Squads –
PD –
Mohammad Amir, Vriitya Aravind, Mohammad Boota, Nasir Hossain, Karan KC, Asif Khan, Kennar Lewis, Darwish Rasooli, Devon Thomas, Hardus Viljoen, Tom Kohlder-Cadmore, Munis Ansari, Sam Wisniewski
DG –
Imtiaz Ahmed, Prashant Gupta, Wanindu Hasaranga, Colin Ingram, Azam Khan, Zahoor Khan, Lahiru Kumara, Sunil Narine, Kieron Pollard, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Ravi Rampaul, Mohammad Shahzad, Hamdan Tahir, Imran Tahir, Hafeez ur Rehman, Zeeshan Zameer, Aaron Summers
Team News –
PD –
– Pune Devils is a new team added this season, they will be lead by Mohammad Amir.
– Chadwick Walton and Devon Thomas will open the innings for Pune. Both are hard hitting Wicket keeper batters of West Indies but are hit or miss type.
– Tom Kohler-Cadmore will bat at 1 down. He has been a big name in the T20 blast with a SR over 140.
– Kennar Lewis and Veteran Nasir Hossain will bat in middle. Nasir Hossain is quite experienced but haven’t played much t20 Cricket recently.
– Nasir Hossain and Sam Wisniewski will likely handle the spin section.
Wisniewski is a Chinnaman bowler from Yorkshire.
– KC Karan, Mohammad Amir, Hardus Viljoen and Munis Ansari will be the likely pace attack of Pune.
DG –
– The Deccan Gladiators are favorates starting this game as they have a lot of firepower in batting but bowling looks a bit weak as compared to Pune.
– Mohammad Shahzad and Sunil Narine will open the Innings. Both attacks from word go. Shahzad was the highest scorer last season from the Gladiators team. Sunil Narine is not someone to introduce to, he will contribute through both bat and bowl.
– Cameron Delport will bat at 1 down followed by young Azam Khan. Delport is a batsman with lot of experience of franchise Cricket and bats will SR above 140. Azam khan will keep the Wickets.
– Colin Ingram will bat next at 3 down followed by Kieran Pollard. Pollard’s hitting ability is known by everyone so he can promote himself even at 1 down.
– Sunil Narine and Imran Tahir will lead the spin attack.
– Aaron Summers, Zahoor Khan and Imran Tahir assisted by Kieran Pollard will handle the pace bowling department.
Probable XI –
PD –
Chadwick Walton, Devon Thomas, Tom Kohler- Cadmore, Kennar Lewis, Nasir Hossain, Asif Khan/Darwish Rasooli, Karan KC, Mohammad Amir (c), Munis Ansari, Sam Wisniewski, Hardus Viljoen
DG –
Mohammad Shahzad, Sunil Narine, Cameron Delport, Azam Khan(wk), Colin Ingram, Kieron Pollard (c), Imtiaz Ahmed, Aaron Summers/H ur Rehman, Zahoor Khan, Imran Tahir, Ravi Rampaul
Pitch Report –
Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
With this being the 2nd 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 –
Azam Khan ( 1/2 down + wk, young batsman from Pakistan, attacks from word go, SR of 160+ in t20s , Must)
Mohammad Shahzad ( RHB, Open + wk, 169 runs last Abu Dhabi T10 with a SR of 213)
Devon Thomas ( Open/1 down, last played t20 in 2019 in CPL, decent option with 1178 t20 runs)
BAT –
K Lewis( 1 down/middle order, can strike the balk big, not useful if bats below #3)
Chadwick Walton(Open + wk, experienced with 3000+ t20 runs, poor recent form, just 57 runs in 4 games in SPL 2020)
Cameron Delport( 1 down, plays a lot of franchise Cricket, 5779 t20 runs + 68 Wickets with his part time medium pace, Must )
Colin Ingram( 1 down/3 down, very experienced and attacking batsman, batted low in BBL 2020)
Tom Kohler-Cadmore( 1 down, 435 runs in T20 blast 2019, played just 4 games last season with high score of 85)
D Rasooli ( Open/ middle order, 51, 9, 73, 52, 21 in his last 5 Shpageeza innings, must have if opens)
ALL –
Sunil Narine ( Opener, LHB + off spin, 2500+ runs + 390 Wickets in t20 cricket, Must have)
Kieran Pollard ( Middle order + slow medium pace, SR of 150+ in t20s, 103 runs + 2 Wickets against NZ team recently, Must have)
Nasir Hossain ( Middle order + off spin, very experienced, 1765 runs + 57 t20 Wickets, SR slightly low around 110 )
KC Karan( Nepali Pacer, hit the deck bowler, goes for runs but wicket taker, 42 Wickets in 31 t20 games)
BOWL –
Imran Tahir( Leggie, South African veteran, 382 t20 Wickets with 15 in CPL2020)
Aaron Summers( Right Arm fast, Australian pacer, not much records available)
Zahoor Khan( Medium pacer, UAE bowler, 7 Wickets in Regional T20 2020)
Ravi Rampaul( Right Arm fast, very experienced, pace has dropped a bit, 185 t20 Wickets)
Mohammad Amir( Left arm medium fast, no into needed, 216 t20 Wickets with 11 in SPL2020)
Hardus Viljoen ( Medium pacer, t20 specialist, bowls with good variations, 140 t20 Wickets on his name, Must)
Munis Ansari( Medium pacer from Oman, 18 t20 Wickets, a good GL pick )
Hafeez ur Rehman( Left arm pacer, 8 Wickets in Siyam Ramadan Cup 2019, can try in GL if plays)
S Wisniewski( Chinnaman, Yorkshire bowler, 1w in 2 games in T20 blast)
C/VC –
PD –
Chadwick Walton
Tom Kohler-Cadmore
Mohammad Amir
DG –
Mohammad Shahzad
Sunil Narine
Kieran Pollard