ENG vs PAK Dream11 Prediction: The second T-20 game sees England and Pakistan compete against each other.
The first game was rained out after just 16 overs being bowled with England scoring 131 runs in the 16 overs which were played.
The key takeaways from the game however was the innings played by Tom Banton who made a big impressions scoring 71 runs of 42 balls. He showed that he is a big hitter at the top of the order and would not let England miss Jason Roy in the series
Pakistan will too take some positives from the game after they were able to peg things back post an opening blitzkrieg by England. Some quick wickets and a good spell by Shadab Khan meant they were in the game.
Fixture: England vs Pakistan T-20 series
When: 30 August,6:45 PM IST
Form Guide:
England – DWWWL
Pakistan – DDWWL
Venue: Old Trafford, Manchester
England Squad
Saqib Mahmood, Joe Denly, Lewis Gregory, Tom Banton, Dawid Malan, Sam Billings, Moeen Ali, Tom Curran, Eoin Morgan (captain), Jonny Bairstow (wk), David Willey, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid
ENG Team News
Injuries, unavailability: There are a few key players missing but as they showed in the previous game they do have able replacements.
Playing combination:
A thins squad meant that they would go in for the similar game after the previous game washed out. They have however faced a few difficulties against spin and they would now be looking at rectifying them
Top Order – Jonny Bairstow, Tom Banton, Dawid Malan
Middle Order- Eoin Morgan, Sam Billings, Lewis Gregory
Lower Middle Order- Moeen Ali, Chris Jordan
Bowlers- Tom Curran, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid
Pakistan CC Squad :
Haider Ali, Shoaib Malik, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Rizwan, Khushdil Shah, Naseem Shah, Mohammad Hasnain, Haris Rauf, Wahab Riaz, Shaheen Afridi Babar Azam (captain), Sarfaraz Ahmed (wk), Shadab Khan, Fakhar Zaman,
PAK Team News
Injuries, unavailability: They go in with a full squad to choose from and with no reason to make any changes to a side that played a washed out game
Playing combination:
They showed how they can be potent in the middle overs with the use of spin and that is what adds the depth in their side, the all rounders.
Top Order – Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam, Mohammad Hafeez
Middle Order- Iftikhar Ahmed, Shoaib Malik, Shadab Khan
Lower Middle Order- Mohammad Rizwan, Imad Wasim,
Bowlers- Haris Rauf, Mohammad Amir, Shaheen Afridi
ENG Playing 11 (probable)
Tom Banton, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Dawid Malan, Eoin Morgan, Sam Billings, Moeen Ali, Tom Curran, Lewis Gregory, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid, Saqib Mahmood
PAK Playing 11 (probable)
The Dream 11 fantasy cricket match for the game today is as below.
Wicket-Keeper: Bairstow
Batsman: Azam, Hafeez, Morgan, Banton
All-Rounders: Shadab Khan, Ali. Willey
Bowlers: Afridi, Curran, Rashid
Captain, Vice-captain
Babar Azam –He is among the best players in the world and the rankings prove it and therefore the team and their batting rests on his shoulders but his shoulders are more than able to handle it against the England batting.
Eoin Morgan – The captain is a fantastic player and can absolutely decimate a bowling attack on his given day and that is obvious from an average of 31 that he has in the shortest format of the game.
Grand League
Tom Banton – Although he is a young player, he showed how good he is in the previous game when he scored 71 of 42 balls and it would be wise to back an in form player on these flat wickets.
Shadab Khan – In the first game he showed how much of an asset he is to his team picking up 2 wickets. He is also handy with the bat.
For today match prediction, England are a team that has been doing well in the short format and will be expected to win this game too although Pakistan are no pushovers and will definitely compete and come up with a solid performance.