PAK vs AUS (Pakistan vs Australia), 2nd Test - Match Information
Match: Pakistan vs Australia, 2nd Test
Date: 12th March 2022
Time: 10:30 AM IST
Venue: National Stadium, Karachi
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PAK vs AUS, Pitch Report and Conditions
The pitch at the National Stadium, Karachi will allow for good stroke play and the batters will find it easy to bat on the surface. It will not allow a lot of assistance to the bowlers and wicket taking is going to be difficult. The average 1st innings score at this venue in the last 5 matches is 353 runs. The team batting first at this venue has won 20% of its matches. The team winning the toss will look to bowl first here.
The venue is suited for both Pacers and Spinners alike.
PAK vs AUS, Head to Head
In the 67 matches played between these 2 teams, Australia have won 33 matches and Pakistan have won 15 matches. Batter of both teams have earned the most fantasy points for their respective teams so far.
PAK vs AUS Dream11 Prediction: Batters and Wicket-Keepers
Imam-ul-Haq
Imam-ul-Haq scored twin centuries in the first Test (157 & 111*) and thus is looking in good rhythm. As context, before the start of this series he had scores of 43, 202, 72, 109 & 105 in his last 5 First Class matches and thus is an in-form player.
Marnus Labuschagne
Marnus Labuschagne has a good record against Pakistan in Tests having scored 518 runs at an average of 74 in just 5 matches. Talking about his form, he has scored an average of 114 points per game in his last 10 matches which is a great number.
Azhar Ali
Azhar Ali has a batting average of 56 against AUS in Tests (1185 runs in 12 matches). Moreover, he has played 2 times at this venue in Test and in these matches he had scored 82 & 118 runs respectively.
PAK vs AUS Dream11 Prediction: Bowlers
Sajid Khan
Sajid Khan recently made his Test debut last year and has taken 19 wickets in just 5 matches which is a great record.
Shaheen Afridi
Shaheen Afridi has taken 2, 3, 7, 10, 8 & 6 wickets respectively in his last 6 Tests and thus is in sensational form. He does have a decent record at this venue (Karachi) having picked up 8 wickets in 2 Tests.
Pat Cummins
Pat Cummins might have taken only 1 wicket in the last match but before that he had taken 7, 4, 3, 7 & 6 wickets respectively in his previous 5 Tests and thus is in good form.
PAK vs AUS Dream11 Prediction: All-Rounders
Cameron Green
Runs scored/wickets taken by Cameron Green in his last 5 Tests are 48/0, 97/4, 79/2, 17/2 & 35/2 which makes him an in-form pick.
PAK vs AUS Dream11 Prediction: Top Players of the Last Match
The Top Point Getters for Pakistan are Abdullah Shafique with 222 match fantasy points. Azhar Ali with 218 match fantasy points and Nauman Ali with 116 match fantasy points.
The Top Point Getters for Australia are Marnus Labuschagne with 136 match fantasy points. Usman Khawaja with 120 match fantasy points and Steven Smith with 94 match fantasy points.
PAK vs AUS Dream11 Prediction: Captain and Vice-Captain
Imam-ul-Haq has an average of 84 match fantasy points in the last 10 games, a fantasy rating of 8.7 and a high XFactor.
Marnus Labuschagne has an average of 113 match fantasy points in the last 10 games, a fantasy rating of 8.6 and a low XFactor.
Sajid Khan has an average of 94 match fantasy points in the last 5 games, a fantasy rating of 8.5 and a high XFactor.
Azhar Ali has an average of 90 match fantasy points in the last 10 games, a fantasy rating of 8.2 and a medium XFactor.
Shaheen Afridi has an average of 110 match fantasy points in the last 10 games, a fantasy rating of 8.2 and a low XFactor.
PAK vs AUS Dream11 Team Today
Wicket-Keeper: Mohammad Rizwan
Batters: Abdullah Shafique, Azhar Ali, Imam-ul-Haq and Usman Khawaja
All-Rounders: Cameron Green and Marnus Labuschagne
Bowlers: Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Sajid Khan and Shaheen Afridi
Captain: Imam-ul-Haq
Vice-Captain: Marnus Labuschagne
PAK vs AUS (Pakistan vs Australia), 2nd Test Preview
2nd Test of the Australia in Pakistan, 3 Test Series, 2022 has Pakistan taking on Australia. The match will be played at the National Stadium, Karachi.
In the first game of this series, Imam-ul-Haq was the Man of the Match and Imam-ul-Haq scored the highest fantasy points for Pakistan with 335 match fantasy points while Marnus Labuschagne topped the fantasy points leaderboard for Australia with 136 match fantasy points.