Squads –
NW –
Fabian Allen, Rayad Emrit, Brandon King, Nicholas Pooran, Rovman Powell, Nuwan Pradeep, Wahab Riaz, Wayne Parnell, Junaid Siddique, Lendl Simmons, Ansh Tandon, Maheesh Theekshana, Amir Yamin
DB –
Sheraz Ahmad, Dwayne Bravo, Amad Butt, Dushmantha Chameera, Kashif Daud, Fidel Edwards, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ali Khan, Evin Lewis, Adam Lyth, Mohammad Nabi, Sherfane Rutherford, Waqar Salamkheil, Dasun Shanaka, Nyeem Young
Team News –
NW –
– Northern Warriors lost their opening encounter even after scoring 127 runs. They have one of the best Batting lineup and also a experienced bowling side so are favorates to win this game.
– Windies openers Lendl Simmons and Brandon King will open here. Both are powerful hitters and can change to course of game quickly. Simmons scored 54 while King 29 in the last game.
– Nicolas Pooran will bat 1 down. Pooran has been a batting force who if gets 10 balls can score easy 30+ runs. He will also keep the Wickets.
– Rovman Powell will bat in middle. His country man Fabian Allen will follow him next. Allen is a proper power hitter and will also be useful with his left arm spin. Allen took 2 Wickets while Powell smashed 22 of 7 balls in last game.
– Rayad Emrit, Wahab Riaz, Wayne Parnell and Junaid Siddique will be the pace attack of the warriors.
DB –
– The Delhi Bulls won both their games and are right on the top with Evin Lewis being the teams leading scorer with 87 runs.
– Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Evin Lewis will open for Delhi. Both are power hitters especially Gurbaz who recently scored his maiden ODI century against Ireland. Gurbaz smashed 15 ball 41 runs in 1st game while Lewis 16 ball 55 in last game.
– Ravi Bopara will bat at 1 down. Bopara has been absolutely brilliant in the both games he played scoring 38 and 28 runs.
– Mohammad Nabi and Sherfane Rutherford will bat in middle. Both are big hitters especially Nabi who can be promoted up the order. Nabi didn’t bowled in both the games.
– Dwayne Bravo will play role of a floater. Bravo haven’t seen batting for a while now but will be crusial with the ball.
– Kashif Daud, Amad Butt, Fidel Edwards, Ali Khan and Dwayne Bravo will be handling the pace attack.
Probable XI –
NW –
Lendl Simmons, Brandon King, Nicholas Pooran, Rovman Powell, Fabien Allen, Waheed Ahmad, Rayad Emrit, Wahab Riaz, Wayne Parnell, Junaid Siddique, M Theekshana
DB –
Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Evin Lewis, Ravi Bopara, Adam Lyth, Mohammad Nabi, Sherfane Rutherford, Dwayne Bravo(c), Amad Butt, Kashif Daud, Fidel Edwards, Ali Khan
Pitch Report –
Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
With this being the first match of the league to be played here, it will be a batting paradise and team winning toss will look to make the most of by batting first.
Team Blueprint –
WK –
Nicolas Pooran( 1 down + wk, SR of 145+ in t20s, 65(26b) recently in BBL, 19(9b) last game, Must, C/VC )
R Gurbaz( Open + wk, very attacking batsman, 127 against Ire last week, 48(15b) last 2nd game, Must have)
BAT –
Lendl Simmons( Open, experienced with 6995 t20 runs, SR of 130 in t20s, 54 last game, Must have )
Evin Lewis(Open, LHB, big hitter of ball with 300 t20 sixes with a SR of 143, 32*(16b), 55*(18b) last game, Must have)
Ravi Bopara( 1 down/Middle order + medium pace, very experienced , 38*, 28* last 2 game, Must this game)
Adam Lyth( 1 down, hard hitter of ball, 2900+ t20 runs at a SR of 145, 50(29b) in PSL2020 recently, didn’t batted last game)
S Rutherford ( Middle order + part time pace, 625 t20 runs with a SR of 133)
Brandon King( Open, windies Opener, young batter with 1032 t20 runs with a sr of 135, 29(13b) last game)
Rovman Powell( Middle order + part time medium pace, can be useful in GL only , 22* last game, not bowling much recently)
ALL –
Mohammad Nabi( 2 down + off spin, one of the best Allrounder around, didn’t bowled any over last 2 games)
DJ Bravo( Medium pacer, one of the finest death bowlers, poor recent form, 1w in 1st game, Must have)
Fabian Allen ( Slow left arm + hard hitter, 17 t20 Wickets, SR of 160 with bat, 2 Wickets last game)
BOWL –
Wahab Riaz( Left arm fast, very experienced, 311 t20 Wickets, will bowl in death )
W Parnell( Left arm fast + can also bat, 206 Wickets + 1420 runs in t20s, Must )
R Emrit( Right Arm medium fast, one of the best death bowlers with 160 t20 Wickets, 11 Wickets in CPL2020, 1w last game, Must)
Waqas Maqsood(Medium fast, pakistani pacer, 47 t20 Wickets, 6 in PSL 2020 in 3 games, Must if plays )
Ali Khan( Medium fast, 8 Wickets this CPL, will bowl in death, 1w last game)
Fidel Edwards( Right Arm fast, veteran Windies bowler, 105 t20 Wickets, 2w in 2 games )
Kashif Daud ( Medium fast, 9 Wickets in t20s, 13 Wickets in Dubai T20, was very expensive last game)
C/VC –
NW –
Lendl Simmons
Nicolas Pooran
Fabian Allen
DB –
Evin Lewis
R Gurbaz
Ravi Bopara