Team Abu Dhabi vs The Chennai Braves, ABDT10, Today Match Prediction 29 November 2023

TADH vs TCB Match Prediction & Analysis

The Abu Dhabi T10 tournament is always one which provides big-hitting, quick bowling and plenty of entertainment across the 12 days of cricket at the Zayed Cricket Stadium. The games come thick and fast in this competition so if a team does suffer a defeat there is always a swift opportunity to get back to winning ways.

Momentum is important in the ADT10 and getting an early victory can often go a long way to a successful campaign. With that in mind, there are plenty of white-ball specialists on show in Match 4 of the tournament with the likes of Dawid Malan, Roelof van der Merwe and Noor Ahmad all arriving straight from the 2023 Cricket World Cup in India.

There are 33 matches in total to enjoy across the ADT10 and this clash on Wednesday evening looks set to be one of the most interesting with a good number of England internationals going head to head!

RECENT PERFORMANCE

TADH

TCB

HEAD TO HEAD

TEAMS PREVIEW

Team Abu Dhabi Preview

Team Abu Dhabi have a fine suite of attacking batters likely to make up their top order in this game with former England international and white ball specialist Alex Hales expected to open the innings alongside the tall and powerful West Indian, Kyle Mayers. Backing up this pair we anticipate keeper-batter Tom Banton to come in at number three and the 25 year old has plenty to prove after failing to scale the heights we all enjoyed in his earlier years. However, there were encouraging signs from the right-hander during the 2023 T20 Blast and he will be looking to build on that during this tournament.

With the ball, the pace on bowling will come from England Test star Ollie Robinson and England T20I specialist, left-armer Tymal Mills. Former South African international Dwaine Pretorius gave-up South African duty to concentrate on these shorter formats and he will be dangerous from his great height. Pace-off can also be crucial in T10 cricket and, in Afghanistan’s 18 year old Noor Ahmad and Netherlands’ 38 year old Roelof van der Merwe, Team Abu Dhabi have two fine spinners at different ends of their career!

Team Abu Dhabi Predicted Playing XI:

Kyle Mayers, Alex Hales, Tom Banton, Colin Ingram, Leus du Plooy, James Fuller, Roelof van der Merwe, Dwaine Pretorius, Ollie Robinson, Tymal Mills, Noor Ahmad

Team Abu Dhabi Actual Playing XI:

Alex Hales, Alishan Sharafu, Asif Khan, Colin Ingram, Leus du Plooy, Noor Ahmad, Rumman Raees, Tymal Mills, Dwaine Pretorius, Kyle Mayers, Tom Banton, James Fuller

The Chennai Braves Preview

Although The Chennai Braves may lack some of the international name recognition of their opponents in the batting order, they still have an excellent group of batters who know how to clear the boundary on a regular basis in white ball cricket. Left-handed opener Dawid Malan was a rare bright spot in a disappointing England batting line-up during the 2023 Cricket World Cup and he will bring his impressive ODI average of 55.76 into this game. Fellow England international Dan Lawrence will also be dangerous as will keeper-batter Vriitya Aravind and all-rounder Carlos Brathwaite who everyone re from his last over heroics for West Indies in the 2016 T20 World Cup Final.

There is no shortage of raw pace in The Chennai Braves bowling attack and we anticipate the international pair of Obed McCoy and Olly Stone to get first use of the ball. With McCoy bowling left-arm over and Stone right-arm over, the angle of attack will be different but the speed on the ball will be similar! Skipper Sikandar Raza is a very intelligent spin bowler who will relish the batters coming at him in this format. His variations can be very tough to pick which will increase the chances of him knocking the stumps over or tempting the batters to go aerial in their pursuit of boundaries.

The Chennai Braves Predicted Playing XI:

Dawid Malan, Vriitya Aravind, Sikandar Raza (c), Dan Lawrence, Adam Rossington, Michael Pepper, Carlos Brathwaite, James Fuller, Sam Cook, Obed McCoy, Olly Stone

The Chennai Braves Actual Playing XI:

Charith Asalanka, George Munsey, Jason Roy, Kobe Herft, Stephen Eskinazi, Kai Smith, Imran Tahir, Junaid Siddique, Obed McCoy, Samuel Cook, Aayan Khan, Mohammad Nabi

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

Clear skies and hot conditions are forecast throughout this game on Wednesday evening in Abu Dhabi. The temperature will be in the mid-high 20s throughout with humidity around 60%. With no cloud cover, there will be no interruptions to this match!

TADH vs TCB Pitch Report

It is a great venue to play at with a pitch which offers true bounce throughout the contest. The ball will come onto the batters with good pace and they should get full value for their shots in Abu Dhabi which has a fast outfield. There will be no room for error for the quick bowlers!

Toss: To Bowl

Last season, we saw teams chop and change with their approach to batting first or fielding first during the group stage before all sides opted to field first after winning the toss in the knockout stages. With a win in their opening game a priority, we expect both captains to choose to bowl first if they win the toss.