VCT vs NSW Dream11 Team Prediction Tips for Sheffield Shield Victoria vs New South Wales, 25th February

VCT vs NSW Dream11 Prediction: The 14^th match of the Sheffield Shield 2021 will witness Victoria face-off against New South Wales. In their last league match in Sheffield Shield, Victoria won the match by 4 wickets. While, just before the Sheffield Shield match, in the Marsh One day Cup, NSW won the match easily. For New South Wales, important players will be Henriques and Lyon, while Victoria will expect Maddinson and Pattinson to maintain the same form.

VCT vs NSW Prediction Today Match Details

Fixture name: 14^th Match

Competition: Sheffield Shield 2020-21

Date: Thursday, February 25, 2021 – Sunday, February 28, 2021

Time: 5:00 AM IST

Team Form Guide:
VCT (recent last) W L D D D
NSW (recent last) L W W D D

Standings: VCT 4, NSW 2

Ground: Bankstown Oval, Sydney

Last result at the venue: New South Wales 373 & 236/8 d won by 333 runs against South Australia 207 & 269 in the Sheffield Shield 2020.

Pitch Report: The curator expects pacers, spinners and batsmen to get good help from the pitch.

Streaming: No Streaming

VCT vs NSW Playing 11:

VCT Team News

The Victoria team has the experience of Maddinson and Harris at the top-order, who have played for the national team as well. Then, Peter Handscomb is one of the best batsmen in the longest format in Australian domestic cricket. The youngsters Short and McGurk have shown the good capability to stabilize the team in the middle-overs. The wicket-keeper has played well in the BBL and would loo to replicate the same form. While the bowlers Pattinson and Scott Boland can be trusted due to their track record in all the formats. Along with them, Sutherland and Jon Holland can be a good support to the team.

Injury update, unavailability: None

Expected team changes: The team is expected to play with the same Playing XI in this match.

VCT Playing 11 (likely)

1. Marcus Harris
2. Nic Maddinson
3. Peter Handscomb (c)
4. Jake Fraser-McGurk
5. Matthew Short
6. Seb Gotch (wk)
7. James Pattinson
8. Will Sutherland
9. Mitchell Perry
10. Jon Holland
11. Scott Boland

NSW Team News

One of the teams who have the support of cricket fans due to the presence of Smith and the bowlers Starc, Lyon, and Hazlewood. In this match, Starc will not play due to his father’s demise and Smith pulled out due to elbow pain and hopes to return for the next game. The team at the opening slot has Hughes and Larkin, who was one of the best performers in the BBL 2020/21. Then, Patterson and Henriques have been a proven performers in the middle-order. The bowlers, Lyon and Abbott can be one of the top wicket-takers in the Sheffield Shield 2020/21 season.

Injury update, unavailability: None

Expected team changes The team is expected to field two changes, with Solway and Conway replacing Smith and Starc in the Playing XI.

NSW Playing 11 (probable)

1. Daniel Hughes
2. Nick Larkin
3. Daniel Solway
4. Kurtis Patterson
5. Moises Henriques
6. Peter Nevill (c & wk)
7. Sean Abbott
8. Harry Conway
9. Trent Copeland
10. Nathan Lyon
11. Josh Hazlewood

VCT vs NSW Today Match Prediction, Who will win today match

The Victoria team will win this match due to the presence of Maddinson and Pattinson who have been impressive in the last few matches. While Boland and Handscomb can be a good support to the team due to their experience. While the NSW team will miss the services of Starc and Smith. It all depends on Lyon and Henriques to help the team win in the VCT vs NSW Dream 11 Today match prediction.

VCT vs NSW Fantasy Cricket Tips, Captain & Differential Picks

Captain options

M Henriques- The player who has performed well in all the formats has the capability to steer the team’s position to a comfortable position.
First-class Career Record- 5537 Runs, Bat. AVG. 35.95
M Henriques in Last 5 matches- 100 Runs, Bat. AVG. 25

N Lyon- One of the finest performers in the limited-overs format, Krunal is surely the backbone of the Baroda team with the capability to contribute in both departments.
First-class Career Record- 600 Wickets, Bowl. AVG. 34.03
N Lyon in Last 5 matches- 14 Wickets, Bowl. AVG. 23.37

Differential pick

J Pattinson- The player who has been consistent in picking up wickets as well as scoring runs in the past few matches can be a differential pick in the VCT vs NSW Dream 11 prediction.
First-class Career Record – 293 Wickets, Bowl. AVG. 22.37
J Pattinson in Last 5 matches- 9 Wickets, Bowl. AVG. 25

VCT vs NSW Dream 11 prediction

WK: P Handscomb
Batsmen: N Larkin, N Maddinson, M Short, M Harris, D Hughes
All-rounders:  S Abbott, M Henriques
Bowlers:  S Boland, J Pattinson, N Lyon

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