BAR vs SLZ Dream11 Match Prediction Cricket Barbados Tridents vs St Lucia Zouks CPL T20 30 August

BAR vs SLZ Dream11 Prediction: As we move towards the business end of this year’s CPL, things are getting very interesting even in the given sluggish conditions in Trinidad. In another important clash, Barbados Tridents will lock horns with St Lucia Zouks today at Queen’s Park Oval. This will be 19^th match of the season. Let’s take a look at our Dream11 fantasy cricket preview.

Defending champions Barbados Tridents have found it very difficult this year to put on consistent performances. They must be hurting after the loss from a promising situation against Trinbago Knight Riders yesterday. Batting first, Shai Hope again went early but Johnson Charles and Kyle Mayers consolidated the innings with a half-century stand for the second wicket. Jason Holder and Corey Anderson failed to contribute but Ashley Nurse and Rashid Khan gave the final push to the innings to take the score to 148 runs. In bowling, captain Jason Holder struck twice in his first over before the spinners did their thing on a helpful pitch. At one stage, Tridents were all set to win with the score at 77-6 but Kieron Pollard fought single-handedly to keep TKR in the game. Raymon Reifer displayed poor execution of the skills in the last over to hand another loss to his team.

St Lucia Zouks have fared better than every expectation before the season began. They have won 4 out of 6 matches they have played so far and sitting comfortably at second position in the points table. In the last match against St Kitts and Nevis Patriots, Mohammad Nabi destroyed the batting order with a five-wicket haul. Other spinners also bowled brilliantly to keep the Patriots to the score of just 110 runs. In the reply, Rahkeem Cornwall and Andre Fletcher started off on an aggressive note before Najibullah Zadran and Roston Chase got the job done to take the Zouks home by 6 wickets.

In head-to-head comparisons, Barbados Tridents have dominated the proceedings with 10 wins over St Lucia Zouks while their rivals managed to prevail on 5 occasions in 15 matches played between them. In last 5 matches however, St Lucia Zouks are leading by 3-2 over Barbados Tridents. In the first meeting this year, the Zouks won on the basis of DLS method in a rain-shortened encounter.

Pitch and Conditions

The weather on Sunday may be an area of concern for the fans as isolated showers are predicted in Port of Spain. Although it is not looking very dangerous but can cause an interruption or two no doubt. The pitch used on Saturday looked a bit better for batting compared to the earlier ones. We will have to wait and see how it turns out today but there will be some definite help for the slower bowlers.  

BAR vs SLZ Dream11 Teams Match Details

Fixture name: Barbados Tridents Vs St Lucia Zouks, Match 19 CPL T20

Competition: CPL T20

Date: 30th August 2020

Time: 7:00 PM IST

Stadium: Queen’s Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad

Head to Head (Last 5 games)

Barbados Tridents: 02, St Lucia Zouks: 03, Tie: 00

Points Table Standings

Barbados Tridents: Played- 6, Won- 2, Lost- 4, Points- 4, Standing- 4th

St Lucia Zouks: Played- 6, Won- 4, Lost- 2, Points- 8, Standing- 2nd

BAR vs SLZ Dream11 Team Prediction

Let’s go through the possible playing XIs for the both teams in today match prediction.

Barbados Tridents Squad

Jason Holder (C), Johnson Charles, Shai Hope (wk), Corey Anderson, Shamarh Brooks, Justin Greaves, Jonathan Carter, Nyeem Young, Ashley Nurse, Rashid Khan, Hayden Walsh Jr., Kyle Mayers, Joshua Bishop, Shayan Jahangir, Mitchell Santner, Keon Harding, Raymon Reifer

Barbados Tridents Team News

• Barbados Tridents may look to make a change or two in their playing XI today.
• Shai Hope’s form is a major concern at top of the order but he is likely to continue today along with Johnson Charles. Kyle Mayers has been fantastic so far in the competition.
• Jason Holder and Corey Anderson will remain middle order all-rounders for this match as well. Team management is using Ashley Nurse and Rashid Khan in finishing the innings for them.
• Nyeem Young should continue to play due to emerging player’s rule while spinners Mitchell Santner and Hayden Walsh Jr will keep their places. Raymon Reifer is not having a good season and might get dropped today.

BAR Playing 11 (Probable)

Johnson Charles

Shai Hope (wk)

Kyle Mayers

Corey Anderson

Jason Holder (C)

Ashley Nurse

Rashid Khan

Mitchell Santner

Raymon Reifer

Nyeem Young

Hayden Walsh Jr

St Lucia Zouks Squad

Daren Sammy (C), Rahkeem Cornwall, Andre Fletcher, Leniko Boucher (wk), Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Kavem Hodge, Roston Chase, Chemar Holder, Kimani Melius, Kesrick Williams, Zahir Khan Pakteen, Obed McCoy, Javelle Glenn, Saad Bin Zafar, Mark Deyal, Scott Kuggeleijn

St Lucia Zouks Team News

• St Lucia Zouks may get forced to make a change due to emerging player’s rule today.
• Rahkeem Cornwall and Andre Fletcher are doing reasonably good at top of the order for them while Mark Deyal has failed to convert a couple of starts into significant contributions.
• Roston Chase, Najibullah Zadran and Mohammad Nabi are a power-packed middle order for St Lucia Zouks and no changes are expected on that front. But again the form of captain Daren Sammy continues to haunt them.
• Scott Kuggeleijn, Kesrick Williams and Zahir Khan will be their specialist bowling options along with other spin-bowling all-rounders in the XI.

SLZ Playing 11 (Probable)

Rahkeem Cornwall

Andre Fletcher

Mark Deyal

Roston Chase

Najibullah Zadran

Mohammad Nabi

Javelle Glen

Daren Sammy (C)

Scott Kuggeleijn

Kesrick Williams

Zahir Khan

BAR vs SLZ Dream 11 Prediction Today Cricket Match

Captain Picks

For Small Leagues

• Jason Holder should remain one of the favourites for the captaincy position today. He is contributing in both the aspects of the game and should earn you the maximum points. If he gets through the spinners in the middle, then he can do some serious damage towards the end of the innings.
• Rashid Khan is another important trump-card for today’s encounter. He has taken 8 wickets so far in the competition and also remained economical. With the bat also, he is acting as a finisher to give the final impetuous.
• Mohammad Nabi is a no-brainer pick from St Lucia Zouks today. He is coming off from a 5-wicket haul from the last match and has been among the wickets in all the matches so far. He is a genuine all-rounder with equal potential with the bat as well.

For Grand Leagues

• Kyle Mayers has been impressive in the opportunities he got till now in the season. His move to number 3 position is doing wonders to both him individually as well as to his team. His last two scores are 42 & 85 and should be a very good choice for the grand leagues.
• Scott Kuggeleijn is the third highest wicket-taker this year so far and highest in terms of pace bowling candidates. He is bowling at crucial stages of the innings and providing important breakthroughs to his team. He has picked up a total of 11 scalps from 6 innings.
• Najibullah Zadran has shown glimpses of his talent on more than a couple of occasions this year. His range-hitting capabilities over mid-wicket are second to none and can take spinners on easily. He will be an important weapon for the Zouks to conquer the Tridents spinners today.  

Who will win BAR vs SLZ Today Match Prediction?

As per our Dream11 predictions, this will be a very interesting match-up and fans are in for a treat this Sunday. St Lucia Zouks are the in-form team between the two but Barbados Tridents have enough match-winners in their arsenal to take them seriously. St Lucia Zouks are favourites to win this match at least on paper.