REN vs STA Dream11 Prediction: Melbourne Renegades vs Melbourne Stars Dream11 Team, Playing 11, Fantasy Cricket Tips of Today’s Big Bash League

REN vs STA Dream11 Prediction: It is the Melbourne derby in the match 41 of the BBL 2023 as Melbourne Renegades face Melbourne Stars at the Docklands Stadium, Melbourne at 02:00 PM IST. The Renegades are at fourth place in the points table while the Stars are at 7th place. The Renegades will want to stay in the top half of the points table to ensure they proceed to the knockout stage.

REN vs STA Dream11 Team Prediction for Today Match

Melbourne Renegades vs Melbourne Stars, Match 41 of Big Bash League T20 2022

14 January, 02:00 PM IST

Docklands Stadium, Melbourne

Where to watch Big Bash League Live?

You can watch the Melbourne Renegades vs Melbourne Stars live on Sony Sports Network Channel 5 and Sony LIV app.

Big Bash League Points Table

Rank	Team	Matches	Won	Lost	N/R or Tie	Points	NRR
1	Perth Scorchers	10	8	2	0	16	1.160
2	Sydney Sixers	10	6	3	1	13	-0.015
3	Adelaide Strikers	10	5	5	–	10	0.932
4	Melbourne Renegades	10	5	5	0	10	-0.019
5	Sydney Thunder	10	5	5	0	10	-0.305
6	Hobart Hurricanes	9	4	5	0	8	-0.392
7	Melbourne Stars	10	3	7	0	6	-0.296
8	Brisbane Heat	9	2	6	1	5	-1.052

REN vs STA Pitch Report

The venue has hosted three games so far with the team batting second winning all 3 games. So expect captains to win toss and prefer chasing here. The average first innings total is 163.

REN Playing 11

Fawad Ahmed replaces Marcus Harris.
Martin Guptill will open the batting. Aaron Finch can move up in the batting order and partner Guptill as the opener.
Kane Richardson and Tom Rogers will be the key bowlers.

1.Martin Guptill

2.Aaron Finch

3.Sam Harper †

4.Matt Critchley

5.Jonathan Wells

6.Fawad Ahmed

7.Will Sutherland

8.Ruwantha Kellepotha

9.Tom Rogers

10. Kane Richardson

11. David Moody

Sam Harper Stats in T20

He has found form in the last 2 games as he has smoked 2 back to back fifties scoring 63 and 89. He has a strike-rate of 162.72 this season and hence a must-have a pick in the team.

Matches	Runs	Highest score	Average	Strike rate	100s/50s
68	1358	89	22.26	134.99	0/9

Tom Rogers Stats in T20

Tom Rogers is the man with the golden arm for Renegades this season. He has 17 wickets in 10 games.

Matches	Wickets	Strike-rate	Average	Economy rate	100s/50s
35	46	16.6	23.17	8.37	5/16

STA Playing 11

Tom O’Donnell replaces injured Marcus Stoinis.
Joe Clarke and Thomas Rogers have been the preferred opening paur with Nick Larkin as the finisher in the absence of Marcus Stoinis.
Matt Renshaw will bat in the middle order with Max Bryant.
Michael Neser will lead the bowlling attack and Spencer Johnson will support him.

1.Joe Clarke †

2. Thomas Rogers

3.Hilton Cartwright

4. Beau Webster

5. Nick Larkin

6. James Seymour

7. Clint Hinchliffe

8. Nathan Coulter-Nile

9. Luke Wood

10. Liam Hatcher

11. Adam Zampa (c)

Thomas Rogers stats in T20

He got a crucial 50 in the last game scoring 51 off 45 balls. His scores in last 3 games are 51*, 2 and 48. He has 195 runs this season.

Matches	Runs	Highest score	Average	Strike rate	100s/50s
11	227	51*	22.70	121.39	0/1

Nathan Coulter-Nile in T20

Nathan Coulter-Nile is breathing fire in recent games. He has figures of 3/17, 2/22 and 1/20 in last 3 games. With 13 wickets in 8 games, he is a key player in this tournament.

Matches	Wickets	Strike-rate	Average	Economy	Best figures
154	183	17.9	23.17	7.73	4/10

Who will win REN vs STA today match?

The Renegades have lost 3 of their last 5 games while Stars have lost 3 of thier last 5 games too.
In Head-to-head battle, the Renegades have won 3 games while Stars have won 2 games. The Renegades won the last game.
The Renegades have a better balance and have proven match-winners. Hence expect Renegades to win this game.