ILT-20 Match 2: MI Emirates vs Sharjah Warriors | Fantasy Tips and Teams
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Moeen Ali and Kieron Pollard (Source: Twitter)
The second match of the ILT-20 2023 will see MI Emirates face off against the Sharjah Warriors. The match will be taking place at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on January 14, 2023. It is scheduled to start from 7:30 PM IST.
This will be the first match in the tournament for both the teams and they will look to start their campaign on a winning note. Before the match starts lets us look at some important facts, predicted XIs, important player picks and the best predicted teams for the fantasy contests of the match.
Ground Stats: Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
The pitch at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium will be tough to score runs on. The slower bowlers and medium-pacers with a good slow ball in the repertoire will reap the benefits of the wicket.
In the T20I matches that have been played so far in the tournament runs have come at the rate of just 7.14 runs per over. This is way below the contemporary standard of cricket. So a low scoring thriller can be expected.
T20I Records at the ground
Total Matches: 72
Matches won batting first: 34
Matches won batting second: 38
Average Score batting first: 137
Average Score batting second: 125
Average runs scored per over: 7.14
Average runs scored per wicket: 22
EMI vs SJH, Match 2: Probable Playing XIs
Mumbai Emirates Team News
No Major Updates
Mumbai Emirates Probable Playing XI
Andre Fletcher ✈️ (wk), Will Smeed ✈️, Najibullah Zadran ✈️, Nicholas Pooran ✈️, Kieron Pollard (c) ✈️, Basil Hameed, Dwayne Bravo✈️, Muhammad Waseem, Trent Boult ✈️, Fazalhaq Farooqi✈️, Imran Tahir✈️
Sharjah Warriors Team News
No major updates
Sharjah Warriors Probable Playing XI
Rahmanullah Gurbaz ✈️, Evin Lewis ✈️, Dawid Malan ✈️, Joe Denly ✈️, Chris Benjamin ✈️ (wk), Moeen Ali ✈️ (c), Alishan Sharafu, Karthik Meiyappan, Mohammad Nabi✈️, Naveen ul Haq✈️, Chris Woakes✈️
Key Facts to be kept in mind
- Dawid Malan has scored 161 runs in the last five T20 matches at a strike rate of 118.38.
- Dwayne Bravo has picked up seven wickets in the last five T20 matches while conceding runs at an economy of 8.94.
- Moeen Ali has scored only 57 runs in the last five T20 matches.
- Kieron Pollard has 102 runs in the last five T20 matches at a strike rate of 100.
- Evin Lewis has scored 42 runs off 49 deliveries in the last five T20s
Expert's Tips
The pitch at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium will favour the slower bowlers. Spinners and medium pacers will be very beneficial picks for the match.
Team 1: For Head-to-Head contests (Cricket Exchange Fantasy App)
Wicketkeepers: Nicholas Pooran, Rahmanullah Gurbaz
Batters: Kieron Pollard, Najubullah Zadran, Dawid Malan
All-rounders: Moeen Ali, Mohammad Nabi
Bowlers: Dwayne Bravo, Trent Boult, Bilal Khan, Naveen Ul Haq
Captain: Moeen Ali
Vice-captain: Dwayne Bravo
Team 2: For Winner takes all contests (Cricket Exchange Fantasy App)
Wicketkeepers: Nicholas Pooran, Rahmanullah Gurbaz
Batters: B Hameed, Najubullah Zadran, Dawid Malan
All-rounders: Moeen Ali, Mohammad Nabi
Bowlers: Dwayne Bravo, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Imran Tahir, Karthik Meiyappan
Captain: Imran Tahir
Vice-captain: Karthik Meiyappan
X-Factor Pick
Karthik Meiyappan
Meiyappan showed in the T20 World Cup 2022 what he can do. Yet a lot of the fantasy players might not pick him. But on a slowish track, Meiyappan might turn out to be the differential pick in the fantasy contests.
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