ECB vs ABD Live Score, 25th Match, Emirates D20 Tournament 2020 Live Score, ECB vs ABD Live Score Updates

Date:            December 21st, 2020

Time:            02:30 PM IST.

Venue:          ICC Cricket Academy, Dubai 

Match Preview

ECB Blues have had a good run in the Emirates D20 tournament, winning five of their seven games. They are second in the points table and will hope to get back to winning ways after a loss against Fujairah Pacific Ventures, where the Basil Hameed-led side fell 14 runs short of a 154-run target.

Abu Dhabi, on the other hand, are at the bottom of the Emirates D20 points table. They are yet to win a game in the tournament and have just two points to their name,,thanks to two matches that were called off. Unsurprisingly, ECB Blues go into this game as the clear favourites.

ECB vs ABD Squads

Abu Dhabi

Ben Willgoss (wk), Sahil Sunil Hariani, Aaryan Madani, Surjith Manohardas, Midhun Sudhakar Pattlikkadan (C), Pasindu Wanniarachchi, Mazhar Bashir, Soorya Sathish, Matiullah Khan, Karthik Nagendran, Navalesh Naidoo.

ECB Blues

Vriitya Aravind (wk), CP Rizwan, Aryan Lakra, Basil Hameed (C), Ansh Tandon, Ali Shan Sharafu, Zawar Farid, Fahad Nawaz, Karthik Meiyappan, Junaid Siddique, Zahoor Khan.

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: V Aravind, B Hameed, A Shan Sharafu, C Rizwan, Lakra, J Siddique, K Meiyappan, M Bashir, J V Balan, N Naidoo and M S Pattlikkadan.

Captain: A Lakra. Vice-Captain: K Meiyappan.

Fantasy Suggestion #2: V Aravind, B Hameed, A Shan Sharafu, C Rizwan, Lakra, A Tandon, K Meiyappan, M Bashir, M Hussain, N Naidoo and W Ahmad.

Captain: A Lakra. Vice-Captain: V Aravind.