West Indies lost their last two games against Pakistan and India, respectively while South Africa ended on a losing note against England and Australia. It will be a must-win game for both teams.
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In this prediction, Get SAC vs WAC Fantasy11 prediction, cricket tips, pitch reports and more updates for Match 9 of World T20 Championship of Legends 2024. Two struggling teams in the West Indies Champions and South Africa Champions are set to take on each other in the 9th match of the ongoing World T20 Championship of Legends. Both teams will play this all-important game against at Edgbaston, Birmingham on July 7. WIC and SAC are placed in the 5th and 6th spots of the points table with 2 defeats each.
West Indies lost their last two games against Pakistan and India, respectively while South Africa ended on a losing note against England and Australia. It will be a must-win game for both teams to keep their hopes alive in the tournament.
Notably, The losing team in this match will almost lose their hopes of qualification into the tournament’s knockout stage.
Match Information
South Africa Champions vs West Indies Champions, 9th Match
World Championship of Legends, 7 Jul 2024, Sun, 5:00 PM IST ,Birmingham
Probable PlayingXI
South Africa Champions
RE Levi, AG Prince, JL Ontong, ND McKenzie, Jacques Kallis(C), JP Duminy, R McLaren, VD Philander, DJ Vilas, Imran Tahir, CK Langeveldt
Bench: HH Gibbs, RK Kleinveldt, DW Steyn, M Ntini
West Indies Champions
CH Gayle(C), DR Smith, KA Edwards, Jonathan Carter, ND Stewart, Ashley Nurse, CAK Walton, FH Edwards, S Badree, TL Best, SJ Benn
Bench: JN Mohammed, Daren Sammy, Kesrick Williams, JE Taylor, R Rampaul, RR Emrit
Injury News: Will be added when there is an update
Weather Report: Scattered Clouds
Win Prediction: West Indies Champions
Pitch Condition: Batting
Avg 1st Inning Score: 157
Pitch Report
Captains
The star West Indies batting all-rounder Dwayne Smith is currently the highest run-scorer for his team in the tournament. He has scored 79 runs in just 2 innings with an average of 39.50, including a half-century. He can be picked as one of the top captaincy picks in the fantasy team.
South Africa all-rounder Ryan McLaren has been quite impressive both with the bat and the ball. He has scored 58 runs in 2 innings, being unbeaten on one occasion. Besides that, the 41-year-old has also scalped 2 wickets with the ball. He is at the top of both the lists of run-scorers and wicket-takers.
Top
The Caribbean spinner off-spinner Ashley Nurse is leading the chart of the leading wicket-takers for the West Indies. He has scalped 4 wickets in the overs he bowled across 2 innings. The former International has also a good strike rate of 7.28 in the ongoing World T20 Championship of Legends.
The veteran Proteas all-rounder JP Duminy has scalped 2 wickets in 2 innings alongside scoring 22 runs with the bat. He can be picked as one of the top picks considering his potential impact either with the bat or the ball.
Budget
West Indies wicketkeeper-batter can be picked as one of the budget picks owing to his importance in the lower-middle order.
The veteran South Africa batter Neil McKenzie can also be picked as a budget pick considering his 33-run knock in the last game.
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WI-C | BOWL
SA-C | BOWL
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