Expert Teams
We have opted for fantasy cricket teams on basis of probable XIs, recent performances, overall impact, and credit points.
Fantasy Tips of The Day
Wicketkeepers
Only Muhammad Waseem (997 runs at 42) has scored more runs for the UAE than Vriitya Aravind in the last two years: 669 at 32.
Tim Seifert (610 runs at 38) has generated a 30- or 50-run bonus in nine of 19 T20s this year, while also generating 100 points through boundaries.
Aryansh Sharma averaged 50 points per match in the last eight limited-over matches.
Batters
Mark Chapman has scored one hundred, three fifties, and two thirties in the last nine innings, at a whopping strike rate of 152.
Since 2022, Muhammad Waseem has smashed 57 sixes and as many fours, generating 171 points for boundaries in just 21 matches.
Asif Khan has already hammered 76 fours and 39 sixes in 26 limited-over matches in 2023.
All rounders
Aayan Khan (73 runs and eight wickets) featured in the Best11 in seven of 10 T20Is he has played.
68% of James Neesham’s runs and wickets have come when New Zealand have batted first.
Meanwhile, Mitchell Santner has picked 19 wickets in the last 12 such matches.
Bowlers
Since 2022, Tim Southee has gone wicketless only once in 17 matches, scalping 29 wickets. Moreover, he has given points for economy in eight of his last 10 matches in Dubai.
Zahoor Khan has picked at least one wicket in each of the last eight matches, overall bagging 12 wickets.
Probable XIs
UAE: Muhammad Waseem (c), Aryansh Sharma (wk), Vriitya Aravind (wk), Asif Khan, Basil Hameed, Ansh Tandon, Ali Naseer, Aayan Khan, Mohammed Faraazuddin, Muhammad Jawadullah, Zahoor Khan
New Zealand: Tim Seifert (wk), Chad Bowes, Dane Cleaver, Mark Chapman, Mitchell Santner, James Neesham, Cole McConchie, Rachin Ravindra, Kyle Jamieson, Tim Southee (c), Benjamin Lister