Pitch Report:
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Pitch is expected to be balanced one with the batters getting somewhat extra advantage. Pace bowlers generally get good support than spinners on this venue. You can see scores in the range of 150-170.
Last 5 Games at this venue:
AFG: 147/6, PAK: 148/5 (Pace: 4, Spin: 7)
SL: 154/6, AUS: 155/3 (Pace: 5, Spin: 4)
WI: 143/8, SA: 144/2 (Pace: 5, Spin: 3)
IND: 151/7, PAK: 152/0 (Pace: 6, Spin: 1)
WI: 55, ENG: 56/4 (Pace: 8, Spin: 5)
Winning Since the Start of the IPL:
Batting First: 4
Batting Second:14
Head 2 Head:
IND: 8, NZ: 8 (India have lost all the games till now against the black caps in the WT20)
Team India Preview:
The Indian team had started the their campaign on losing note. This is a must win game for both the team.
Hardik Pandya has started bowling in the nets but he was bowling without wearing spikes so looks like he will still not bowl in this game.
Probable11 of India:
Rohit Sharma: RHB
KL Rahul: RHB
Virat Kohli: RHB
Suryakumar Yadav: RHB
Rishabh Pant: LHB
Hardik Pandya: RHB+RAM
Ravindra Jadeja: LHB+LAO
Bhuvneshwar Kumar: RAM
Varun Chakravarthy: RAL
J Bumrah: RAM
M Shami: RAM
Team Breakup:
Main Batters: Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli,
Main Spinners: Varun Chakravarthy and Ravindra Jadeja
Main Pacers: Bhuvneshwar Kumar, M Shami and J Bumrah
Playerwise stats and Analysis:
R Pant(LHB):
H2H: 3 I, 72 R, 36.0 A, 144.0 SR
VENUE(T20D): 12 I, 346 R, 38.4 A, 123.1 SR(T20I): 1 I, 39 R, 39.0 A, 130.0 SR
T20I: 34 M, 30 I, 551 R, 22.04 A, 123.54 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20D): 26, 15, 10, 51, 6,
IPL IN THIS SEASON: 16 M, 16 I, 419 R, 34.91 A, 128.52 SR
RM: 29* 39,
I Kishan(LHB):
VENUE(T20D): 7 I, 286 R, 71.5 A, 156.3 SR
T20I: 3 M, 3 I, 80 R, 40.0 A, 145.45 SR
T20D: 108 M, 102 I, 2693 R, 28.64 A, 133.84 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20D): 11, 14, 9, 50, 8,
IPL IN THIS SEASON: 10 M, 10 I, 241 R, 26.77 A, 133.88 SR
RM: 70*
V Kohli(RHB):
H2H: 9 I, 302 R, 37.8 A, 145.9 SR
VENUE(T20D): 12 I, 328 R, 29.8 A, 121.9 SR(T20I): 1 I, 57 R, 57.0 A, 116.3 SR
T20I: 91 M, 85 I, 3216 R, 52.72 A, 138.56 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20D): 25, 25, 5, 9, 39,
IPL IN THIS SEASON: 15 M, 15 I, 405 R, 28.92 A, 119.46 SR
RM: 11, 12/0(2), 57,
R Sharma(RHB):
H2H: 13 I, 334 R, 30.4 A, 136.3 SR
VENUE(T20D): 8 I, 181 R, 22.6 A, 123.1 SR(T20I): 1 I, 0 R,
T20I: 112 M, 104 I, 2864 R, 32.17 A, 138.89 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20D): 43, 8, 7, 22, 18,
IPL IN THIS SEASON: 13 M, 13 I, 381 R, 29.30 A, 127.42 SR
RM: 60, 0,
KL Rahul(RHB):
H2H: 5 I, 224 R, 56.0 A, 144.5 SR
VENUE(T20D): 11 I, 604 R, 67.1 A, 145.5 SR(T20I): 1 I, 3 R, 3.0 A, 37.5 SR
T20I: 50 M, 46 I, 1560 R, 39.0 A, 141.43 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20D): 21, 21, 67, 39, 98,
IPL IN THIS SEASON: 13 M, 13 I, 626 R, 62.60 A, 138.80 SR
RM: 51, 39, 3,
S Kumar Yadav(RHB):
VENUE(T20D): 8 I, 101 R, 16.8 A, 107.4 SR(T20I): 1 I, 11 R, 11.0 A, 137.5 SR
T20I: 5 M, 4 I, 150 R, 37.50 A, 166.66 SR
T20D: 188 M, 167 I, 4023 R, 30.94 A, 141.20 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20D): 8, 0, 33, 13, 82,
IPL IN THIS SEASON: 14 M, 14 I, 317 R, 22.64 A, 143.43 SR
RM: 8, 38, 11,
R Jadeja(LHB+LAO):
H2H: 3 I, 29 R, 14.5 A, 120.8 SR+ 5 I, 18 O, 5 W,
VENUE(T20D): 9 I, 203 R, 50.8 A, 130.1 SR+ 14 I, 39 O, 12 W,(T20I): 1 I, 13 R, 13.0A, 100.0 SR+ 1 I, 4 O, 0 W,
T20I: 51 M, 25 I, 230 R, 15.33 A, 111.65 SR+ 50 I, 166 O, 39 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20D): 32+9/0, 1+28/1, 15+9/0, 23/1, 37/2
IPL IN THIS SEASON: 16 M, 12 I, 227 R, 75.66 A, 145.51 SR+ 16 I, 49 O, 13 W,
RM: 35/1(4), 13+28/0(4),
H Pandya(RHB+RAM):
H2H: 6 I, 41 R, 8.2 A, 113.9 SR+ 7 I, 16 O, 4 W,
VENUE(T20D): 5 I, 66 R, 16.5 A, 157.1 SR(T20I): 1 I, 11 R, 11.0 A, 137.5 SR
T20I: 49 M, 33 I, 484 R, 19.36 A, 145.34 SR+ 45 I, 135 O, 42 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20D): 3, 40, 17, 5, 10,
IPL IN THIS SEASON: 12 M, 11 I, 127 R, 14.11 A, 113.39 SR
RM: 12, 14, 11,
J Bumrah(RAF):
H2H: 9 I, 34 O, 10 W,
VENUE(T20D): 8 I, 30 O, 15 W,(T20I): 1 I, 3 O, 0 W,
T20I: 51 M, 50 I, 183 O, 59 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20D): 36/3, 24/2, 29/1, 14/2, 39/2,
IPL IN THIS SEASON: 14 M, 14 I, 55 O, 21 W,
RM: 26/1(4), 22/0(3),
R Ashwin(RHB+RAO):
H2H: 1 I, 10 R, 10.0 A, 50.0 SR+ 2 I, 7 O, 1 W,
VENUE(T20D): 5 I, 34 R, 8.5 A, 94.4 SR+ 14 I, 45 O, 11 W,
T20I: 46 R, 11 I, 123 R, 30.75 A, 106.95 SR+ 46 I, 171 O, 52 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20D): 20+41/1, 20/1, 11/0, 19/0, 27/2,
IPL IN THIS SEASON: 13 M, 5 I, 44 R, 14.66 A, 104.76 SR+ 13 I, 44.4 O, 7 W,
RM: 23/0(4), 8/2(2),
B Kumar(RAM):
H2H: 6 I, 21 O, 5 W,
VENUE(T20D): 7 I, 26 O, 4 W,(T20I): 1 I, 3 O, 0 W,
T20I: 51 M, 51 I, 181 O, 50 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20D): 34/1, 28/1, 34/0, 20/0, 25/1,
IPL IN THIS SEASON: 11 M, 11 I, 42 O, 6 W,
RM: 54/0(4), 27/1(4), 25/0(3),
M Shami(RAF):
H2H: 3 I, 12 O, 2 W,
VENUE(T20D): 12 I, 46 O, 16 W,(T20I): 1 M, 1 I, 4 O, 0 W,
T20I: 13 M, 13 I, 47 O, 12 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20D): 14/2, 42/1, 23/1, 39/3, 22/1,
IPL IN THIS SEASON: 14 M, 14 I, 52.4 O, 19 W,
RM: 40/3(4), 43/0(4),
S Thakur(RAM):
H2H: 5 I, 16 O, 5 W,
VENUE(T20D): 9 I, 32 O, 15 W,
T20I: 22 M, 21 I, 75 O, 31 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20D): 30/2, 13/2, 28/3, 36/0, 38/3,
IPL IN THIS SEASON: 16 M, 16 I, 59.5 O, 21 W,
RM: 30/0(3),
Rahul Chahar(LES):
T20I: 5 M, 5 I, 18 O, 7 W,
VENUE(T20D): 6 I, 22 O, 5 W,
T20D: 70 M, 69 I, 254 O, 84 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20I): 15/3,(T20D): 22/0, 34/0, 33/1, 27/1,
IPL IN THIS SEASON: 11 M, 11 I, 43 O, 13 W,
RM: 43/1(4), 17/1(3)
V Chakravarthy(RAL):
VENUE(T20D): 6 I, 24 O, 10 W,(T20I): 1 M, 1 I, 4 O, 0 W,
T20I: 4 M, 4 I, 15 O, 2 W,
T20D: 34 M, 34 I, 134 O, 38 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20D): 26/2, 14/1, 20/0, 26/2, 38/0,
IPL IN THIS SEASON: 17 M, 17 I, 68 O, 18 W,
RM: 23/0(2), 33/0(4),