MSA vs TCB Match Preview
Moeen Ali is leading the Samp Army team in this competition. This side will be looking to bounce back from their defeat in the first game against Northern Warriors. Although the Morrisville Samp Army team was not up to the mark in their first match, they will be looking to bounce back in this game. One player who did well for Morrisville was the 23-year-old Afghan leggie Qais Ahmad. He dismissed Angelo Matthews and Adam Hose in one over while returning with figures of 2 for 12.
The only bowler who picked up wickets in the Morrisville effort apart from Qais Ahmad was Karim Janat. The Morrisville Samp Army team management will be expecting a better performance from Peter Hatzolglou, Salman Irshad, and Jason Holder to get vital breakthroughs for them. The Samp Army team will look at Ibrahim Zadran and Faf du Plessis in the batting department to contribute heavily to the team cause. The Samp Army captain, Moeen Ali, appeared to be in good nick in his last game with the bat. Morrisville will be looking at these players to do well in this game.
Unlike the Samp Army team, the Chennai Braves won their 1st game in the competition. The outstanding performer for Chennai Braves was Jason Roy. He appeared to be a man on a mission. The English all-format batter hammered 84 runs for Chennai Braves with a strike rate 215.38. Stephen Eskinazi is another batter expected to do well in this match. The standout bowler for Chennai Braves was Sam Cook. Obed McCoy had a bad day and conceded 34 runs from his two overs.
McCoy has 112 wickets to his credit in T20 matches, though. You can expect this big guy to make a return to form soon. In the first game of the Chennai Braves innings, Moeen Ali was their top run-getter with 37 runs from 23 balls with 2 fours and 2 sixes. The wicket-keeper batsman Andries Gous also looked good initially with 15 runs from 7 balls but could not convert the start into a big one. The same thing happened to Karim Janat and Najibullah Zadran. This led to the Chennai Braves men setting up a modest total on the board.
Weather Report
It will likely be a warm evening during the game in Abu Dhabi. The relative humidity will hover close to 60% throughout the game and is not likely to change during the game. There are no chances of showers coming down during the contest to cause an interruption.
Pitch Report
The team bowling first won two out of the last three matches played at this venue. Only one team opted to bat first after winning the toss. The skipper winning the toss is expected to look to bowl first. This surface at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium is a good one for batters. A score in the region of 110 runs can be considered safe.
Notable stats
Jason Roy has an excellent strike rate and average in recent games for Chennai Braves.
Jason Roy was at his most destructive in the first game of the competition. He has scored 141 runs in his last two games for Chennai Braves without being dismissed. So, he does not even have an average at the moment.
Peter Hatzoglou has had a reasonable strike rate with the ball in recent games.
Peter Hatzoglou has picked up three victims from his last three games with a strike rate of 12.
Team News
There are no apparent injury updates available at the moment. So, the entire squad for both teams will be up for selection before the match.
MSA vs TCB Probable 11
MSA Playing 11
- Andries Gous (Wk)
- Faf du Plessis
- Moeen Ali (C)
- Ibrahim Zadran
- Karim Janat
- Jason Holder
- Najibullah Zadran
- Basil Hameed
- Qais Ahmad
- Peter Hatzoglou
- Salman Irshad
TCB Playing 11
- Jason Roy
- Kobe Herft
- George Munsey
- Stephen Eskinazi
- Charith Asalanka (C)
- Mohammad Nabi
- Kai Smith (Wk)
- Imran Tahir
- Junaid Siddique
- Sam Cook
- Obed McCoy
Dream11 Prediction
The Chennai Braves succeeded in winning the first game they played in the competition, unlike MSA, who lost their first encounter. Chennai Braves also have a good batting department and a decent bowling attack. So, we will bet with Chennai Braves to win this game and consolidate their position in the points table.
Top Picks
Jason Roy: Jason Roy has announced himself in the competition from the word go. You can bet on him to score more runs in this game, as well.
Karim Janat: Janat is a crucial all-rounder for Samp Army. He has picked up nine wickets from his last ten games and scored 152 runs in the same period.
Peter Hatzoglou: Peter Hatzoglou has picked up three wickets from his last three games with a strike rate of 12.
Moeen Ali: The Samp Army skipper was in good nick in his last game of the competition. You can expect him to score more runs here.
MSA vs TCB Dream11 Team 1
Keeper: K Lewis
Batters: A Matthews, A Hales, C Munro (C), L du Plooy
All-rounders: D Pretorius (VC), J Neesham, A Omarzai
Bowlers: T Mills, T Shamsi, N Ahmad
