We have opted for a fantasy cricket team based on the recent performances, overall impact, and credit points.
Probable Playing XIs for Pretoria & Paarl
Pretoria: Philip Salt (wk), Kusal Mendis, Theunis de Bruyn (c), Rilee Rossouw, Colin Ingram, James Neesham, Senuran Muthusamy, Migael Pretorius, Eathan Bosch, Adil Rashid, Anrich Nortje
Paarl: Jason Roy, Paul Stirling, Jos Buttler (wk), Mitchell Van Buuren, David Miller (c), Eoin Morgan, Evan Jones, Andile Phehlukwayo, Bjorn Fortuin, Codi Yusuf, Lungi Ngidi
Venue: The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Pitch Report for Pretoria vs Paarl, South Africa T20 League
(Based on the last three games)
1st innings average score: 176
2nd innings average score: 146
Wickets per innings: 5
Type: Good for batting
Wins
Batting 1st: 67%
Batting 2nd: 33%
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Fantasy Tips of The Day
It has been a hat-trick of appearances in the Ultimate Team for James Neesham. Besides picking 3 wickets and taking 3 catches, he has added scores of 21* and 22* against Paarl this season.
Bjorn Fortuin is the only spinner in the league to bag three three-fors. At Johannesburg, he has taken 13 wickets including the best figures of 4 for 27.
Only once in nine outings has Anrich Nortje gone wicketless in the tournament, owing to which his selection percentage for the last 5 games hasn’t dropped below 80.
For eight straight games, Adil Rashid has helped fantasy players by regularly striking with the ball. He has hunted down three Pretoria batters in this edition.
When these teams locked horns yesterday, Kusal Mendis (80 off 41) and Jos Buttler (70 off 45) were the captain and vice-captain of the Ultimate Team respectively.
It has been a horrid tournament for Rilee Rossouw: 127 runs at 14.
In the last three games at The Wanderers, four out of five three-wicket hauls belonged to the seamers.