Editor's Pick (Test): South Africa

Editor's Pick (Test): South Africa - Australia

Durban sees the locking of horns of South Africa and Australia on Thursday. Kingsmead, known for its unpredictability, will be a challenge not only to the players on the field but also those playing on the Fantain Fantasy platform. The weather might be a bit of a concern as showers cannot be ruled out. This means that with the possibility of Duckworth and Lewis crashing in, the teams would do well if they kept an eye on the run rate at all times. Just in case.

On the news front. The injury-ridden players - Quinton de Kock, Faf du Plessis, AB de Villiers and Vernon Philander will be seen back on the team. Dale Steyn is still ruled out. There will not be much of a change in the Australian team especially after having defeated England recently.

Point to be noted is that South Africa is planning to slow things down. Pitch-wise. Maharaj’s spin element will come in handy.

Probable 11

SA- Elgar, Markram, Amla, ABD, Faf, De Kock, Philander, Maharaj, Rabada, Morkel, Ngidi/Bavuma

AUS- Warner, Bancroft, Khawaja, Smith, M Marsh, S Marsh, Paine, Starc, Lyon, Cummins, Hazlewood

Key Players

Quinton de Kock

Kagiso Rabada

Mitchell Starc

AB de Villiers

Faf du Plessis

David Warner

Vernon Philander

Tim Paine

Keshav Maharaj

Hashim Amla

Pat Cummins

Steve Smith

Dean Elgar's stonewalling skills will be key against Australia

You will have to drop a couple of big guns to ensure that you do not need a budget of more than 100 for your fantain fantasy lineup. I might drop Smith and Amla for now. Both key but both slowing down.

What do you think?

Indu

Comments

Key Players: India - England

When there is nothing left, you will play for pride. That is what India has to do tomorrow. Considering the fact that the match is taking place in Mumbai. Do it for them. Do it for us. England and Australia will meet each other at the finals on 31st March. India and England are more than likely to go in with the same playing eleven.
India Terribly low on morale, the team will now have to give it their all. They need to know that they are much better than this.
Key players Smriti Mandhana H Kaur Jhulan Goswami J Rodrigues Pooja Vastrakar
England The team has been doing really well since day one. They will now consider this as a practice match. But they will want to win and go to the finals with confidence. They were thumped by Australia earlier in what can be called as a one-sided game. They want to win this tomorrow.
Key Players Danielle Wyatt Nat Sciver Jenny Gunn Tammy B Tash Farrant
Indu

Editor’s Pick (PKL)

The first match - UP - Bengaluru

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My Lineup AR: Pankaj DF: Ravinder Pahal , Mahender Singh RA: Ajay Kumar, Nitin Tomar, Rishank Devadiga, Rohit Kumar

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The untested ones are Deepak Hooda, KL Rahul, and Axar Patel. India has lost to Sri Lanka in their first encounter of this tournament. They will want to be wary because another defeat could cost them the tournament itself. So, not all the new players will see the light today.
A lot depends on Rohit Sharma today. Shikhar Dhawan, Suresh Raina, Manish Pandey and Dinesh Karthik will chip in too.…

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