It is the first encounter of the all new edition of Pakistan Super League and what better way to start with than the two hot teams of the tournament.
Name- Pakistan Super League, 2020
Date:- 20 February, 2020
Time:- 9:30 PM IST
Venue:- National Stadium, Karachi
Head to head:- 5-4 in the favor of Quetta Gladiators
Last 5 matches:- 3-2 in the favor of Quetta again
Last 3 results at the venue:- The team that has batted first won twice while team batting second won once.
Team News:-
There are no injuries to the major players as of now. The rest would depend a lot on the fact how team combination is going to look like for both the teams. Umar Akmal is suspended therefore he wouldn’t be playing until suspension is lifted.
Team Combination:-
1. The openers for Quetta Gladiators are going to be Watson and Roy while Islamabad is going to start with Munro and Ronchi.
2. Middle order looks all the same for both the teams from last year except Umar Akmal.
3. Ben Cutting is the proper all rounder for Gladiators while Ashraf is going to do the same for Islamabad.
3. Fawad Ahmed is the new find for Quetta while Musa is suspected to be the find for Islamabad.
Predicted XI:-
QUE:- Shane Watson, Jason Roy, Ahmed Shehzad, Sarfaraz Ahmed (C & WK), Ben Cutting, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Hasnain, Naseem Shah, Fawad Ahmed, Sohail Khan
ISL:- Luke Ronchi (wk), Colin Munro, Dawid Malan, Colin Ingram, Hussain Talat, Asif Ali, Amad Butt, Faheem Ashraf, Shadab Khan (C), Rumman Raees, Muhammad Musa
Squad announcement:-
Both teams have not released any details regarding their playing XI yet and we will be able to understand only after the first match what team combination is going to look like.
Fantasy team:-
QUE best players:- Shane Watson is an easy pick to be one of the better players of the day. Jason Roy is another huge prospect and the third one would be Sohail Khan.
ISL best players:- Munro, Malan and Shadab Khan are expected to deliver the most goods for Islamabad in the first game of the season.
Players to avoid QUE:- Sarfaraz Ahmed is likely not even to bat and the bowling form of Naseem Shah has not been great as of late.
Players to avoid ISL:- Talat and Butt are the two players who would not make a big impact in this game.
Fantasy tip:-
It is a batting friendly track which means guys like Watson, Munro, Malan who are hard hitters of the bowl will shine.
The bowling line up of Islamabad lacks the star bowlers except Shadab Khan while Quetta Gladiators’s middle order seems very inconsistent.
Quetta Gladiators are more favorable to the conditions which means they will have a better time both with the bat as well as the bowl!
QUE vs ISL Dream11 today match prediction
Wicketkeeper:- Luke Ronchi
Batsmen:- Shane Watson, Jason Roy, Dawid Malan, Colin Ingram
All Rounders:- Ben Cutting, Shadab Khan
Bowlers:- Mohammad Musa, Rumman Raees, Hasnain
Captain Options:- Jason Roy Shadab Khan, Ben Cutting