NK vs PK-A Dream11 Team Prediction: As the national team is fighting against New Zealand at Mount Maunganui, the Pakistan-A team is set to square off against Northern Knights. Both teams have star players from the white-ball format. Hence, this should be an exciting contest. Let’s look at the NK vs PK-A prediction.
Fixture: Northern Knights vs Pakistan-A; Northern Knights vs Pakistan-A 1st T20
When: 27 December, 08:30 AM IST
Venue: Seddon Park, Hamilton
NK vs PK-A Playing 11
NK Team News:
Playing combination: T Seifert and J Raval will bat in the top order. A Devcich and D Brownlie will bolster the batting while M Fisher and B Randell will spearhead the bowling attack.
NZ Playing 11:
Tim Seifert, Katene Clarke, Dean Brownlie, Jeet Raval, Anton Devcich, Scott Kuggeleijn, Brett Hampton, Brett Randell, Joe Carter, Anurag Verma, Matt Fisher
PK-A Team News:
Injuries, unavailability:
Playing combination: H Talat and R Nazir will open the innings. K Shah, H Ali and I Ahmed will bat in the middle order. W Riaz and U Qadir will form the bowling artilery.
PK-A Playing 11:
Rohail Nazir, Hussain Talat, Haider Ali, Khushdil Shah, Zeeshan Malik, Iftikhar Ahmed, Amad Butt, Haris Rauf, Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Hasnain, Usman Qadir
In NK vs PK-A Dream 11 prediction, New Zealand will bank of T Seifert as he is in great form while A Devcich is crucial too. For Pakistan, form of H Talat, K Shah and H Ali is important while they rely on W Riaz in the bowling department.
NK vs PK-A Dream11 Prediction:
Wicket-keepers: T Seifert
Batsmen: J Carter, J Raval, H Ali, K Shah
All-rounder: S Kuggelijin, A Devcich, I Ahmed
Bowlers: B Randell, H Rauf. W Riaz
Captain and vice-captain:
T Seifert is in sensational form. He made scores of 35, 84* and 57 in 3 T20Is against Pakistan. He averages 27.83 in 30 T20Is and has strike rate of 139.45.
J Raval was in good form in the Ford Trophy. He has made one century in his last 3 innings. He has played 33 T20s and has scored 676 runs with 3 fifties.
H Ali is a very promising talent. He has played 7 T20Is and has made 2 fifties and has scored 176 runs at a strike-rate of 144.26.
A Devcich is a very experienced T20 player. He has featured in 149 T20s and has made 3101 runs and has claimed 74 wickets.
Northern Knights have the advantage of playing at home. Plus their batting is deep and has more strength. So in the NK vs PK-A Dream11 today match prediction, expect NK to win the game.