CAV vs DDS Match Preview
Abu Jayed bowled a spell of 3 for 49 in the last match, taking his total tally of the season to 5 wickets. However, he has been pretty expensive in the process. Mrittunjoy Chowdhury, Ziaur Rahman, and Vijayakanth Viyaskanth too have been quite expensive this season.
Opening batsman Usman Khan scored a brilliant century in the match against Khulna Tigers and is the leading run-getter for the Challengers. Afif Hossain and Max ODowd lend some stability to the middle order but the others, including Unmukt Chand, Ziaur Rahman, and Shuvagata Hom will need to work harder for the Chattogram Challengers want more results to go their way.
In a nutshell, while the Challengers have a reasonably strong top order, they are a bit lacking when it comes to the middle and lower middle order.
Nasir Hossain has been the most consistent batsman for the Dominators, but other batsmen like Soumya Sarkar, Usman Ghani, and Ahmed Shehzad have failed to click. The bowling, led by Al Amin has been the Dominators’ strength so far. Al Amin has scalped 7 wickets so far, while Arafat Sunny has picked up 3.
Weather Report
The skies are expected to be clear with no chance of rain. However, the high levels of humidity will cause some dew in the second innings, giving an added advantage to the batsmen.
Pitch Report
The stadium at Chattogram has a pretty balanced pitch and is known to produce even contests between the bat and the ball. The seamers will find some movement off the pitch in the first few overs, while the even bounce and short boundaries give the batsmen an added advantage.
Notable stats
Arafat Sunny’s Economical Bowling
The left-arm spin bowler has been quite economical in his recent outings. In the last 6 matches, he has picked up 7 wickets at a brilliant economy rate of just 5.69 runs an over.
Team News
Despite facing a loss in their respective last matches, we expect both teams to play with an unchanged squad in this match.
CAV vs DDS Probable 11
CAV Playing 11
- Usman Khan
- Max ODowd
- Afif Hossain
- Irfan Sukkur (Wk)
- Shuvagata Hom (C)
- Unmukt Chand
- Vijayakanth Viyaskanth
- Mrittunjoy Chowdhury
- Abu Jayed
- Ziaur Rahman
- Taijul Islam
DDS Playing 11
- Dilshan Munaweera
- Ahmed Shehzad
- Soumya Sarkar
- Mohammad Mithun (Wk)
- Nasir Hossain (C)
- Usman Ghani
- Ariful Haque
- Muktar Ali
- Arafat Sunny
- Taskin Ahmed
- Al Amin Hossain
Dream11 Prediction
Given the lack of consistency in both teams, there is little separating the two at this stage. However, we will be backing the Chattogram Challengers to win this game. Unlike the Dominators, who are reliant on just a couple of players to get a favorable result, the Challengers have a better balance in their team.
Also, the bowlers are much better poised to make the most out of their home ground.
Top Picks
Nasir Hossain: The Dominators’ captain is capable of churning out some decent all-round performances for his team. In 133 T20 appearances, he has scored 2011 runs and has picked up 61 wickets.
Max ODowd: ODowd is a consistent opening batsman in the T20s. He has scored a total of 1732 runs in 65 innings and has an average of 28.86.
Ziaur Rahman: Another all-rounder but this time from the Challengers squad, Ziaur Rahman is an explosive batsman lower down the order who can also take some wickets. His strike rate in T20s is 131.61 and he has also picked up 48 wickets.
CAV vs DDS Dream11 Team 1
Keeper: M Mithun, U Khan
Batters: D Munaweera, M O'Dowd, A Hosain
All-rounders: N Hossain (C), Z Rahman
Bowlers: A Sunny, A Hossain (VC), A Jayed, M Chowdhury
