TAD vs NW Fantasy Prediction: Team Abu Dhabi vs Northern Warriors – 1 February 2021 (Abu Dhabi). Nicholas Pooran needs to fire, whereas all the eyes will be on Chris Gayle again.
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Team Abu Dhabi will take on Northern Warriors in the league match of the Abu Dhabi T10 League. The Premier T10 competition is finally getting underway in Abu Dhabi.
Northern Warriors have won two of their three games, whereas Team Abu Dhabi has won just one of their three. Pooran, Simmons, and Powell are in brilliant batting form for the Warriors, whereas the bowlers have been decent. Team Abu Dhabi needs Chris Gayle to fire, whereas Clarke has been batting well for the side.
Pitch Report – The pitch will be batting friendly one.
Match Details :
Time:- 7:45 PM IST, Live on Sony Sports Network Stadium:- Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Probable XI for both sides:-
Team Abu Dhabi – Chris Gayle, Luke Wright, Paul Stirling, Ben Duckett, Joe Clarke, Najibullah Zadran, Jamie Overton, Rohan Mustafa, Naveen ul Haq, Usman Shinwari, Obed McCoy.
Northern Warriors – Lendl Simmons, Waseem Muhammad, Nicholas Pooran, Rovman Powell, Brandon King, Fabian Allen, Wayne Parnell, Rayad Emrit, Junaid Siddique, Wahab Riaz, Dhananjaya Lakshan.
5 Must-Have Players in the Squad
N Pooran, L Simmons, J Clarke, R Powell, and C Gayle.
TAD vs NW Team Wicket-Keeper
Nicholas Pooran (Price 11) and Ben Duckett (Price 8.5) will be our wicket-keepers. Pooran has scored 162 runs in the tournament at an average of 54.00, whereas his strike-rate has been 289.29. Duckett has scored 2442 T20 runs at an average of 29.78, whereas his strike-rate has been 132.42. Both of them are top-order players.
TAD vs NW Team Batsmen
Lendl Simmons (Price 9.5), Rovman Powell (Price 9), and Brandon King (Price 8.5) will be our batsmen from the Northern Warriors. Simmons was the highest run-scorer of CPL 2020 with 356 runs at an average of 39.55, whereas King was the highest run-scorer of CPL 2019. Powell has scored over 1200 T20 runs, and he is a hard-hitter of the ball. All three of them are explosive players, and they are in very good form.
Chris Gayle (Price 10) and Joe Clarke (Price 9) will be our batsmen from the Team Abu Dhabi. Clarke scored 371 in Vitality Blast 2020 at an average of 37.10, whereas his strike-rate has been 175.00. Gayle, on the other hand, does not need any stats to prove his stature in the white-ball format. However, Gayle is not in good form, whereas Clarke has been playing well.
TAD vs NW Team All-Rounders
Paul Stirling (Price 9.5) will be our all-rounder from the Team Abu Dhabi. Stirling has scored 5749 T20 runs at a strike-rate of 142.37, whereas he has scored four centuries in his last six ODI games. He is going to open in this game.
TAD vs NW Team Bowlers
Wayne Parnell (Price 8.5) and Junaid Siddique (Price 8) will be our bowlers from the Northern Warriors. Parnell has scalped three wickets in the tournament, whereas Siddique has scalped one.
Obed McCoy (Price 8.5) will be our bowler from the Team Abu Dhabi. McCoy is a white-ball specialist, whereas he has scalped a couple of wickets in the tournament.
Match Prediction: Northern Warriors are the favourites to win this game.
Top Names for the Captaincy Role:-
Nicholas Pooran and Joe Clarke
Top Names for the Vice-Captaincy Role:-
Both the captain’s pick + Lendl Simmons and Chris Gayle
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