 27/1(3), 19/2(3),

Ziaur Rahman Sharifi(RAM):
H2H: 2 I, 3 O, 1 W,
VENUE:
T20I: 3 M, 3 I, 12 O, 7 W,
T20D: 39 M, 39 I, 142 O, 49 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 0+19/0(2), 36/3(4), 45/2(4), 20/2(2), 38/1(4),

NZ STATS:

D Conway: VS

A Omarzai:

G Naib: 3 R, 3 B, 0 W

M Nabi: 16 R, 11 B, 0 W

Rashid Khan: 10 R, 8 B, 0 W (T20D): 108 R, 81 B, 2 W

F Farooqi: 5 R, 5 B, 1 W

Noor Ahmad(T20D): 38 R, 31 B, 2 W

Mujeeb Rahman: 8 R, 5 B, 0 W (ODI): 14 R, 13 B, 1 W (T20D): 13 R, 11 B, 1 W

Finn Allen: VS

A Omarzai:

G Naib:

M Nabi(T20D): 9 R, 11 B, 1 W

Rashid Khan(T20D): 9 R, 9 B, 1 W

F Farooqi: 0 R, 1 B, 1 W

Noor Ahmad(T20D): 36 R, 19 B, 0 W

Mujeeb Rahman(T20D): 3 R, 4 B, 0 W

R Ravindra: VS

A Omarzai(ODI): 0 R, 2 B, 1 W (T20D): 21 R, 8 B, 0 W

G Naib:

M Nabi(ODI): 10 R, 10 B, 0 W

Rashid Khan(ODI): 4 R, 8 B, 0 W (T20D): 6 R, 4 B, 1 W

F Farooqi:

Noor Ahmad(T20D): 2 R, 3 B, 1 W

Mujeeb Rahman:

G Philipps: VS

A Omarzai(ODI): 10 R, 13 B, 0 W (T20D): 8 R, 5 B, 1 W

G Naib:

M Nabi: 4 R, 5 B, 1 W (ODI): 12 R, 16 B, 0 W (T20D): 32 R, 29 B, 1 W

Rashid Khan: 10 R, 5 B, 0 W (ODI): 16 R, 21 B, 0 W (T20D): 50 R, 38 B, 0 W

F Farooqi: 2 R, 4 B, 0 W (ODI): 16 R, 11 B, 0 W

Noor Ahmad(T20D): 11 R, 9 B, 0 W

Mujeeb Rahman: (ODI): 13 R, 15 B, 0 W

T Seifert: VS

A Omarzai(T20D): 46 R, 26 B, 0 W

G Naib:

M Nabi(T20D): 13 R, 16 B, 1 W

Rashid Khan(T20D): 2 R, 6 B, 0 W

F Farooqi:(T20D): 14 R, 6 B, 0 W

Noor Ahmad:

Mujeeb Rahman(T20D): 17 R, 13 B, 1 W

Daryl Mitchell: VS

A Omarzai:

G Naib:

M Nabi: 4 R, 3 B, 0 W

Rashid Khan: 0 R, 4 B, 1 W (T20D): 25 R, 12 B, 0 W

F Farooqi: 4 R, 4 B, 1 W

Noor Ahmad:

Mujeeb Rahman: 7 R, 6 B, 1 W

M Chapman: VS

A Omarzai:

G Naib: 3 R, 3 B, 1 W

M Nabi: 32 R, 31 B, 2 W (T20D): 1 R, 2 B, 1 W

Rashid Khan: 3 R, 4 B, 1 W (T20D): 8 R, 6 B, 1 W

F Farooqi:

Noor Ahmad:

Mujeeb Rahman:

M Bracewell: VS

A Omarzai:

G Naib:

M Nabi(T20D): 1 R, 2 B, 1 W

Rashid Khan: 0 R, 1 B, 1 W (T20D): 0 R, 1 B, 1 W

F Farooqi:

Noor Ahmad(T20D): 27 R, 25 B, 2 W

Mujeeb Rahman:

J Neesham: VS

A Omarzai(T20D): 1 R, 1 B, 0 W

G Naib:

M Nabi:

Rashid Khan(T20D): 14 R, 12 B, 0 W

F Farooqi:(T20D): 11 R, 9 B, 1 W

Noor Ahmad(T20D): 1 R, 2 B, 0 W

Mujeeb Rahman(T20D): 21 R, 18 B, 0 W

M Santner: VS

A Omarzai:

G Naib:

M Nabi: 4 R, 6 B, 1 W

Rashid Khan: 0 R, 2 B, 0 W (T20D): 1 R, 4 B, 1 W

F Farooqi:

Noor Ahmad:

Mujeeb Rahman:

AFG STATS:

R Gurbaz: VS

M Santner: 11 R, 13 B, 0 W

J Neesham(T20D): 20 R, 11 B, 1 W

M Bracewell: 16 R, 8 B, 0 W (T20D): 15 R, 6 B, 0 W

Kyle Jamieson:

L Ferguson: 13 R, 12 B, 0 W

J Duffy:

Matt Henry: 9 R, 5 B, 0 W (ODI): 9 R, 11 B, 1 W

Ish Sodhi:

Ibrahim Zadran: VS

M Santner: 6 R, 6 B, 0 W

J Neesham:

M Bracewell: 11 R, 10 B, 0 W

Kyle Jamieson:

L Ferguson: 11 R, 9 B, 0 W

J Duffy:

Matt Henry: 13 R,11 B, 1 W

Ish Sodhi:

A Omarzai: VS

M Santner: 7 R, 5 B, 0 W (ODI): 3 R, 7 B, 0 W

J Neesham:

M Bracewell:

Kyle Jamieson:

L Ferguson(ODI): 1 R, 2 B, 0 W

J Duffy:

Matt Henry: 15 R, 8 B, 1 W

Ish Sodhi:

D Rasooli: VS

M Santner:

J Neesham:

M Bracewell:

Kyle Jamieson:

L Ferguson:

J Duffy:

Matt Henry:

Ish Sodhi:

Sediqullah Atal: VS

M Santner:

J Neesham(T20D): 11 R,5 B, 1 W

M Bracewell:

Kyle Jamieson:

L Ferguson:

J Duffy:

Matt Henry:

Ish Sodhi:

M Nabi: VS

M Santner: 1 R, 1 B, 0 W (ODI): 4 R, 4 B, 1 W

J Neesham: 1 R, 1 B, 0 W (ODI): 6 R, 9 B, 1 W

M Bracewell:

Kyle Jamieson:

L Ferguson: 0 R, 1 B, 1 W (T20D):6 R, 5 B, 1 W

J Duffy:

Matt Henry:

Ish Sodhi: 2 R, 3 B, 0 W

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