We have opted for a fantasy cricket team based on the recent performances, overall impact, and credit points.
Probable XIs
Abu Dhabi: Paul Stirling, Joe Clarke (wk), Brandon King, Dhananjaya de Silva, Charith Asalanka, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine (c), Akeal Hosein, Zawar Farid, Lahiru Kumara, Sabir Ali Rao
Dubai: Hazratullah Zazai, Robin Uthappa (wk), Chirag Suri, Rovman Powell (c), Yusuf Pathan, Dasun Shanaka, Sikandar Raza/Fabian Allen, Fred Klaassen, Adam Zampa, Jake Ball, Akif Raja
Pitch Report
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
(Based on the last 3 games)
1st innings average score: 187
2nd innings average score: 196
Wickets per innings: 5
Type: A batting beauty
Wins
Batting 1st: 33%
Batting 2nd: 66%
Fantasy Tips of the Day
Paul Stirling is the only batter to cross 500 runs in Abu Dhabi in the format. His 602 runs have come at an impressive average of 33 and a strike rate of 132.
Rovman Powell is the only player from both teams to have appeared in the Ultimate Team in all the games of the season. He has managed a fifty (which came at the very venue), four thirties, and five wickets.
In the previous game between these teams, Powell (48 off 29 and 2 for 15) and Stirling (54 off 38) were the captain and vice-captain of the Ultimate Team respectively.
At the venue this season, Sunil Narine has registered the top score of 28* off 18 and the best figures of 2for 21. In the same duration, Andre Russell has smashed 86 runs and scalped two wickets.
Adam Zampa has provided bonus points for a three-wicket haul in consecutive T20s: 3 for 25 and 3 for 16. In the UAE, he has taken 17 wickets including the best figures of 5 for 19.
As many as 54 sixes have been hit at the venue in the last 3 games – of which 10 were smashed by Powell in a single game. Meanwhile, pacers accounted for 79% of the wickets.
