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TOR VS VK Dream11 Team Prediction and Probable XI: Preview

By Pranob Thachanthara

Hello and Welcome to our preview for Vancouver Knights versus Toronto Nationals match. We are covering TOR vs VK Dream11 Team Prediction, Preview and Probable Playing XI for the T20 match. The match is to be played at Maple Leaf North-West Ground, King City.

Coming into the round 2, This match is of utmost importance for Toronto Nationals if they want to qualify for playoffs. On the other hand, Vancouver Knights who are most probably going to qualify irrespective of defeat will try to solidify their 2nd position or 1st if WI-B loses their respective match.

Toronto Nationals defeated Montreal Tigers on monday on the last ball in an exciting match. They will hope the luck goes there way and all players contribute for the team in the virtual knock-out match. A defeat today will finish any chance of qualifying for playoffs as their NRR is also -1.56 which is far below the top four teams.

Vancouver Knights ended round 1 by breaking the four match winning streak of WI-B. They will expect a similar performance from their players. Their captain, The T20 legend Chris Gayle finally got into the groove and his performance will be important for the team to win the inaugural Global T20 Canada League. Sheldon Cottrell also has been exciting with the ball for VK.

The first match of the league also took place between these both teams and till now it has been the most scoring match of the tournament yet with 458 runs scored collectively. Expect a similar outcome because of the T20 hitters playing in both the sides.

When and Where:

TOR VS VK, 17th T20, Global T20 Canada 2018
Maple Leaf North-West Ground, King City
11th July, 01:30 AM IST

Venue Stats:

1st innings average score : 136 runs
2nd innings average score : 117 runs

Squads:

Vancouver Knights :
Chris Gayle (c), Tim Southee, Ruvindu Gunasekera, Chadwick Walton (wk), Saad Bin Zafar, Steven Jacobs, Andre Russell, Jeremy Gordon, Evin Lewis, Fawad Ahmed, Sheldon Cottrell, Salman Nazar, Rassie van der Dussen, Babar Hayat, Srimantha Wijeratne (wk), Kamau Leverock.

Toronto Nationals:
Usama Mir, Farhan Malik, Hussain Talat, Rohan Mustafa, Kesrick Williams, Navneet Singh Dhaliwal, Mohammad Naveed, Nizakat Khan, Mohammad Umair, Nikhil Dutta, Darren Sammy (c), Kamran Akmal (wk), Johnson Charles, Steven Smith, Anton Devcich, Kieron Pollard, Nitish Kumar, Mohammad Sami, Rumman Raees.

Team news:

Toronto Nationals:

After winning last match, Winning combination will not be tinkered much.
Debutant Navneet Singh can however be replaced by Nikhil Dutta after his poor performance.
Mohammad Sami finally found his form and can be key for the team to take crucial wickets and book place in playoffs.
Kamran Akmal is a great T20 hitter at top-order and can fire in any match so is a best option for captain in grand league.

Vancouver Knights:

VK will most probably go with the winning combination as they do not have any good option in the bench.
Andre Russell has been in good form with bat as well as ball and can be key in tonight’s match.
Expect the West Indies trio at the top to come all guns blazing on a not-so-good bowling attack.

Probable Playing XI:

Toronto Nationals:
Kamran Akmal (wk), Johnson Charles, Steven Smith, Anton Devcich, Kieron Pollard, Nitish Kumar, Darren Sammy (c), Usama Mir, Mohammad Sami, Kesrick Williams, Navneet Singh Dhaliwal/Nikhil Dutta/Mohammad Naveed

Vancouver Knights:
Chris Gayle (c), Evin Lewis, Chadwick Walton (wk), Rassie van der Dussen, Babar Hayat, Andre Russell, Tim Southee, Fawad Ahmed, Steven Jacobs, Sheldon Cottrell, Saad Bin Zafar