STAR vs BAR Dream 11 Team Prediction and Probable XI: Preview| Battle of Struggling teams

STAR vs BAR Dream 11 Team Prediction and Probable XI: Preview

Hello and Welcome to our preview for St Lucia Stars vs Barbados Tridents 24th CPL match. We are covering STAR vs BAR Dream 11 Team Prediction, Preview and Probable Playing XI for the CPL T20 match. The match is to be played at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados.

Barbados Tridents are playing their fifth successive match on their home turf, however, it has been a sorry story for them so far. They have lost all their previous four home games and will be hoping to end with some success. Tridents are currently at the last spot while Stars are at the fifth spot with two wins from nine matches.

In Trident’s last loss, their middle order Smith-Hope-Pooran stood up and helped the team get to a respectable score of 165/7. GA Warriors’ opener Luke Ronchi scored a blazing 67 and with Walton and Hetmyer supporting him. Tridents took only two wickets and conceded a heavy loss.

St Lucia last match against SKN Patriots was a wash-out. Before that they were beaten by Jamaica Tallawahs. Despite K Williams taking three wickets, JT piled up 204/5 in their innings. The chase began terribly for Stars with them being 8/2. Warner-Pollard-Simmons tried best at chasing but eventually fell short by 21 runs.

When and Where:

STAR vs BAR, 24th Match, Caribbean Premier League, 2018
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
2nd September, 11:30 PM IST

Venue Stats:

Average 1^st innings score: 153
Average 2^nd innings score: 132

Squads:

STAR:
Mohammad Sami, Daren Sammy, Lendl Simmons, Kieron Pollard (c), Andre Fletcher, David Warner, Mitchell McClenaghan, Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Kavem Hodge, Rahkeem Cornwall, Mark Chapman, Qais Ahmad, Odean Smith, Obed McCoy, Kesrick Williams, Chandrapaul Hemraj, Christopher Lamont, Jaskaran Malhotra.

BAR:
Dwayne Smith, Hashim Amla, Wahab Riaz, Martin Guptill, Sunny Sohal, Steven Smith, Mohammad Irfan, Ashley Nurse, Jason Holder (c), Raymon Reifer, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Imran Khan, Shai Hope, Shamar Springer, Chemar Holder, Roston Chase, Tion Webster, Dominic Drakes.

Team News:

St Lucia Stars:

• Odean Smith was dropped in the last match as Mark Chapman replaced him.
• Obed McCoy can be dropped in favor of Kavem Hodge if the Stars go for the extra spin option.
• Remaining line-up is expected to be the same.

Barbados Tridents:

• Tridents made only change in their last match as they brought back Dwayne Smith to bolster the batting.
• They dropped Imran Khan to accommodate Smith.
• Tridents had made a lot many changes one game ago so they are likely to persist with this lot and go unchanged against Stars

Probable Playing XI:

STAR:
Mark Chapman, Andre Fletcher (wk), Rahkeem Cornwall, David Warner, Kieron Pollard (c), Lendl Simmons, Daren Sammy, Qais Ahmad, Mitchell McClenaghan, Kesrick Williams, Obed McCoy/K Hodge.

BAR:
Dwayne Smith, Martin Guptill, Hashim Amla, Steven Smith, Shai Hope, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Jason Holder (c), Ashley Nurse, Wahab Riaz, Chemar Holder, Mohammad Irfan.

STAR vs BAR Dream 11 Team Prediction:

A Fletcher/N Pooran (wk)
S Hope (vc)
Steve Smith/D Smith
L Simmons
M Chapman
K Pollard (c)
J Holder
R Cornwall/M Guptill
M Irfan
K Williams
M McClenaghan

Captain and Vice-captain choice: S Hope, L Simmons, A Fletcher, K Pollard, J Holder, M Irfan, K Williams.

Key Players:

St Lucia Stars:
Mark Chapman
Andre Fletcher
Rahkeem Cornwall
Kieron Pollard
Lendl Simmons
Mitchell McClenaghan
Kesrick Williams 

Barbados Tridents:
Dwayne Smith
Martin Guptill
Steven Smith
Shai Hope
Jason Holder
Wahab Riaz
Mohammad Irfan

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