PD vs DG Dream11 Team Prediction: In the second game of the Abu Dhabi T10, Pune Devils will take on Deccan Gladiators on January 28 at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium Abu Dhabi. This is a very important match in group B as both teams will be keen to start their campaign on a winning note. So let’s look at the PD vs DG prediction.
Fixture: Pune Devils vs Deccan Gladiators; Abu Dhabi T10
When: 28 January, 07:45 PM IST
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Stadium Abu Dhabi
Live Stream Online: Watch Pune Devils vs Deccan Gladiators; live cricket streaming on Fancode and SonyLiv
PD vs DG Playing 11
PD Team News:
Playing combination: V Aravind will don the wicket-keeping gloves for the team. D Malan is the most important batsman in this team and N Hossain will be the crucial all-rounder. Expect M Amir to lead the bowling attack.
PD Playing 11:
Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Vriitya Aravind (wk), Chadwick Walton,D Malan, Darwish Rasooli, Thisara Perera, Nasir Hossain, Hardus Viljoen, Karan KC, Ajantha Mendis, Mohammad Amir.
DG Team News:
Playing combination: M Shahzad will be the wicket-keeper while C Ingram and C Delport will be the key batters. S Narine and K Pollard are crucial all-rounders and R Rampaul will spearhead the bowling department.
DG Playing 11:
Sunil Narine, Mohammad Shahzad (wk), Cameron Delport, Colin Ingram, Kieron Pollard (c), Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Azam Khan, Ravi Rampaul, Zahoor Khan, Aaron Summers/Lahiru Kumara, Imran Tahir
In PD vs DG Dream 11 prediction, PD will rely on D Malan to get the runs while in bowling they will bank on M Amir. DG will be reliant on all-rounders K Pollard and S Narine to deliver in both departments while I Tahir could be their X factor in the bowling department.
PD vs DG Dream11 Prediction:
Wicket-keepers: A Aravind, M Shahzad
Batsmen: C Walton, D Malan, C Ingram, C Delport
All-rounder: S Narine, K Pollard
Bowlers: M Amir, H Viljoen, I Tahir
S Narine is a match-winner in white-ball cricket with his bowling. He has 390 T20 wickets in 346 games at a strike-rate of 20.5 and an impressive economy rate of 6.06. He is an effective batsman too and has a strike-rate of 146.80 in 205 T20 innings with 9 fifties.
K Pollard is a bonafide T20 legend. He has 10578 runs in 471 T20 innings and averages 31.67 and has a strike-rate of 152.55 with 1 hundred and 52 fifties. He also has 293 wickets.
M Amir could play a big role with the ball in this tournament. He had taken a five-wicket haul in the recently concluded Sri Lanka Premier League. He has 216 wickets in 182 T20 games.
V Aravind was very successful in the recent domestic T20 in Abu Dhabi. He has 2 fifties in his last 3 T20 innings and could be very effective in this tournament.
The DG has a solid core of all-rounders and that makes them the favorites in this match. So in the PD vs DG Dream11 today match prediction, expect DG to win the game.