MA vs NW Match Prediction & Betting Tips - Jan 28, 2021
If you thought T20 was exciting, T10 is going to knock your socks off. This format has been officially accredited by the ICC and the T10 League is now an established tournament and has been held successfully for four editions now. The idea that cricket will someday be a part of the Olympics seems unlikely but T10 is perhaps the format that has the best chance.
The first match of the T10 league 2021 is going to be played between the Maratha Arabians and the Northern Warriors at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi.
MA vs NW Team Previews
Maratha Arabians
The Maratha Arabians have a number of big-name Pakistani players in their ranks with Mohammad Hafeez being the most notable one among them. He is in brilliant form with the bat and is seemingly striking the ball better than ever.
Hafeez will be joined by Laurie Evans, Shoaib Malik, Mosaddek Hossain, Javed Ahmadi, and maybe Ravinderpal Singh to try and get the necessary runs. It is very difficult for a team to be bowled out in 10 overs but it has happened in the past.
The surfeit of resources usually means that teams can go hard from the very first ball.
Among the bowlers, Taskin Ahmed, Pravin Tambe, Sompal Kami, and Yamin Ahmadazai are some of the players to watch out for.
Maratha Arabians Playing 11
Mosaddek Hossain, Mohammad Hafeez, Abdul Shakoor, Pravin Tambe, Ishan Malhotra, Laurie Evans, S Gazi, Muktar Ali, Sompal Kami, Yamin Ahmadzai, Javed Ahmadi.
Northern Warriors
The Northern Warriors are a very dangerous team and they have a predominantly West Indian flavor to them. Led by the brilliant Nicholas Pooran, there is no shortage of hitting power here.
Lendl Simmons, Rovman Powell, Nicholas Pooran, and Brandon King form the main batting strength. This is a very strong batting lineup with an ability to strike cleanly from ball one.
Nicholas Pooran has already shown this ability in the IPL and the BBL but the T10 format is one where he could really go berserk.
Fabian Allen, Wayne Parnell, Wahab Riaz, and Rayad Emrit all add a lot of depth to the lower middle-order as well. Any one of them can come out and swing for the fences while bowling their full-quota of overs with ease.
The flexibility and options that are available to the Northern Warriors make them a very tough team to come up against.
Northern Warriors Playing 11
Nicholas Pooran, LMP Simmons, RR Emrit, F Allen, Wahab Riaz, Brandon King, Wayne Parnell, Maheesh Theekshana, Rovman Powell, Waseem Muhammad, Junaid Siddique.
MA vs NW Toss Prediction
We think the team that wins the toss would like to field first. Teams could err by trying to score too many while batting first. We have seen in previous editions that chasing is a pretty big advantage in the T10 format.
Read our guide on toss predictions to learn how we analyze and come up with our tips.
Pitch and Conditions
There is no rain that is expected in Abu Dhabi and the pitch should be pretty flat as well. We saw that the matches between Afghanistan and Ireland in Abu Dhabi were relatively high-scoring and so the batsmen will be able to tee off once they get used to the slow nature of the wicket.
The boundaries are full-size and so clearing the boundaries still requires a good hit.
A score of around 90-100 seems to be par for the course.
MA vs NW Betting Tips
We are going to stick with the Northern Warriors in this first match of the T10 League 2021. They have a stronger batting lineup, more six-hitting power, and plenty of current short format superstars to have the edge.
Bet on the Northern Warriors to win.
We are eager to know what you think of our match predictions, if there is anything we can do better or if you want to let us know your own predictions for the match.