Probable XI –
Titans –
Dean Elgar, Theunis de Bruyn, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, Chris Morris, Grant Thomson, Dayyaan Galiem, Simon Harmer, Junior Dala, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi
Knights –
Andries Gous, Jacques Snyman, Raynard Van Tonder, Matthew Kleinveldt, Pite Van Biljon, Faraan Behardien, Ferisco Adams, Gerald Coetze, Mbulelo Budaza, Shaun Von Berg, Migael Pretorius
Small League Combination 1 –
1. Heinrich Klaasen
2. Andries Gous
3. Raynard Van Tonder
4. Dean Elgar
5. Aiden Markram
6. Jacques Snyman(VC)
7. Chris Morris(C)
8. Matthew Kleinveldt
9. Shaun Von Berg
10. Tabraiz Shamsi
11. Junior Dala
– Chris Morris looks safest captain pick considering his middle order batting and at least two overs with the bowl in death.
– Jacques Snyman might be a good punt VC as he’s expected to open the innings and bowl a couple of overs too.
– Andries Gous might play a quick knock of 30-40 runs in PPs especially while batting first considering his strike rate of 140 while opening the innings.
– Dropped Farhaan to take Kleinveldt as he’s expected to bat at two down & bowl a couple of overs too while Farhaan will bat at middle order and might not bowl also.
– Shaun Von Berg will be another must have pick considering his strike rate of 16 with the bowl in more than 30 T20 innings.
– Ngidi & Shami will be the default picks considering their recent performances with the bowl.
Small League Combination 2 –
1. Heinrich Klaasen
2. Pite Van Biljon
3. R Van Tonder
4. Dean Elgar(C)
5. Aiden Markram
6. Jacques Snyman
7. Ferisco Adams
8. Chris Morris(VC)
9. Shaun Von Berg
10. Lungi Ngidi
11. Tabraiz Shamsi
– Dean Elgar might be a good captain pick as he can play a good knock while opening the innings for Titans.
– Pite Van Biljon was in supreme touch during the recently concluded international series against PAK which makes him a good pick in SL.
– Ferisco Adams might be a good punt as he can score some quick runs down the order & has taken wickets at a strike rate of just 22 in T20s.
Grand League Combination –
1. Andries Gous
2. Matthew Kleinveldt
3. Aiden Markram
4. Theunis de Bruyn
5. Jacques Snyman
6. Ferisco Adams(VC)
7. Grant Thomson(C)
8. Chris Morris
9. Junior Dala
10. Lungi Ngidi
11. Mbulelo Budaza
– Both Thomson & Adams might be good C VC picks in GL if top order of respective teams fails early as they’re expected to bat at 4-5 down & bowl full overs too.
– Theunis de Bruyn might be a good GL pick especially while batting first.
– Going with pace heavy team considering the surface which will favour them the most.