ODL vs OPU Dream11 Team Prediction | MGM Odisha T20 | 30th Match | 7th Jan 2021
Odisha Pumas and Odisha Lions will step to square off against each other in the next nail-biting contest of the MGM Odisha T20 tournament. So far, the Lions have won three and lost four-game, which drags them to the 4th spot of the points table, while Pumas grabs the second spot with 4 wins and 2 losses. Last them when they met each other, Pumas were highly humiliated as Lions won the game by 10 wickets. Let’s see, if the rivalry continues. Let’s go through our Dream11 Team Prediction for the upcoming game of MGM Odisha t20.
Match Details:
Date & Time: 7th January, 2020 & 3:30 PM IST
Venue: Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
Pitch Condition:
The surface at Cuttak keeps changing its behavior. Batsmen have started getting slight assistance, while bowlers still have the upper hand here.
Venue Stats:
Average 2nd Inns scores: 91
Highest total recorded: 180/3 (20 Ov) by IND vs SL
Lowest total recorded: 87/10 (16 Ov) by SL vs IND
Highest score chased: 96/4 (17.1 Ov) by RSA vs IND
Last five matches:(Recent first)
ODL: L, W, W, L, NR
OPU: L, W, W, W, L
Squads:
Odisha Lions (ODL): Rakesh Pattanaik, Saroja Panda, Subhrajyoti Mishra, Swastik Samal, Deepak Behera, Bikash Rout, Ajay Goura, Sujit Skhetra Lenka, Alok Mangaraj, S Sahoo, Nauttam Bhanja, Ansuman Tripathy, Durgaprasad Behera, Chinmay Sahoo, Biswabhusan Bihari, Abhishek Giri
Odisha Pumas (OPU): Kameshwar Barik, Dhiraj Singh, Aravinda Singh, Tukuna Sahoo, Pratik Anurag Das, Abhinash Nayak, Prayash Singh, Prasanthi Rana, Sandeep Patnaik, Jitendra Thapa, Badal Nishad, Soubhagya Mohanty, Purnachandra Majhi, Illu Gochhayat, Pravin Tirkey, Debashis Mahakud.
ODL vs OPU Dream11 Team News:
Odisha Lions
Despite the loss, the Lions might not tinker with their combination as they lost the game in the last over. The top order failed in the previous game and now it’s time to show the character. Bowlers almost did everything to defend the target but unfortunately, they failed. Lenka and Pattnaik played an important inning in the middle overs and are expected to perform again.
Odisha Pumas
Gachhayat might make ways for Barik in the upcoming game against the Lions. No other changes are expected. Patnaik will again be expected to perform well. He scored a much-needed half-century in the last game. Bowlers quite intelligently defend the target and helped their team notch the victory against the Panthers by 30 runs.
ODL vs OPU Dream11 Prediction, Line-Ups:
ODL Playing 11:
Wicket-keeper: S Lenka, A Goura
Batsmen: B Rout, S Mishra, S Samal, S Panda
All-rounders: R Pattanaik, D Behera
Bowlers: N Bhanja, S Sahoo, Mangaraj
OPU Playing 11:
Wicket-keeper: S Mohanty, K Barik
Batsmen: S Pattnaik, P Rana, A Singh, P Majhi
All-rounders: P Das, P Singh, J Thapa
Bowlers: T Sahoo, D Singh
Captain Pick for ODL vs OPU Dream11 Team
Option 1: Sandeep Patnaik
Sandeep Patnaik has been in splendid form as he has scored 171 runs for Pumas in 6 innings at an average of 34.20 including 51 runs against Panthers.
Option 2: Deepak Behera
Deepak Behera bagged four wickets in the previous game at an economy of 5.75. He is the best choice as captain.
Vice-Captain Choice:
Option 1: Sujit Lenka
Sujit Lenka played a sensible inning in the previous game after the top order failed to get any runs for the team. He scored important 39 runs off 40 balls to reach a decent score.
Option 2: S Sahoo
S Sahoo has chipped 10 wickets from 6 innings for Lions at an economy of 5.08. Batsmen have been struggling to read his line and length. Don’t miss him out.
Top three Picks For ODL vs OPU Dream11 Team:
T Sahoo – 5 innings – 138 runs – 27.60 average
D Singh – 3.3 overs – 11 runs – 2 wickets – 3.14 economy
P Singh – 4 overs – 29 runs – 2 wickets – 7.25 economy
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ODL vs OPU Dream11 Team Prediction: Who will win the match
Looking at their last encounter, the Lions seem to be on the upper hand. They would again want to be on the superior side. So our experts believe that the Lions would easily win this game. This is the Dream11 Team Prediction from our team of experts.
