AUK vs OTG Dream11 Team Prediction: Auckland finally registered their first win of the tournament by defeating Otago in the last game and now they have another chance to repeat their heroics. On the other hand, Otago will look at this as a chance to take revenge of their defeat in the last game. So let’s look at the AUK vs OTG Prediction.
Fixture: Auckland vs Otago; New Zealand ODD 2020
When: 8 December, 03:30 AM IST
Venue: Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland
Points table:
AUK: 3rd place
OTG: 4th place
Live Stream Online: Auckland vs Otago; New Zealand ODD live cricket streaming on NewZealand Cricket YouTube channel
AUK Team News:
Playing combination: M Guptill and SM Solia will open the innings. WT O’Donnell, GK Beghin and BJ Horne will form the middle order. B Lister, RM ter Braak, and L Delport will be the key 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:
Playing combination: N kelly and M Renwick will open the innings with N Broom at number 3. A Kitchen, J Finnie and M Rippon will follow the openers. T Muller and M Rae will spearhead the bowling attack.
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:
M Rae was unstoppable in the last game as he claimed 7 wickets in 10 overs and conceded just 35 runs. He made great use of the conditions and will be a big threat in this game too.
M Guptill is a big player in limited-overs cricket and a must-have batter in the team. In his first game of the tournament, he made 36 runs from 48 balls. Guptill has experience of featuring in 244 list-A games and has made 9365 runs at an average of 43.15 and has made 27 hundreds.
R O’Donnell played a well-poised knock of 52 runs from just 53 balls in the last game. He is a reliable List-A batter and has scored 16 fifties and 2 hundreds in 90 innings. He has made 2576 List-A runs and averages 30.30.
W O’Donnell anchored the innings for Auckland in the last match and played an effective knock of 61 runs from just 76 balls. He scored 4 fours and 2 sixes. He is a good for vice-captain in this game.
The availability of M Guptill at the top order has given Auckland the edge. So in the AUK vs OTG Dream11 today match prediction, expect AUK to win the game.