ECB vs ABD Live Score, 1st Match, Emirates D20 Tournament 2020 Live Score, ECB vs ABD Live Score Updates

Venue:          ICC Cricket Academy, Dubai 

Match Preview

The D20 Tournament commences on 6th December 2020 in the UAE after the grand success of D10 that happened earlier this year amidst extraordinary circumstances in a complete bio bubble. The series opener itself features reigning champions ECB Blues taking on Abu Dhabi.

The 1st match is expected to begin on a high as the D10 tournament Champions ECB Blues will look to begin the T20 format of the tournament with a win. On the other hand, Abu Dhabi is a little bit on the weaker side after having an ordinary season earlier this year. ECB would be riding high on the confidence of their wicket-keeper batsman Vriitya Aravind, who had an amazing season scoring 3 fifties in 12 games and was the second-highest run-scorer in the D10 tournament. For Abu Dhabi, it will be Kai Smith who would look to take charge after his heroic innings of 102* for UAE U19 earlier this year vs Japan U19.

game, Rajshahi rolled over Khulna by six wickets. Another victory in their next match would also help the Khulna team move to the next round.

ECB vs ABD Squads

ECB Blues: Alishan Sharafu, Ansh Tandon, Basil Hameed (C), Chundangapoyil Rizwan, Fahad Nawaz, Aryan Lakra, Junaid Siddique, Sanchit Sharma, Ateeq Ur Rehman (WK), Vriitya Aravind (WK), Adhitya Shetty, Karthik Palaniapan Meiyappan, Muhammad Farazuddin, Waheed Ahmad, Zahoor Khan.

Team Abu Dhabi: Aaryan Madani, Osama Hassan Shah, Sahil Hariani, Surjith Manohardas, Mazhar Bashir, Midhun Pattlikkadan (C), Paresh Katkar, Pasindu Wanniarachchi, Soorya Sathish, Ben Willgoss (WK), Kai Smith (WK), Jishnu Balan, Karthik Nagendran, Matiullah Khan, Mudassir Hussain, Navalesh Naidoo.

Weather Report & Pitch Condition

The weather at the venue is expected to be sunny with around 30 degrees celsius temperature and only a 10% chance of rain. Expect some help for the bowlers as the humidity will be close to 65% and there will be a moderate breeze around as well.

The pitch conditions during the recently concluded D10 tournament had been kind to the batsmen on most occasions with small targets easily chased down and big targets fairly out of reach for the teams batting second. Scores above 110 (in 10 overs) were chased down only 3 times out of the 10 fixtures that were played here.

Average first innings score
140 (out of the last 10 T20 matches played at the ICC Academy)

Record of chasing teams
Won-4 Lost-6 Tied-0

ECB vs ABD Top Picks

• Vriitya Aravind had a dream season scoring 358 runs in 12 games in the D10 tournament so he would be the go-to man for ECB Blues. The wicket-keeper batsman would like to begin his tournament with another vital contribution for his team.
• Aryan Lakra is probably the most exciting cricketer everyone will be looking up to this season. The ECB bowler has picked up at least one wicket in his last 10 appearances across different tournaments.Zahoor Khan will be another vital player for the ECB Blues considering his form in the recent times across the franchise tournaments he has played. The right-arm fast bowler also boasts of 27 wickets in 22 T20 international games.

  Kai Smith for Abu Dhabi would be the one man the franchise will look up to. The 16-year-old wicket-keeper batsman played some destructive shots during his 102* vs Japan U19 in January this year helping UAE U19 win that match by a mammoth margin of 253 runs.

• Aaryan Madani will be a vital all-rounder for Abu Dhabi in this match considering his 21 wickets and 5 half-centuries in the 44 domestic games that he has played. However, in fantasy cricket, he is available as a pure batsman choice.

Suggested Playing XI for ECB vs ABD Dream11 Fantasy Cricket

Fantasy Suggestion #1: Vriitya Aravind, Kai Smith, Basil Hameed, Aaryan Madani, Osama Hassan Shah, Junaid Siddique, Sanchit Sharma, Midhun Pattlikkadan, Adhitya Shetty, Karthik Palaniapan Meiyappan, Mudassir Hussain.

Captain: Vriitya Aravind. Vice-captain: Midhun Pattlikkadan.

Fantasy Suggestion #2: Vriitya Aravind, Ateeq Ur Rahman, Basil Hameed, Osama Hassan Shah, Sahil Hariani, Sanchit Sharma, Midhun Pattlikkadan, Pasindu Wanniarachchi, Adhitya Shetty, Zahoor Khan, Matiullah Khan.

Captain: Basil Hameed. Vice-captain: Osama Hassan Shah.