THU Playing 11 for Melbourne Stars vs Sydney Thunder, Big Bash League; Top Picks, Fantasy Cricket Tips For STA vs THU Dream11 Team Prediction

STA vs THU: The Match 56 of the Big Bash League 2022-23 season is scheduled to be played between the Melbourne Stars and the Sydney Thunder at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 25 January, 2023 (Wednesday). The Sydney Thunder did not witnessed the best of fortunes recently in the ongoing edition of the T20 tournament as they ended up losing by a margin of 125 runs at the hands of Sydney Sixers in their most recent encounter. Sydney Thunder are currently slotted at the fifth spot on the points table with as many as 6 victories and 7 defeats.

Sydney Thunder playing 11 team news

• Jason Sangha returns to the 16-man squad after attaining complete fitness.
• Jason Sangha is very much likely to replace Blake Nikitaras in the playing 11 from the previous game.
• Chris Green will be the captain.
• Matthew Gikes will don the wicket-keeping gloves.
• The likes of David Warner, Jason Sangha, Matthew Gikes, Alex Ross and Oliver Davies will once again expected to take up the responsibility in the batting department.
• The likes of Daniel Sams, Gurinder Sandhu, Chris Green and Usman Qadir will be their important wicket-taking bowlers.

THU Playing 11

1. David Warner
2. Matthew Gikes
3. Jason Sangha
4. Oliver Davies
5. Alex Ross
6. Daniel Sams
7. Ben Cutting
8. Joel Davies
9. Chris Green
10. Gurinder Sandhu
11. Usman Qadir

Sydney Thunder Squad

Ben Cutting, Joel Davies, Oliver Davies, Brendan Doggett, Matthew Gilkes, Chris Green (c), Baxter Holt, Nathan McAndrew, Blake Nikitaras, Ross Pawson, Usman Qadir, Alex Ross, Daniel Sams, Gurinder Sandhu, Jason Sangha, David Warner, Sam Whiteman.

Melbourne Stars vs Sydney Thunder Dream11 prediction

Here are the best fantasy picks for the match from THU

• Oliver Davies has been amongst the runs on consistent basis this BBL season for the Sydney Thunder. While playing as many as 13 games, Davies has notched up 325 runs at an average of close to 30.

• Daniel Sams has been quite an impactful player in the shortest format of the game as he can contribute both with the ball and bat. Sams has taken as many as 16 wickets from 12 matches in the Big Bash League T20 2022-23 season.