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PKT vs NOR Dream11 Team Prediction: Preview | The Finale

By Pranob Thachanthara

Hello and Welcome to our preview for Pakhtoons vs Northern Warriors T10 match. We are covering PKT vs NOR Dream11 Team Prediction, Preview and Probable Playing XI for the match. The match is to be played at Sharjah.

It’s time for the Finale of T10 league 2018 which had been a treat for cricket lovers for its power-packed action. Two best teams of the competition Northern Warriors and Pakhtoons will battle for the Trophy.

Both teams played against each other yesterday in the first qualifier which was won by Team Pakhtoons by 13 runs. Pakhtoons gave a target of 136 thanks to a brilliant cameo by Skipper Afridi who scored 59 runs in just 17 balls. Hardus Viljoen continued his form taking three wickets for the Warriors. With Bat, Rovman Powell was the only positive who scored an unbeaten knock of 80 runs in just 35 balls but could not lead his team to victory. Mohammad Irfan took two wickets in a successful defense.

Northern Warriors came strong in the Eliminator Final. Bowling first, They restricted Maratha Arabians at just 72 runs. Hardus Viljoen took three wickets while Wahab Riaz and Andre Russell took two wickets each. Openers Pooran and Simmons chased the target easily in 5 overs with the former scoring 43* runs and latter scoring 31* runs.

Both teams will hope to win the Finale and become the champions of T10 League 2018.

When and Where:

PKT vs NOR, 29th Match, Final, T10 League 2018.
Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah.
2nd December, 09:30 PM IST

Squads:

NOR:
Darren Sammy (c), Andre Russell, Harry Gurney, Chris Green, Wahab Riaz, Amitoze Singh, Hardus Viljoen, Lendl Simmons, Nicholas Pooran, Khary Pierre, Dwayne Smith, Kennar Lewis, Ravi Bopara, Imran Haider, Rahul Bhatia, Rovman Powell.

PKT:
Shahid Afridi, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Chadwick Walton, Shapoor Zadran, Gulbadin Naib, Cameron Delport, Mohammad Irfan, Liam Dawson, Colin Ingram, David Willey, Andre Fletcher, Sohail Khan, Colin Ingram, Shafiqullah Shafaq, Shair Wali, M Kaleem.

Team News:

Note: Every team has to play minimum one UAE player.

Pakhtoons:

Andre Fletcher and Cameron Delport will open the innings. Shafiqullah Shafiq and Colin Ingram will follow them. Liam Dawson and Shahid Afridi will play the role of an allrounder.

Liam Dawson will be the key spinner along with Shahid Afridi and S Ashraf or G Naib, while Sohail Khan, RP Singh and Mohammad Irfan will lead the pace attack.

Northern Warriors:

N Pooran and L Simmons will open for the side. A Russell and R Bopara will play the role of allrounders.

Chris Green will lead the spin attack along with Imran Haider, while Hardus Viljoen, Wahab Riaz and Andre Russell will be the key pacers along with R Bopara.

There are some chance that they can dropped Khary Pierre and take D Smith.

Probable Playing XI:

NOR:
Lendl Simmons, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Andre Russell, Rovman Powell, Ravi Bopara, Darren Sammy (c), C Green, Khary Pierre/D Smith, Hardus Viljoen, Wahab Riaz, Imran Haider.

PKT:
Cameron Delport, Andre Fletcher, Shafiqullah Shafiq (wk), Colin Ingram, Liam Dawson, Shahid Afridi (c), S Ashraf/G Naib, M Kaleem, Mohammad Irfan, Sohail Khan, RP Singh.