Global T20 Canada 2023: Montreal Tigers vs Brampton Wolves, Eliminator – Predicted Fantasy XI and Budget Picks

The Brampton Wolves and Montreal Tigers will take on each other in the Eliminator of the Global T20 (GT20) Canada 2023 on Friday, August 4 (Saturday, August 5 in India) at the CAA Centre in Brampton, Ontario. The Wolves, led by Tim Southee, finished in fourth place in the league stages with eight points and a net run-rate (NRR) of +0.360 as well, winning three out of their seven matches so far. However, two of their matches were abandoned due to rain. Brampton will enter Friday’s GT20 contest after losing two games. They lost to Surrey Jaguars by six wickets in their last game as well.

The Tigers, on the other hand, finished third in the points table with nine points and a net run rate of +0.312 as well courtesy of four wins out of their seven matches. They lost to the Vancouver Knights by nine wickets in their last game. After opting to bat first, Montreal was bundled out for a paltry 99 in 18.3 overs as well. The Knights comfortably chased down the target with 31 balls in hand to finish the GT20 league stages in the top two as well.

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Pitch Report and Weather Forecast

The pitch at the CAA Centre in Ontario has been a sporting one so far where bowlers have got a lot of help from the surface, while batters who spend time in the middle can score well. However, there is a seven percent chance of rain throughout the game and the temperature will be around the 30-degree Celsius as well.

Probable XIs

Brampton Wolves: Usman Khan (wk), Aaron Johnson, Mark Chapman, Nitish Kumar, Hussain Talat, Colin de Grandhomme, Rizwan Cheema, Logan van Beek, Tim Southee (c), Shahid Ahmadzai, Chris Green.

Montreal Tigers: Muhammad Waseem, Chris Lynn (c), Sherfane Rutherford, Dilpreet Singh, Andre Russell, Dipendra Singh Airee, Carlos Brathwaite, Srimantha Wijeratne (wk), Zahir Khan, Aayan Afzal Khan, Kaleem Sana

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Fantasy XIs

Team 1

Wicketkeeper: Usman Khan

Batters: Chris Lynn, Sherfane Rutherford, Mark Chapman, Muhammad Waseem

All-rounders: Logan van Beek (C), Colin de Grandhomme, Andre Russell, Carlos Brathwaite (VC)

Bowlers: Chris Green, Tim Southee

Team 2

Wicketkeeper: Usman Khan

Batsmen: Chris Lynn, Mark Chapman, Sherfane Rutherford

All-Rounders: Logan van Beek (C), Colin de Grandhomme, Carlos Brathwaite (VC), Dipendra Singh Airee

Bowlers: Tim Southee, Chris Green, Kaleem Sana