Probable XI –
England –
Jason Roy, Jos Buttler, Dawid Malan, Jonny Bairstow, Eoin Morgan (c), Liam Livingstone/Lewis Gregory, Moeen Ali, David Willey, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid, Saqib Mahmood
Pakistan –
Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Babar Azam (c), Sohaib Maqsood, Mohammad Hafeez, Shadab Khan, Imad Wasim, Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf
Small League Combination 1 –
1. Jos Buttler(VC)
2. Jonny Bairstow
3. Mohammad Hafeez
4. Jason Roy
5. Babar Azam(C)
6. Dawid Malan
7. Imad Wasim
8. Shadab Khan
9. Adil Rashid
10. David Willey
11. Saqib Mahmood
– Going heavy on English team as they’re looking strong enough to win this match.
– Babar Azam and Buttler looks safest C/VC choices considering their opening batting order and recent good forms.
– Top four from England are must picks as they’re expected to score maximum amount of runs for their team.
– Expecting at least decent fantasy points from Shadab and Imad with both bat and ball.
– Willey and Mahmood are must picks considering their recent lethal form with the bowl.
– Adil Rashid might be a decent punt especially while bowling second.
Small League Combination 2 –
1. Jonny Bairstow
2. Mohammad Hafeez(C)
3. Mohammad Rizwan
4. Eoin Morgan
5. Babar Azam
6. Dawid Malan(VC)
7. Imad Wasim
8. Shadab Khan
9. Hasan Ali
10. Saqib Mahmood
11. Adil Rashid
– Expecting Pakistan to put up at least a decent show with both bat and ball.
– Hafeez might be a good punt captain choice considering his excellent numbers with bat at venue and H2H matches.
– Malan looks another safe VC choice considering his recent good form with the bat.
– Dropped Buttler as he might not get going considering his continuous failures against the opponent.
– Eoin Morgan will be a crucial pick if 1-2 top order batters depart early.
– Rizwan has been good with the bat in T20s from the last one year which makes him a good pick.
– Expecting some good fantasy points from Hasan Ali as he did well with both bat and ball during the ODI series.
Grand League Combination –
1. Mohammad Rizwan
2. Mohammad Hafeez
3. Eoin Morgan
4. Babar Azam
5. Lewis Gregory(VC)
6. Moeen Ali
7. Imad Wasim
8. Shadab Khan
9. David Willey
10. Hasan Ali(C)
11. Shaheen Afridi
– Going heavy on Pakistan as they might go with all the guns blazing to win this encounter.
– Morgan looks a good GL pick if top order of English team depart early.
– Expecting some good fantasy points from both Gregory and Moeen with the help of bat and ball.
– David Willey can score some quick runs at down the order and expected to bowl in death overs too.
– Can take Faheem Ashraf at the place of Imad Wasim only if Pakistan bowls first.
