Today's match would be between the teams donning blue & purple as India will lock horns with Scotland. On one side is a team who have officially been knocked out with 2 games left in their kitty while the other team's chances to seal the semi-final spot are vague. But still, if things go their way they can pull things off with their remaining encounters left.
Venue & Time: Dubai International Stadium, Dubai, UAE. (19:30 IST)
India
When we talk about the 'Men in Blue', they have indeed had a not-so-good campaign in this tournament, losing their first two crucial games against Pakistan & New Zealand respectively and now they depend on other results for getting into the knockout stages of this tournament but India's performance against Afghanistan has given a glimmer of hope to all the Indian Cricket fanatics. It mainly depends upon New Zealand's games against Namibia and Afghanistan for India if they manage to win their next two games by big margins and this is the reason why Indians would give all their sweat & determination to win this match by a big margin to keep their semi-final hopes alive.
Scotland
When we talk about Scotland, they have fascinated us with their wholesome cricketing performances in the Round 1. The eye-catchy purple jersey guys didn't have a pleasing Super-12 journey though. After losing all their three group stage games, they have no route left to seal a semi-final spot. In their previous match against New Zealand, they might have lost but their impressive cricketing performance against the Blackcaps caught everyone's attention and therefore we can expect something of the same sort from their end in this match.
The X-Factor
Ravichandran Ashwin: Ravichandran Ashwin replaced Varun Chakravarthy in their previous clash against Afghanistan and was bang on right away as he impressed the fanatics and the critics with his spell while making a T20I comeback after a really long 1577 days. To add up to his crucial 2 wickets he conceded a mere 14 runs in his 4 overs and he can be a game changer in this match.
Rohit Sharma: After a poor campaign in the first two games, the hitman is back to his calibre after a swashbuckling 74 runs off 47 balls against Afghanistan. He can be the X-factor in the team's batting department for this game as well.
Michael Leask: When it comes to the Scottish batting department in this tournament, he had a crucial role in it. After a cracking 42 runs off 20 balls against New Zealand, he will hope to turn things with the bat yet again.
Safyaan Sharif: He has been Scotland's crucial asset in the bowling department of the team & has impressed everyone with his pace & wicket-taking ability and he would be looking to be at his best in the upcoming matches.
Predicted XI
India: KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli (C), Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (WK), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah.
Scotland: George Munsey, Kyle Coetzer (C), Matthew Cross (Wk), Richie Berrington, Calum MacLeod, Michael Leask, Chris Greaves, Mark Watt, Alasdair Evans, Safyaan Sharif, Brad Wheal.
Dream11 Squad
