AUS vs PAK Dream11 Prediction: 3 players you can pick as captain or vice-captain for today’s Women's T20 World Cup 2024 match – October 11, 2024
Australia and Pakistan will lock horns in the 14th match of the ICC Women's T20I World Cup 2024 on Friday, October 11. The Dubai International Cricket Stadium will host the contest.
Pakistan will play for the first time since their defeat to India, and they have been dealt a big blow ahead of the match. Captain Fatima Sana, who has also been their best player so far, will be unavailable for this match owing to personal reasons, with vice-captain Muneeba Ali slated to take over. They face an uphill task to keep their hopes of qualifications alive.
Australia, meanwhile, will look to ensure their progress to the semi-finals with a convincing win. They thrashed New Zealand by 60 runs in their last match as Megan Schutt starred with the ball.
On that note, let's look at the top three Dream11 captaincy picks for this match-up.
#3 Nida Dar (ALL - PAK)
Former Pakistan captain Nida Dar should be a viable captaincy pick on Dream11 in Fatima Sana's absence. The off-spinner is one of the most successful T20I bowlers in the game and is the joint-highest wicket-taker in T20I history with 143 wickets in 158 matches.
Nida is also a successful batter, scoring more than 2000 runs, and even in this tournament, she has been Pakistan's highest run-scorer, with 51 runs in two matches. She has gone wicketless in the first two matches, and a player of her quality shouldn't remain so for too long.
Being the senior-most player in the side, she should step up and deliver in this match and be a solid captaincy option.
#2 Megan Schutt (BOWL - AUS)
Megan Schutt has been breathing fire with the ball in this tournament and is the other joint-highest wicket-taker in T20I cricket alongside Nida Dar. With six wickets in two matches at a sensational bowling average of 2.50 and an economy rate of 2.04, she has been the best bowler so far.
On a Dubai wicket that should offer more pace and bounce than Sharjah, Schutt should get enough off the wicket to trouble the Pakistan batters, with her maiden overs and miserly economy rate providing her another route to points apart from her wickets.
It's high time she's considered for Dream11 captaincy.
#1 Ashleigh Gardner (ALL - AUS)
Ashleigh Gardner is almost always the best Dream11 captaincy pick whenever Australia play. The off-spinner had a sub-par outing against New Zealand, managing only six runs with the bat, and was the only Aussie bowler to go wicketless.
Despite that, she remains the most popular Dream11 captaincy pick, only because of her reputation and records. She bowls two overs in the powerplay and could take a few wickets against a brittle-looking Pakistan top order.
She also loves batting against Pakistan, scoring 124 runs against them at an average of 62.0 and a stellar strike rate of 147.6. All in all, there's no doubt who your first choice for captaincy should be in this match.