ABD Playing 11 for Dubai Capitals vs Abu Dhabi Knight Riders UAE T20; Top Picks, Fantasy Cricket Tips For DUB vs ABD Dream11 Team Prediction

ABD Playing 11: The first match of the UAE T20 League 2023 season is scheduled to be played between the Dubai Capitals and the Abu Dhabi Knight Riders at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai on 13 January, 2023 (Friday). The Abu Dhabi Knight Riders will surely be looking forward to gain winning momentum certainly from the starting stages of the T20 competition as they have some extremely talented players in their ranks. The Knight Riders have some experienced T20 cricketers including the likes of captain Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Jonny Bairstow, Paul Stirling and Colin Ingram.

Abu Dhabi Knight Riders playing 11 team news

• The trio of Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva and Lahiru Kumara will be unavailable for selection in this game due to national duty.
• Sunil Narine will captain the team.
• Kennar Lewis will be the wicket-keeper.
• The duo of Paul Stirling and Sunil Narine will be the two openers.
• They will once again bank upon the likes of Colin Ingram, Kennar Lewis and Andre Russell will have to take up the responsibility with the bat.
• The likes of Ali Khan, Sunil Narine, Ravi Rampaul, Marchant de Lange and Akeal Hosein will be their crucial clogs in the bowling contingent.

ABD Playing 11

1. Paul Stirling
2. Sunil Narine
3. Kennar Lewis
4. Colin Ingram
5. Andre Russell
6. Akeal Hosein
7. Raymon Reifer
8. Seekkuge Prasanna
9. Ali Khan
10. Ravi Rampaul
11. Marchant de Lange

Abu Dhabi Knight Riders squad

Sunil Narine (captain), Andre Russell, Connor Esterhuizen, Lahiru Kumara, Charith Asalanka, Colin Ingram, Akeal Hosein, Paul Stirling, Zawar Fareed, Kennar Lewis, Sabir Ali, Ali Khan, Brandon Glover, Ravi Rampaul, Raymon Reifer, Fahad Nawaz, Mathi Ulla, Dananjaya De Silva, Marchant De Lange and Traveen Mathew.

Dubai Capitals vs Abu Dhabi Knight Riders Dream11 prediction

Here are the best fantasy picks for the match from ABD

• Sunil Narine will surely want to lead his side from the front as he has a lot of experience of playing T20 leagues across the globe for a while now. Narine has picked up a mammoth total of 474 wickets and also scored more than 3300 runs in T20 cricket.

• Andre Russell has always been an impactful player in the shortest format of the game and can contribute both with the bat and ball. Russell has smacked more than 7200 T20 runs at a remarkable strike-rate of close to 170 and also taken 385 wickets.