AUK vs OTG Dream11 Team Prediction: With two wins in two games, Otago have started the New Zealand ODD, Ford Trophy in a stunning manner and now they face the challenge of maintaining their winning streak. They face Auckland on 6th December. Auckland are still searching for their first win as they have lost both their games so far. So let’s look at the AUK vs OTG Prediction.
Fixture: Auckland vs Otago; New Zealand ODD 2020
When: 6 December, 03:30 AM IST
Venue: Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland
Points table:
AUK: 5th place
OTG: 3rd place
AUK Team News: M Guptill and S Solia will be available for this match.
Playing combination: M Guptill should open the innings with GK Beghin or C Munro. WT O’Donnell, RR O’Donnell and B Home will bat in the middle order. BG Lister and L Delport are the strike bowlers.
AUK Playing 11:
Robert O’Donnell (C), C Munro, Danru Ferns, Ryan Harrison, Ben Horne, Ben Lister, Colin Munro, Will O’Donnell, Ollie Pringle, Brad Rodden, Will Somerville
OTG Team News:
Injuries, unavailability: No injury news.
Playing combination: The pair of H Rutherford and N Broom will open the innings with N Kelly and J Finnie batting in the middle order. M Renwick and A Kitchen will be the finishers. M Rippon is the lead bowler with T Muller and A Kitchen supporting him.
OTG Playing 11:
Neil Broom, Hamish Rutherford, Jacob Duffy, Josh Finnie, Nick Kelly, Anaru Kitchen, Jarrod Mckay, Travis Muller, Dale Phillips, Mitch Renwick, Michael Rippon
In AUK vs OTG Dream11 prediction, No batsman has clicked for Auckland so far in this tournament while in bowling R Harrison is the lone shining light. On the other hand, H Rutherford and N Broom’s runs have set the tone for OTG while T Muller has been the stand-out bowler so far.
AUK vs OTG Dream11 Prediction:
Wicket-keepers: M Renwick
Batsmen: M Guptill, C Munro, H Rutherford, N Broom
All-rounder:A Kitchen, M Rippon
Bowlers: B Lister, L Delport, T Muller, M Bacon
Captain and vice-captain:
H Rutherford is in sensational form as he has made two fifties in two games so far. He made 97 runs in the first game and then made another 62 runs in the second match against Central Districts.
N Broom scored just 17 runs in the first game but then bounced back and clobbered 69 runs from just 47 balls in the second match with 8 fours and 3 sixes. He is in fine form and can be expected to pile more runs in this game.
T Muller wreaked havoc in the last match as he claimed 5 wickets in 5 overs and gave away just 34 runs. He has 6 wickets in this tournament and has a strike rate of just 7.0. He can be the X factor in this match.
M Renwick scored a quick-fire knock of 41 runs from just 31 balls in the last game and looked in good touch. He can be predicted to add to his runs tally. He is also the wicket-keeper for his team. So he has good chances to add to his points.
The form of H Rutherford and N Broom gives Otago the advantage in this match. So in the AUK vs OTG Dream11 today match prediction, expect Otago to win the game.