We have opted for a fantasy cricket team based on recent performances, overall impact, and credit points.
Probable XIs
Islamabad: Colin Munro, Alex Hales, Rassie van der Dussen, Faheem Ashraf, Azam Khan (wk), Asif Ali, Shadab Khan (c), Tom Curran, Hasan Ali, Mubasir Khan, Rumman Raees
Mohammad Hasnain was rested for the last game and is likely to return.
Quetta: Yasir Khan, Will Smeed, Martin Guptill, Mohammad Hafeez, Iftikhar Ahmed, Sarfaraz Ahmed (c & wk), Odean Smith, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Hasnain, Naseem Shah, Naveen-ul-Haq
Pitch Report
Venue: Pindi Club Ground, Rawalpindi
(Based on the last two T20s)
1st innings average score: 199
2nd innings average score: 192
Wickets per innings: 5
Type: Good for batting
Wins
Batting 1st: 50%
Batting 2nd: 50%
Fantasy Tips of The Day
Colin Munro springs into life against Quetta. He has scored 264 runs at 52.8, generating the 30-run bonus in five of seven matches.
Azam Khan has two fifties and a duck in three matches against Quetta. He was the captain (97 runs) of the Best11 when the sides clashed earlier in this edition.
Sarfaraz Ahmed is Quetta’s top run-getter against Islamabad, aggregating 347 runs at 31.
The recent numbers of Hasan Ali, who registered three wickets and a maiden in the previous game versus Quetta, has put up top performances recently. He has not gone wicketless in the last seven T20s, scalping 13 wickets at a strike rate of 12.9.
Mohammad Nawaz has good all-round numbers against Islamabad. He has scored 215 runs at 35.8 and scalped 12 wickets, including a four-wicket haul.
Iftikhar Ahmed has generated the 30-run bonus in three of the last five matches.
Mohammad Hasnain, Odean Smith, and Shadab Khan have featured in the Best11 in four of the last five matches. However, Shadab has a below-par record against Quetta: batting average of 14 and bowling strike rate of 20.
Martin Guptill (one century and only 49 runs in the other five matches) has been blowing hot and cold.
Number five batter has scored fifty in three of the last four innings at the venue.
In the two matches at the venue this season, the pacers have scalped a whopping 86% of the wickets.