World Cup 2023 - Australia vs Pakistan Dream11 Team Prediction Today Match, Top Picks, Playing 11, Captain, Vice Captain, Player Stats, Pitch Report & Weather Update
Date | 20th October |
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Time | 2:00 PM IST, 8:30 AM GMT, 2:00 PM LOCAL |
Venue | M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore |
Australia and Pakistan will clash in a crucial match of the World Cup. Australia revived their campaign after beating Sri Lanka in the previous game. The team had lost the first two matches to India and South Africa thus the win was must to stay alive in the tournament.
Meanwhile, Pakistan were hammered by India in the previous match. The team started the tournament with twin wins over Netherlands and Sri Lanka but was crushed by India. Pakistan can't afford a loss against Australia as it will put their campaign in jeopardy.
Let’s take a look at the dream11 team prediction for this match.
The surface is tailor-made for high scoring games. It a tiny ground and batsmen enjoy playing here. The pitch also does not offer much help to the bowlers. There is very little scope of error for bowlers at this venue.
The weather will be clear and temperature will be around 30 degrees. The humidity will be 47 per cent but it will get cooler in the evening.
Mitchell Marsh, David Warner, Steven Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis (wk), Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins (c), Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood
Abdullah Shafique, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Saud Shakeel, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf
A few players including Shaheen Afridi, Abdullah Shafique, Saud Shakeel were down with flu ahead of the Australia game, raising concerns about their availability for the crucial match. However, all seem to have recovered. Both teams should play the same team.
Australia have a huge lead over Pakistan in terms of head to head records but a lot of those wins came when Australia were invincible during the 2000s. Now, both teams have equal chance of winning.
Matches | AUS Won | PAK Won | Tie | No Result | |
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Overall | 107 | 69 | 34 | 1 | 3 |
Wicket-Keepers | Mohammad Rizwan |
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Batters | Babar Azam (VC), Steve Smith (C), Mitchell Marsh, Imam ul Haq |
All-Rounders | Glenn Maxwell |
Bowlers | Mitchell Starc, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Pat Cummins, Adam Zampa |
Mitchell Marsh can be brutal on the small Chinnaswamy stadium. Marsh scored a crucial fifty against Sri Lanka to return to form. If he can survive the new ball, he can be deadly dangerous.
Steve Smith has been below par in the world cup but he will fancy his chances against a depleted Pakistan bowling attack. He can easily play no risk cricket against Shaheen and Rauf and score against other bowlers.
Mitchell Starc will be keen to deliver a good show against Pakistan. Pakistan has a long tail and Starc is known to rattle the tailenders with his searing yorkers.
Babar Azam scored fifty against India but the defeat must have hurt him to the core. Babar will be desperate to bounce back in style.
Mohammad Rizwan has been in fine form in World Cup 2023. He scored a century against Sri Lanka and backed it up with a 49 against India. Rizwan, Babar will hold the key for Pakistan.
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