PAK XI – Mohammad Rizwan, Usman Khan/Saim Ayub, B Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Shadab Khan, Azam Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Abrar Ahmed, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Amir/Naseem Shah
USA XI –
M Patel (c & wk), S Taylor, A Gous, A Jones, C Anderson, H Singh, Nitish Kumar, Jasdeep Singh, S Netravalkar, Ali Khan, Shadley Van Schalkwyk
Pitch Report – – USA chased down 190 in Dallas, but Nepal got bowled out at 106 runs. Netherland bowlers were getting good initial swing in first inning, – But most of the blame goes on Nepal batters poor shot selection. 7 batters got caught out that too not to keeper. – In warmup as well, Canada again scored 180+ here. And nepal got bowled out for 120.- Overall it stays a good scoring wicket. Pakistan and USA both got batters to score big here
Default Players –
1) M Rizwan (C/VC – When Bats first)
2) Usman Khan/Saim Ayub (whoever plays)
3) B Azam (C/VC – When bats first)
4) Shadab Khan
5) C Anderson (Only must player from USA)
6) Shaheen Afridi (C – Only if bowls first)
7) H Rauf (VC – Only if bowls first)
8) M Amir/Naseem (Whoever plays)
(We need to pick 3 More players here)
Toss Condition –
Fakhar Zaman (Must. Only when bats first)
VC – Usman Khan/S Ayub (Punt VC when Bats First)
VC – H Rauf (Punt VC when bowls first)
VC – M Amir (Punt VC when bowls first)
(Avoid Bowler C/VC if Pakistan gets to bat first. Rizwan and Babar can give one sided points with Bat)
Punts –
Abrar Ahmed (1%)
– Pakistani leggie, almost a sure starter. Wkt taker. 12W in last 9 Matches. Must have irrespective of toss result
Harmeet Singh (50%)
– Their star performer against Bangladesh and recent Canade series. Bowls full quota and can hit in slog overs. Must for this match.
Other USA Picks –
(If Pakistan gets to bat first, we can only pick one of the below)
(If Pakistan gets to bowl first, we can pick Two if we are not picking Harmeet)
S Taylor – 67%
A Gous – 57%
A Jones – 81%
Ali Khan – 18% (Only if US bowls)
– My first pick here would be definitely S Taylor. Had a good run with bat against Bangladesh and Canada. Bowls Part time as well. He is the safest pick of all 3.
– Gous and Jones both are a hit or miss type. Definitely avoid picking both. Pick only one if you have to.
– Jones : If we ignore his last match 94 runs, he had scored 95 runs in his last 7 matches
– Gous : He had scored 175 off his last 8 matches before the last one. Better pick than Jones here.
– You can drop both and go with H Singh or Ali Khan.
– Ali Khan bowls in death and has taken 7W in his last 4 Matches
(Not focusing more on other USA bowlers, because of Pitch and opponent)