Probable XI –
South Africa –
Temba Bavuma (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Dwaine Pretorius, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Tabraiz Shamsi
West Indies –
Lendl Simmons, Evin Lewis, Chris Gayle, Shimron Hetmyer, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Kieron Pollard (c), Andre Russell, Dwayne Bravo, Akeal Hosein, Obed McCoy, Ravi Rampaul
Small League Combination 1 –
1. Quinton de Kock(C)
2. Lendl Simmons/Evin Lewis
3. Rassie Van Dussen
4. Aiden Markram
5. Dwayne Bravo
6. Kieron Pollard
7. Andre Russell
8. Dwaine Pretorius
9. Kagiso Rabada
10. Anrich Nortje(VC)
11. Obed McCoy
– Going a bit heavy on South Africa as they’re the favourites to win this encounter.
– Quinton de Kock looks safest captain choice considering his averages of 36 & 50 in more than 5 venue and H2H innings respectively.
– Anrich Nortje might be a decent VC considering his current good form and numbers at venue and H2H innings.
– Can take anyone from Lendl Simmons or Evin Lewis especially while batting first.
– Going with all three all-rounders as in Pollard, Russell or Bravo as they’re expected to perform with both bat and ball.
– Dwaine Pretorius might give decent fantasy points with the help of bat and ball.
– Taking punt on Obed McCoy who has bagged 9 wickets in just four H2H innings.
Small League Combination 2 –
1. Quinton de Kock
2. Evin Lewis/Chris Gayle
3. Aiden Markram(VC)
4. Rassie Van Dussen
5. Dwayne Bravo
6. Andre Russell(C)
7. Kieron Pollard
8. Kagiso Rabada
9. Tabraiz Shamsi
10. Akeal Hosein
11. Anrich Nortje
– Andre Russell might be a good captain choice especially while bowling first as he’s expected to bat at 4-5 down and bowl atleast 2-3 overs too.
– Taking punt on Aiden Markram as VC considering his current good form and numbers at venue and H2H matches.
– Can take Chris Gayle at the place of Evin Lewis who has averaged above 35 in 11 H2H innings.
– Going with frontline spinners of both the teams as they might be crucial at this surface.
– Must try Kieron Pollard and Rassie Van Dussen as C/VC in 10-20 members league.
Grand League Combination –
1. Quinton de Kock
2. Chris Gayle
3. Evin Lewis
4. Rassie Van Dussen
5. Lendl Simmons
6. Dwayne Bravo(VC)
7. Andre Russell
8. Dwaine Pretorius
9. Akeal Hosein
10. Tabraiz Shamsi
11. Obed McCoy(C)
– Going heavy on Windies in GL as they might go with all the guns blazing to win this encounter.
– Obed McCoy and Dwayne Bravo looks open C/VC choices in GL especially while bowling first.
– Expecting top three batters of Windies to do majority of the work with bat.
– Andre Russell can also be tried as C/VC in a couple of grand league combinations while bowling first.
– Must try Dwaine Pretorius, Temba Bavuma and Tabriz Shamsi as C/VC in South Africa favoured GL combinations.