PUN vs UP Dream11 Team Prediction: The much-awaited Syed Mushtaq Ali Tournament starts on 10 January. This is also the first domestic tournament conducted by BCCI in India after the pandemic and hence plenty of eyes will be on the organization of this tournament. Talking about cricket, there will be 9 matches on day 1 and an important match will be played between two strong teams Punjab and Uttar Pradesh. Both teams are loaded with international as well as young players. So let’s look at the PUN vs UP prediction.
Fixture: Punjab vs Uttar Pradesh; Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20
When: 10 January, 12:00 PM IST
Venue: KSCA Ground (2), Alur
Live Stream Online: Watch Punjab vs Uttar Pradesh; live cricket streaming on Disney+ Hotstar
PUN vs UP Playing 11
PUN Team News:
Playing combination: Prabhsimran Singh will be the wicket-keeper. M Singh and G Singh Mann will be the key batsman while Anmolpreet Singh will be the all-rounder. Sandeep Sharma and M Markande will be the key bowlers.
PUN Playing 11:
Mandeep Singh (c), Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Abhishek Sharma, Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Anmolpreet Singh, Sandeep Sharma, Siddarth Kaul, Arshdeep Singh, Mayank Markhande, Harpreet Brar, Karan Kaila
UP Team News:
Playing combination: D Jurel will handle the wicket-keeping duties while the youngster P Gar will be the key batter along with Suresh Raina. Shivam Mavi willl be the important all-rounder and Bhuvneshwar Kumar will lead the bowling attack.
UP Playing 11:
Priyam Garg (c), Suresh Raina, Samarth Singh, Dhruv Jurel(wk), Bhuveshwar Kumar, Shivam Mavi, Ankit Rajpoot, Rinku Singh, Mohsin Khan, Shubham Chaubey, Shanu Saini
In PUN vs UP Dream 11 prediction, Punjab will rely on Mandeep Singh to get the runs while Sandeep Sharma will be expected to get the wickets. UP’s batting will revolve around Suresh Raina and in bowling they will expect B Kumar to get the wickets.
PUN vs UP Dream11 Prediction:
Wicket-keepers: P Singh
Batsmen: M Singh, A Singh, P Garg, S Raina
All-rounder: A Sharma, S Mavi
Bowlers: S Kaul, M Markande, S Sharma, B Kumar
S Raina is a legend in T20 format. He has experience of 319 T20s and has made 8392 runs at an average of 32.65 with 4 hundreds and 51 fifties.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar is an impact player as he can contribute in both departments. He has claimed 185 wickets in 176 T20s and averages 25.12 with the ball.
P Garg impressed everyone with his batting in the recent IPL. He is a promising batsman and has made 360 runs in 20 T20s at an average of 21.17 and has a strike-rate of 127.65.
M Markande is an aggressive spinner and a genuine wicket-taker. He has 33 wickets in 31 T20s and has a strike-rate of 19.0.
It will be a close contest as both teams are very strong. But UP has a better experience. So in the PUN vs UP Dream11 today match prediction, expect UP to win the game.