ENG vs PAK Fantasy Prediction: England vs Pakistan 3rd T20I – 20 July (Manchester). Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, Jos Buttler, and Liam Livingstone are the players to look out for in this game.
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Hosts England will take on Pakistan in the 3rd T20I match of the three-match T20I series. This game is the series decider.
Liam Livingstone is looking in destructive form, whereas Buttler also made a brilliant return in the last game. Moeen Ali is finally coming out as an all-rounder, whereas Mahmood & Rashid also bowled well in the last game. English team can make a number of changes in this game.
Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan are the openers, whereas Maqsood, Zaman, and Hafeez will take care of the middle-order. Imad Wasim made a decent return in the last game, whereas Hasnain is also looking in good touch.
Pitch Conditions and Weather Details
The average 1st innings batting score at this venue in the T20I games played here is 165 runs.
Total T20I Games: 7; Bat 1st Won: 2; Bat 2nd Won: 5
We can expect clouds throughout the game.
Probable XI for both sides:-
England – Jason Roy, Jos Buttler, Dawid Malan, Moeen Ali, Liam Livingstone, Eoin Morgan, Lewis Gregory, Tom Curran, Chris Jordan, Saqib Mahmood, Adil Rashid.
Pakistan – Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, Sohaib Maqsood, Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Hafeez, Azam Khan, Shadab Khan, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Hasnain, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf.
Match Details
Three Match ODI Series
Match: England vs Pakistan Third T20I Match
Date and Time: 20 July, Tuesday – 11:00 PM IST
Venue: Old Trafford, Manchester.
Where to Watch: Sony Sports Network
Top 4 Batting Order
England
Jason Roy, Jos Buttler, Dawid Malan, and Moeen Ali.
Pakistan
Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, Sohaib Maqsood, and Fakhar Zaman.
Death Over Specialists
England
- Tom Curran and Chris Jordan
Pakistan
- Shaheen Afridi and Mohammad Hasnain
ENG vs PAK Fantasy Wicket-Keeper
Jos Buttler and Mohammad Rizwan will be our wicket-keepers in this game. Buttler has scored 1850 runs at a strike-rate of 140.58, whereas Rizwan has scored 630 T20I runs at an average of 90.00 in 2021. Both of them are solid top-order players, and they are looking in brilliant touch.
ENG vs PAK Fantasy Batsmen
Jason Roy will be our batsman from England. Roy has scored 1129 T20I runs at a strike-rate of 144.19, and he is a T20 specialist player.
Babar Azam and Sohaib Maqsood will be our batsmen from Pakistan. Azam has scored 2142 T20I runs at an average of 47.60, whereas Maqsood scored 428 runs in PSL 2021 at 47.55. Both of them will bat at the top-order, and Azam has scored 107 runs in this series.
ENG vs PAK Fantasy All-Rounders
Liam Livingstone and Moeen Ali will be our all-rounders from England. Livingstone has scored 141 runs in the series at a strike-rate of 70.50, whereas he can bowl a few overs of leg-spin. Ali scored 206 runs at a strike rate of 157.25 in IPL 2021, whereas he scalped five wickets in bowling. Both of them are going to play a big role in this game.
ENG vs PAK Fantasy Bowlers
From England, the duo of Saqib Mahmood and Adil Rashid will make it into our team. Mahmood scalped 13 wickets in the ODI series, whereas he has scalped four wickets in this series. Rashid has scalped 61 T20I wickets, whereas his economy has been 7.46. Both of them are wicket-takers.
Shaheen Afridi and Haris Rauf will be our bowlers from Pakistan. Afridi has scalped 31 T20I wickets in 27 games, whereas Rauf has 28 T20I scalps in 21 games. Both of them are the leading pacers of this side.
Match Prediction: England will be the favourites to win this game.
Top Names for the Captaincy Role:-
Liam Livingstone and Babar Azam
Top Names for the Vice-Captaincy Role:-
Both the captain’s pick + Jos Buttler and Mohammad Rizwan
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