New Delhi: The 37th match of the ICC T20 World Cup will see India (IND) facing Scotland (SCO) on Friday. The encounter will take place at Dubai International Cricket Stadium at 7:30 PM. The live-action will be broadcast on Star Sports Network and Disney+Hotstar.
After two consecutive defeats, India won against Afghanistan with 66 runs. Afghanistan won the toss and decided to field. India managed to score 210 runs with a 140-run partnership. Rohit Sharma stacked 74 runs while KL Rahul scored 69 runs. Rishabh Pant and Hardik Pandya managed to lead the team to score more than average. Rishabh scored 27 runs off 13 deliveries while Hardik secured 35 off 13. However, their qualifying in the semi-final depends upon New Zealand’s loss against Afghanistan or Namibia.
On the contrary, Scotland has lost all three games and is placed at the last position on the points table. On batting first, New Zealand added a score of 172 runs on the board. Though Scotland started well, they failed to chase the runs in 20 overs and lost by the margin of 16 runs.
This is the first time these two teams will be facing each other in this format.
India v/s Scotland, March 37, Super 12 Group 2
Venue: Dubai International Cricket Stadium
Match Date and Time: November 5 at 7:30 PM (IST) and at 6:00 PM (Local Time)
Live Streaming: Star Sports Network and Disney+Hotstar
Pitch Report
The Dubai International Cricket Stadium provides a neutral surface and will assist the bowlers as well as the batsmen. Batters will find it hard to score runs in the middle overs. Spinners can come in handy in the middle overs. On winning the toss, bowling first will be a good option. An average score of 140 runs is expected.
Probable Playing XIs for IND v/s SCO:
India
Lokesh Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli (c), Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammad Shami, Jasprit Bumrah
Scotland
George Munsey, Kyle Coetzer (c), Matthew Cross (wk), Richie Berrington, Calum Macleod, Michael Leask, Chris Greaves, Mark Watt, Safyaan Sharif, Alasdair Evans, Brad Wheal
Top Picks for IND vs SCO Dream11 Match:
Top Picks – Batsmen
Rohit Sharma: A right-handed opening batsman from India. After not scoring as many runs in the first two matches, he made a comeback by scoring 74 runs against Afghanistan. In 3 matches, he scored 88 runs.
George Munsey: A left-handed batsman from Scotland. He is one of the dependable players on the team. He added 22 runs on board against New Zealand. In 6 matches, he has scored 111 runs at an average of 18.5.
Top Picks – All-rounders
Ravindra Jadeja: A left-handed batsman and slow left-arm orthodox bowler. He is a must-pick for your dream team. In the last game, he picked up a wicket at an economy of 6.33.
Michael Leask: A right-handed batsman and right-arm off-break bowler from Scotland. He played well in the last game against New Zealand by scoring unbeaten 42 runs. So far in the tournament, he managed to score 95 runs as well picked up 4 wickets.
Top Picks – Bowlers
Jasprit Bumrah: A right-arm medium-fast bowler from India and is proving his worth time and again. So far, he has bagged 3 wickets at an economy of 6.
Safyaan Sharif: A right-arm fast-medium bowler from Scotland. He has picked up 7 wickets in 5 matches in this World Cup.
Top Picks – Wicketkeeper
Rishabh Pant: A left-handed batsman cum wicketkeeper from India. In the last game against Afghanistan, he scored 27 runs from 13 balls. In total 3 matches so far, he scored 78 runs with an average of 39.
