Melbourne Renegades vs Brisbane Heat, BIG BASH LEAGUE 2019-20, Today Match Prediction 27 Jan 2020

mlr vs brh Match Prediction & Analysis

BBL2019-20 season has reached the final match of the league stage and Brisbane Heat is looking to win it and qualify for the play-offs. With 5 teams qualifying for the knockouts in this year`s BBL, Brisbane Heat have a good chance to make it to top 5. They need to win this match and hope other results go their way. A loss would end their campaign in group stages itself.

Melbourne Renegades have no chance to qualify and are going through a tough season this time around. They will look to finish this year with a win in their home ground.

TEAMS PREVIEW

Melbourne Renegades Preview

Brisbane Heat defeated table-toppers Melbourne Stars by a huge margin of 71 runs to keep their hopes alive. AB De Villiers showed his class and range of shots with a superb 37-ball 71 which took the team total past 180. Chris Lynn and Marnus Labushchagne played crucial cameos to build partnerships.

The spin duo of Mitchell Swepson and Mujeeb Ur Rahman ran through the opposition batting clinching 5 wickets. Earlier James Pattinson removed both the openers in quick succession to swing the momentum in their favor. Ben Laughlin and Jack Prestwidge chipped in with vital wickets to put an all-round show from the bowling department.

Key Players:

AB De Villiers – ABD smashed 6 sixes and 2 boundaries scoring his 71 runs at a strike rate of 191. He is one of the toughest batsmen to stop once he gets going and can hit runs 360 degrees around the park.

Mujeeb ur Rahman – Mujeeb`s bowling figures read as 4-0-11-2 and no batsman was able to score runs off him easily. Mujeeb tightens the run rate in the middle overs and builds up pressure on the batting unit.

Melbourne Renegades Predicted Playing XI:

Sam Heazlett, Chris Lynn (c), Matt Renshaw, AB de Villiers (wk), Marnus Labuschagne, Ben Cutting, Jack Prestwidge, James Pattinson, Mitchell Swepson, Ben Laughlin, Mujeeb Ur Rahman

Melbourne Renegades Actual Playing XI:

Aaron Finch, Brayden Stepien, TLW Cooper, JD Wildermuth, SR Patel, Zak Evans, Mohammad Nabi, Cameron Boyce, BJ Webster, DT Christian, Will Sutherland

Brisbane Heat Preview

Melbourne Renegades lost their last two matches despite scoring 175+ runs with the bat. Aaron Finch returned to the team and announced the same with a grand century in the last game. With little contributions from Tom Cooper and Mohammed Nabi, the team total reached 175 runs.

The Renegades' bowling attack was not up to the mark to defend the total. They have just 5 wickets in the last 2 matches combined to show. Will Sutherland and Mohammed Nabi took one wicket each while the rest of bowlers gave runs at 9+ RPO with no wickets to their name.

Key Players:

Aaron Finch – Finch returned after a good ODI series against India and continued his good form in BBL too. He will look to finish off their horrible season with a good win in their final match.

Mohammed Nabi – Mahammed Nabi has been contributing both with bat and ball for Renegades. He scored a quickfire 20 runs and took a wicket in the last match. Look out for Nabi`s all-round skills in this match too.

Brisbane Heat Predicted Playing XI:

Aaron Finch (c), Tom Cooper, Nathan McSweeney, Beau Webster, Mohammad Nabi, Daniel Christian, Samit Patel, Brayden Stepien (wk), Will Sutherland, Cameron Boyce, Kane Richardson

Brisbane Heat Actual Playing XI:

Ben Cutting, AB de Villiers, James Pattinson, Ben Laughlin, Sam Heazlett, Matt Renshaw, Chris Lynn, Jack Prestwidge, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Mitchell Swepson, Marnus Labuschagne

Weather Conditions

Brisbane has bright and sunny weather on the matchday with a 5% chance of rain.

Venue Details

Docklands is a good batting place where batsmen will score runs with ease. We can expect an average score of 170-180 runs here. Both teams scored 180+ runs here the last match.

Toss: To Bowl

No target is safe here and both teams will look to chase down the total with high scoring encounter on cards.