Match Details:
The 25th match of the Emirates D20 Tournament 2020 will be played between the ECB Blues and Abu Dhabi at the ICC Academy Cricket Ground in Dubai.
The match is scheduled to start at 01:00 PM Local Time (02:30 PM IST). The match will be streamed live on FanCode.
Preview:
Sitting comfortably at the second position in the points table at the moment, with 12 points in their bag, thanks to their 6 wins in 8 matches and a net run rate of 1.061, the ECB Blues will be playing against Abu Dhabi, who are pegged at the bottom of the points table.
They have lost 6 out of their 8 games, with the remaining two ending in no result. The ECB Blues have only 2 points in their bag, and a net run rate of -2.389, the only hope for them is a series of wins going from now on. But getting a start to that series of wins in this game would be really difficult given the form that their opponents are in.
ECB vs ABD Weather Report for Match 25:
The things in terms of the weather conditions look to be good as the skies will be sunny and there will be no cloud cover whatsoever, hence the zero chance of rainfall. The temperature will be around the 25 degree Celsius mark.
Pitch Report:
The pitch at this venue for this game is expected to be a surface where the batters will enjoy playing and the spinners will be the ones enjoying the most amount of help from the surface while bowling.
Average first innings score:
143 (Last 5 matches played at the tournament played here)
Record of chasing teams:
Won – 2, Lost – 3, Tied-0
Injury and Availability News:
(Will be added when there is an update)
ECB vs ABD Probable Playing XIs:
Abu Dhabi:
Ben Willgoss (W/K), Sahil Sunil Hariani, Surjith Manohardas, Soorya Sathish, Midhun Sudhakar Pattlikkadan (C), Pasindu Wanniarachchi, Irfan Khan, Matiullah Khan, Jishnu Vattekkatt Balan, Navalesh Naidoo, Mudassir Hussain
Bench:
Kai Smith, Osama Hassan, Aaryan Madani, Mazhar Bashir, Paresh Katkar, Karthik Nagendran, Mohammed Faraazuddin
ECB Blues:
Basil Hameed (C), Vriitya Aravind (W/K), Ali Shan Sharafu, Ansh Tandon, Aryan Lakra, Waheed Ahmad, Junaid Siddique, Zawar Farid, Karthik Meiyappan, Adhitya Shetty, Zahoor Khan
Bench:
Ateeq Ur Rehman, Fahad Nawaz, CP Rizwan, Sanchit Sharma, Mohammed Faraazuddin
ECB vs ABD Top picks for today’s Dream11 match:
Aryan Lakra is the highest wicket-taker of the tournament at the moment with 17 wickets to his name in 8 matches at an economy rate of 6.27 runs per over. And, to add to that, he has also scored 91 runs.
Ali Shan Sharafu has scored a lot of runs for his team and is the third-highest run-scorer overall with the bat in hand and is the highest run-getter for them, having scored a total of 265 runs in 8 matches while maintaining an average of 44.16.
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Viritiya Aravind follows his teammate Ali Shan Sharafu in the run-getters list, making his place at the 4th position in the run scorer’s list of this tournament. At an average of 31.75 and a strike rate of 117.59, he has scored 254 runs in the 8 games that he has played in.
Navalesh Naidoo is one of the top performers for his team with the ball hand for his team as he has taken 8 wickets in total in 4 games and has maintained an economy rate of 7.13 runs per over.
Captain and Vice-Captain Selection:
Captain Options – Aryan Lakra, Ali Shan Sharafu
Vice-Captain Options – Viritiya Aravind, Navalesh Naidoo
Suggested Playing XI No. 1 for ECB vs ABD Dream11 Fantasy Cricket:
Keeper – Viritya Aravind (VC)
Batters – Surjith Manohardas, Ansh Tandon, Ali Shan Sharafu (C), Basil Hameed
All-Rounders – Midhun Sudhakar Pattlikadan, Waheed Ahmad, Aryan Lakra
Bowlers – Matiullah Khan, Navalesh Naidoo, Karthik Meiyappan
Suggested Playing XI No. 2 for ECB vs ABD Dream11 Fantasy Cricket:
Keeper – Viritya Aravind
Batters – Soorya Sathish, Ansh Tandon, Ali Shan Sharafu (C), Basil Hameed
All-Rounders – Midhun Sudhakar Pattlikadan, Waheed Ahmad, Aryan Lakra
Bowlers – Mudassir Hussain, Navalesh Naidoo (VC), Karthik Meiyappan
Expert Advice:
The team combination for this game would be an interesting one where you can pick as many as 4 batters along with 3 all-rounders and 3 bowlers in your team. In order to fill up the 4th spot in the batter’s section, you can pick either Soorya Sathish or Surjith Manohardas and the 3rd spot in your team’s bowler’s section can be filled by anyone between Mudassir Hussain and Matiullah Khan.
Probable Winners:
ECB Blues is expected to win this match.
