Australia vs Pakistan, 18th Match of WC 2023 dream11 prediction today match

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Match : Australia vs Pakistan, 18th Match of WC 2023

Venue : M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru

Date & Time : 20th October, Friday at 2:00 PM IST

H2H Record :

Total matches - 107
AUS won - 69
PAK won - 34
NR - 03,
Tied - 01,

Pitch Report :

The pitch at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium is known for shorter boundaries, and bowlers have struggled to contain runs in the past. The batters might dominate throughout this game, and this might be a high-scoring game. Being the evening game, the dew might also play a key role in this game.

The average first innings score here is 270 runs.

Weather Report :

The temperature is expected to hover around 31°C on the Friday with 44% humidity and 14 km/hr windspeed. There are no chances of rain during the game.

Probable XI :

Australia :

David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Steve Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis (WK), Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins (C), Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood.

Pakistan :

Imam-ul-Haq, Fakhar Zaman/Abdullah Shafique, Babar Azam (C), Mohammad Rizwan (WK), Saud Shakeel, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali.

Preview :

Australia vs Pakistan will face each other for the first time in the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup in India. The match is scheduled to take place at the M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru, with the venue hosting its first game this World Cup.
Australia are coming off a confident win over Sri Lanka by five wickets in the last game. They have so far won only one game out of three having lost to India and South Africa in their first two outings. However, they will be keen on going on a winning run in the upcoming matches and securing their place in the top four.

Pakistan, meanwhile, went down to arch-rivals India meekly at the Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad in their previous encounter. They could just post 191 runs after being invited to bat first and lost the match comfortably by seven wickets. Nevertheless, they have won two matches thus far having begun their campaign with wins over the Netherlands and Sri Lanka.

Australia are placed at the 8th spot in the ICC Men's ODI World Cup 2023 points table with one win and 2 losses from their 3 matches of the round-robin stage. The team has 2 points. Marnus Labuschagne is the top run-scorer for Australia with 113 runs at a strike rate of 64. He has struck 6 fours. Steven Smith has also made 65 runs at a strike rate of 70. Mitchell Starc has been the best bowler for Australia and has picked up 5 wickets while bowling at an average of 25 and an economy rate of 4.70.

Pakistan are placed at the 4th spot in the ICC Men's ODI World Cup 2023 points table with 2 wins and one loss from their 3 matches of the round-robin stage. The team has 4 points. Mohammad Rizwan is the top run-scorer for Pakistan with 248 runs at a strike rate of 93. He has struck 3 sixes and 23 fours. Abdullah Shafique has also made 133 runs at a strike rate of 104. Hasan Ali has been the best bowler for Pakistan and has picked up 7 wickets while bowling at an average of 19 and an economy rate of 6.00.

Team Guide

Makes various team combinations with the help of these information.

*Australia*

Alex Carey :

Alex Carey is the known for his consistency in lower order, he will not take unnecessary risks but will score at a good rate. Overall he's scored 1814 runs at an average of 32.98. Also he has scored 165 runs in seven ODIs against the Pakistan. Punt pick.

Josh Inglis :

Josh Inglis is the hit or miss type batter but he was played a brilliant inning of 58 runs in the last match, also he has brilliant with his wicketkeeping skills. Overall he's scored 206 runs at an average of 20.6. Punt pick.

David Warner :

David Warner is one of the top openers in the world with 6462 runs at an average of 44.26. He has a decent record against the Pakistan, hammered 676 runs in 13 ODIs at an average of 52.0 and strike rate of 93.4. This includes three centuries and a fifty. Warner gave Australia a fantastic start and was the lone batter from the Australian side to scores consecutive fifties in all three games in last ODI series against India. Default c/vc pick.

Steven Smith :

Steve Smith is the known for his consistency, he will not take unnecessary risk but will score at a handy strike rate. He has not been able to do anything special in the first three matches of this World Cup. But now a big innings is going to come from his bat. The right-hander has an good record against Pakistan (511 runs, avg. 51.1), which includes three fifties & two centuries. Default c/vc pick.

Marnus Labuschagne :

Marnus Labuschagne is the technical sound batter who's going through with fine form. He has played useful innings in all three matches so far. The quality batter scored just 1381 runs at an average of 37.32 in 41 ODIs so far, but he's able done well compared to these figures and he's also scored 88 runs at an average of 29.3 in three ODIs against the Pakistan. Punt pick.

Mitchell Marsh :

Mitchell Marsh is an excellent batting all-rounder has established himself as one of Australia’s most reliable performers in white ball cricket over recent years. Finally, in the last match against Sri Lanka, he played a convincing innings, scoring 52 runs before being run out. He's scored 2290 runs & gets 54 wickets in 50 over farmat. In 2 ODI matches against the PAK, Marsh has managed to scored just 4 runs at an average of 2.0, & also gets a wicket against them. Overall as ODI opener, Marsh has hit 434 runs at an average of 54.25 and strike rate of 120.00. Will be a best c/vc pick.

Marcus Stoinis :

Marcus Stoinis is another valuable all-rounder for Australia, with 1425 runs and 44 wickets in ODIs. The star allrounder managed to score 110 runs in seven matches against the Pakistan also gets three wickets. His ability to perform under pressure in crucial situations is an asset to the team. Default c/vc pick.

Cameron Green :

Cameron Green is a quality allrounder who's scored 387 runs and taken 16 wickets in his 21 matches ODI career so far. The allrounder also scored 79 runs at an average of 38.5 against the Pakistan. He has been in good recent form and can turn out to be effective here as well. Good pick.

Mitchell Starc :

Mitchell Starc looking in good shape and took 2/43 & 2/53 in past two matches. The quality pacer who has 23 wickets with the average of 18.0 runs apiece in 10 ODI innings against Pakistan. The Pakistan's top-order is slightly vulnerable to the left-arm pace, and Starc has also troubled them in the past. Starc will have the responsibility of providing powerplay wickets to his team, something the other bowlers have failed to do consistently this series. Must have pick.

Pat Cummins :

Pat Cummins is one of the best bowler for Aussies who's picked up much needed 2/32 in previous game against SL. Cummins has 129 wickets in 80 matches with an astonishing average of 28.4. He picks up a wicket every 31 balls in this format. Pat Cummins has scalped 13 wickets, including the best figures of 3 for 23 against Pakistan. Must have pick.

Josh Hazlewood :

Josh Hazlewood is a wicket-taking fast bowler. With 120 wickets from 77 ODI matches, also scalped 11 wickets in just five matches against the Pakistan. He was destroyed Indian top order in the first game took 3/38. The Australian pacer has a knack for taking wickets consistently. He is poised to be a valuable addition to fantasy teams for this match.

Adam Zampa :

Adam Zampa is a lone specialist spin option for Australia and done his well in previous outing took 4/47. Zampa is managed to get 17 wickets in just 10 matches versus Pakistan. overall he's 147 wickets in just 88 ODIs. Good pick.

Sean Abbott :

Sean Abbott is the handy bowling allrounder who's looking good with bat & ball ODIs series against the India. He comes into this series in good form. Overall he's 20 wickets in 17 ODIs so far. Punt pick.

*Pakistan*

Mohammad Rizwan :

Mohammad Rizwan has been among the most consistent players in Pakistan in the white ball cricket. Rizwan is the currently leading run scorer in this world cup with 248 runs, Avg - 124.0, SR - 93.58, also smashed a century and a half-century. Since the start of 2022, Rizwan has scored 1077 runs at an average of 59.83 in ODIs. Rizwan didn't has a solid head to head record against the Australia, with 315 runs at an average of 35.0, in 10 innings. One of the best pick from wicket keeper section.

Babar Azam :

Babar Azam is just amazingly consistent in the 50-over format. He is coming from 50 runs inning against India in last game. He has 588 runs at an impressive average of 73.5 and a strike rate of 91.7 in nine ODI innings against the Australians. The Pakistan skipper also smashed two fifties and three hundreds against them. Another safest c/vc pick.

Fakhar Zaman :

Fakhar Zaman has just 102 runs at an average of 25.5 and a strike rate of 105.2 against Australia in ODIs. The southpaw has registered a string of low scores in the last few innings, but he is a quality batter. Zaman will look to regain his form and provide a blistering start to Pakistan. Punt pick.

Imam-ul-Haq :

Imam-ul-Haq is the quality opening batter who's has scored 511 runs at an average of 36.5 and struck at 80.1 in the ODIs this year, including five half-centuries. Overall he's scored 3039 runs at an average of 49.02 in 69 ODIs, which includes 19 fifties & 9 tons. The opener managed to scored 410 runs at an average of 68.3 in seven outings against the Australia, which includes two centuries and as many half-centuries. Good pick.

Abdullah Shafique :

Abdullah Shafique is the talented top order batter who's played an outstanding knock in his first world cup outing in against the SL, scored 113 runs off just 103 balls, which includes ten fours & three big sixes. Overall he's played just six ODIs so far and scored 213 runs at an average of 35.5. Punt pick.

Saud Shakeel :

Saud Shakeel was the man of the match in his first World Cup outing, scored much needed 68(52) runs in the first game against the Netherlands. He's also smashed 75 runs off just 53 ball in warm-up game against the NZ recently. Punt pick.

Iftikhar Ahmed :

Iftikhar Ahmed is the useful batting allrounder, he has been an important part of the team with impressive performances in the middle order. He garnered a dazzling knock of 83 runs in the second warm-up match against Australia. The allrounder averages 13.0 with the bat against the Australia. Punt pick.

Shadab Khan :

Shadab Khan is star allrounder, who's looking in good form with the ball in recently concluded Asia cup. If the conditions suit him, Shadab can pose a major threat to the Indian batters. Overall he's scored 768 runs at an average of 25.6 & gets 85 wickets in 67 ODIs so far. Will be a best c/vc pick for grand league.

Shaheen Afridi :

Shaheen Afridi is the biggest threat to the Australian team. Afridi is known for his deadly bolts with the new ball and provides breakthroughs for fun. The Australian team has been preparing hard to counter him, but the quality of Shaheen is unmatched. Overall he's a good record in this format picked up 90 wickets with the economy is 5.5 in 47 matches. Shaheen Shah Afridi is Pakistan's highest wicket-taker this year with 28 wickets (avg. 23.8). The tall pacer always effective against the Australia scalped 8 wickets in just three matches against them. Will be a best c/vc pick from bowling section.

Haris Rauf :

Haris Rauf displayed his bowling prowess against Netherlands in first game, capturing three wickets. He aims to replicate this performance in the upcoming match. Overall he has picked up 58 wickets in just 31 matches so far. The right arm pacer also taken five wickets in just three matches against the Australia. Solidifying his status as a top pick for any fantasy Team.

Hasan Ali :

Hasan Ali is an experienced pacer, who's finally succeed to find his place in the ODI team after more than a year and took 4/71 recently against SL. He's scalped 98 wickets in 63 ODIs so far and also picked up 13 wickets in just seven matches against the Austria. Punt pick.

Usama Mir :

Usama Mir is the promising young legbreak bowler, who was the bowled impressively in both warm-ups matches. He has played just 8 matches so far and picked up 11 wickets in these. Punt pick.

Details Analysis

Cheat sheet

Australia ODIs

WK :

Alex Carey -

3dwn, 1dwn, 3dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 5dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, DNB, 4dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 2dwn
11(14), 28(25), 11(19), 14(12), 2(4), 99(77), 12(23), 6(10), 3(9), 39(46), DNB, 12(6)*, 0(1), 21(18), 67(51),

Josh Inglis -

3dwn, 3dwn, 6dwn, Open, 3dwn, 4dwn, 1dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, Open, 3dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn
58(59), 5(4), 48(30), 0(3), 6(9), 45(45), 0(4), 50(27), 1(5), 26(27), 138(130), 41(18)*, 5(4), 85(70)

Batter :

Mitchell Marsh (c) - Right Arm Medium

Open, Open, Open, Open, DNB, Open, Open, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, Open, Open, Open, 2dwn,
52(51), 7(15), 0(6), 31(48), DNB, 96(84), 4(4), 71(56), 6(9), 29(26), 0(1), 17(15), 47(47), 66(36)*, 81(65), 56(30),
0/6(1), DNB, 2/43(7), 1/24(5),

David Warner -

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, 2dwn, Open, Open, Open,
11(6), 13(27), 41(52), 48(33), 56(34), 53(39), 52(53), 10(6),12(13), 78(56), 106(93), 0(2),23(31), 106(102), 16(17), 86(84),

Steven Smith -

1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, Open, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, DNB, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn,
0(5), 19(16), 46(71), 27(29), 55(42), 74(61), 0(1), 41(60), 0(3), DNB, 22(30), 21(16), 94(114), 80(78)*, 105(131), 61(94),

Marnus Labuschagne -

2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 7dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 6dwn, 3dwn, DNB, 2dwn, 5dwn, 2dwn
40(60), 46(74), 27(41), 40(31), 3(5)*, 72(58), 27(31), 39(49), 44(63), 20(22), 15(16), 124(99), 80(93)*, 28(45), DNB, 15(22), 8(4), 58(55)

Travis Head -

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open
17(11)*, 38(24), 64(36), 33(28), 31(31), 51(30), 5(10), 152(130), 19(28),

All-rounder :

Glenn Maxwell - Right Arm off-break

4dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn, 4dwn, 2dwn, 4dwn, 5dwn, 4dwn, 5dwn, 6dwn, 5dwn
31(21)*, 3(17), 15(25), 77(71), 5(6), 5(7), 8(10), 14(8), 25(50), 2(8), 19(22)
1/36(10), 2/34(10), 0/33(8), 1/34(8), DNB, 4/60(10), 0/7(2), 0/18(4), 0/9(3), 4/52(10), DNB

Cameron Green - Right Arm Medium

5dwn, 5dwn, 3dwn, 5dwn, 5dwn, 3dwn, 4dwn, 2dwn, DNB, DNB, 4dwn, 4dwn, 5dwn, 4dwn,
8(20), 50(40)*, 34(26), 9(13), 19(13), 31(52), 18(27), 0(2)*, DNB, DNB , 12(19), 25(12)*, 89(92)*, 3(11),
0/11(2), DNB, DNB, 1/30(7), 2/103(10), 0/44(6), 1/59(10), 1/32(5), 0/20(5), DNB, 0/35(6), 2/25(4), DNB, 1/17(6),

Marcus Stoinis - Right Arm Medium

5dwn, 5dwn, 5dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 5dwn, 5dwn, DNB, 6dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 2dwn
20(10)*, 5(4), 29(21), 18(13), 10(12), 17(10), 26(26), DNB , 5(8), 11(8), 42(29)*, 12(15),
0/11(2), 0/11(2), 0/40(5), 1/81(10), 1/58(10), 2/20(6), 1/43(10), DNB, 2/27(7), DNB, 1/21(5), 0/29(5),

Sean Abbott - Right Arm Medium

DNB, DNB, 6dwn,
DNB, DNB, 54(36),
1/31(6), 1/30(3), 1/91(10), 1/46(10), 2/54(10), 0/31(3), 2/50(7), 1/40(9), 1/50(10), 3/23(6), 0/31(9), 2/39(8), 1/56(8), 2/45(8),

Bowler :

Mitchell Starc - Left Arm Fast

2/43(10), 2/53(9), 1/31(8), 0/35(6), 3/18(3), 1/53(7), 0/67(10), 5/53(8), 3/49(10), 4/47(8), 1/45(10), 3/60(10), 2/11(7), 1/43(9),

Pat Cummins - Right Arm fast

2/32(7), 1/71(9), 0/33(7), 2/34(6), 1/59(8), 1/44(10), 2/25(6), 3/62(10), 2/22(6), 2/37(9), 4/35(9), 0/48(8), 3/57(10),

Adam Zampa - Legbreak

4/47(8), 1/70(10), 0/53(8), 1/67(10), 2/57(10), 3/71(10), 0/113(10), 4/48(8), 1/42(9), 4/45(10), 0/6(2), 0/37(6), 1/50(8), 3/45(9), 4/31(6),

Josh Hazlewood - Right Arm Medium fast

0/36(7), 1/60(9), 3/38(9), 2/42(8), 1/62(10), 2/79(10), 0/74(9), 3/41(10), 1/21(7), 2/33(7), 1/51(10), 0/11(6), 3/31(10),

Pakistan ODIs

WK :

Mohammad Rizwan –

2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 2dwn
49(69), 131(121)*, 68(75), 103(94)*, 86(73)*, 2(5), 63(79)*, 44(50), 67(79), 2(7), 21(22), 9(15), 24(28), 32(34), 54(41)*, 42(34)*,

Mohammad Haris–

3dwn, 5dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn, 5dwn, 5dwn, 4dwn
3(9), 17(8)*, 63(54), 14(13), 26(21), 38(33), 11(13)

Batter :

Babar Azam (c) –

1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn
50(58), 10(15), 5(18), 90(59), 80(84), 29(35), 10(24), 17(22), 151(131), 60(86), 53(66), 0(3), 1(5), 107(117), 54(62), 65(66), 49(46)

Imam-ul-Haq–

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open
36(38), 12(12), 12(15), 16(11), 1(10), 9(18), 78(84), 5(14), 13(30), 91(105), 61(94), 90(107), 24(26), 60(65), 6(12), 11(14)

Fakhar Zaman–

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open
15(19), 22(24), 4(11), 27(50), 20(31), 14(20), 27(33), 30(34), 2(6), 33(64), 14(17), 19(26), 180(144)*, 117(114),

Saud Shakeel - Left Arm Orthodox

3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, DNB, 2dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 7dwn
6(10), 31(30), 68(52), 75(53)*, 9(6), DNB, 3(8),59(72)*, 7(16) , 3(3)

Abdullah shafiq–

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, 2dwn, 2dwn, Open, Open, Open, 1dwn
20(24), 113(103), 12(16), 14(25), 52(69), 19(23), 7(16), 2(5), 27(35), 15(31), 15(18)

All-rounder :

Shadab Khan– Legbreak Googly

5dwn, DNB, 6dwn, 3dwn, 5dwn, 6dwn, 5dwn, DNB, ABN, 5dwn, 5dwn, 6dwn, 5dwn, 5dwn, 6dwn, DNB, DNB, 4dwn
2(5), DNB, 32(34), 9(8), 16(11), 3(3), 6(10), DNB, ABN, 4(2)*, 3(8), 48(35), 39(50), 14(15), 21(10)*, DNB, DNB, 48(28)*
0/31(4), 1/55(8), 1/45(8), 1/69(10), DNB, 1/55(9), 1/71(10), 0/35(7), 0/57(9), 4/27(7), 3/42(10), 0/53(10), 1/1(1M), 2/67(9), 0/45(10), 1/56(10), 1/41(10), 0/47(9),

Ifthikhar Ahmed– Right Arm Off-break

4dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 2dwn, 6dwn, 5dwn, 4dwn, DNB, 4dwn, 5dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn
4(4), 22(10)*, 9(11), 83(85), 7(3)*, 47(40), 23(35), DNB, 109(71)*, 17(24), 30(41), 94(72)*, 28(22), 12(19), 11(28), 66(85), 25(53)
DNB, 0/22(4), 1/16(3), DNB, DNB, 3/50(8), 0/52(6), 0/24(4), DNB, 0/21(2), 3/52(9), 0/10(1), DNB, 0/44(5)

Mohammad Nawaz– Left Arm Orthodox

6dwn, DNB, 5dwn, 5dwn, DNB, 4dwn, ABN, DNB, 6dwn, 5dwn, DNB, 5dwn, 5dwn, 5dwn
4(14), DNB, 39(43), 50(42), DNB, 12(12), ABN, DNB, 30(25), 11(9)*, DNB, 8(10)*, 8(9), 3(5)
0/47(9), 1/62(9), 1/31(7), 1/34(6), 0/55(7), 0/26(7), 0/55(8), 1/13(2), 2/45(9), 0/26(5), 0/40(7), 0/55(8), 1/53(10), 4/38(10)

Agha Salman– Right Arm Off-break

6dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, ABN, 3dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 4dwn, DNB, 4dwn, 4dwn
10(9), 33(23)*, 23(32), 12(21)*, ABN, 5(14), 38(31)*, 14(15), 7(29), 58(76), 31(29), DNB, 7(10), 45(43)
DNB, 1/60(8), DNB, 0/11(1), 0/21(4), DNB, 1/3(2), DNB, DNB, 0/49(9), 1/42(9), 0/34(5), 0/15(2), 2/42(10)

Bowler :

Shaheen Afridi –Left Arm Fast Medium

2/36(6), 1/66(9), 1/37(7), 0/25(6), 2/52(9), 1/79(10), 1/42(7), 4/35(10), 2/27(5), 2/31(10), 2/58(10), 2/9(4), 3/46(10), 1/34(6), 2/53(9), 2/63(10),

Haris Rauf– Right Arm Medium

0/43(6), 2/64(10), 3/43(9), 1/97(9), 0/36(4), 0/27(5), 4/19(6), 3/58(9), 2/16(6), 0/48(7), 5/18(8), 1/45(8), 2/37(8), 4/78(10), 2/65(10), 0/41(7)

Hasan Ali– Right Arm Medium fast

1/34(6), 4/71(10), 2/33(7), 0/23(6), 1/66(8), 0/28(6), 1/53(9), 2/48(10),

Mohammad Wasim– Right Arm Medium fast

1/63(8), 1/58(7), 0/25(3), 0/35(10), 3/40(10), 2/50(8), 2/35(5), 0/46(7), 1/43(8)

Usama Mir– Legbreak

2/31(5), 2/68(10), 1/61(10), 0/18(3), 2/53(8), 4/43(10), 0/66(10), 1/61(10), 1/42(10),

Zaman Khan - Right Arm Fast

0/39(6), 1/40(5), 2/61(10), 0/47(7), 0/55(9), 2/47(9),

Abrar Ahmed - Leg break

Domestic
1/45(10), 2/53(10), 1/51(10), 1/67(10), 0/33(8), 3/25(7),

Cheat Sheet

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