LEI vs DER Dream11 prediction, Vitality Blast 2023: Fantasy Suggestions, Predicted Playing 11

LEI vs DER Dream11 prediction: Leicestershire Foxes and Derbyshire Falcons will face off in the North group of Vitality Blast 2023 at Uptonsteel County Ground in Leicester. The match is scheduled to start at 6:30 PM local time (11:00 PM IST) after the toss half an hour before the game.

Both sides are in trouble at the moment in the North Group with three back-to-back losses each and are at the bottom of the table. Derbyshire Falcons keep the eighth spot in the nine-team group by having a superior net run rate of -1.049.

Injury update Naveen-Ul-Haq has joined Leicestershire following the completion of his IPL stint. He will replace Naseem Shah in the line-up. No updates on the injury from either side is available at the moment.

LEI vs DER key players

LEI (Wicketkeepers: Harry Swindells) Harry Swindles started as the first-choice wicketkeeper and bats lower down the order, often tasked with playing fewer deliveries towards the end of the innings.

(Batter: Nick Welch, Soloman Budinger, Rishi Patel) Nick Welch and Rishi Patel have been in good form this season with the former scoring knocks of 37 and 30 this season. Patel scored 42 in his last game after scoring 28 before. Sol Budinger, however, has struggled with just 40 runs in the last four knocks in the space of the last 10 days.

(All-rounder: Wiaan Mulder, Colin Ackermann, Arron Lilley, Rehan Ahmed) Pace bowling all-rounder Wiaan Mulder found some form with the bat in the last game and took two wickets as well after struggling in the first two games.

Colin Ackermann has a point to prove after the skipper had a rough time with the bat in the last game, scoring just 5 in 16 balls. Ackermann is not too keen on bowling this season as well with just two overs in three games.

Arron Lilley hasn't bowled at all this season and is having a miserable time with the bat. Rehan Ahmed hasn't been productive as well with just one wicket in three games while his batting role is limited in the lower order.

(Bowler: Naseem Shah, Callum Parkinson, Will Davis) Foxes bowling has struggled to contain runs but Pak pacer Naseem finally delivered two wickets in the last game while Parkinson recently took a four-for. Will Davis hasn't made a telling contribution yet with two wickets in three games.

DER (Wicketkeeper: Brooke Guest) Brooke Guest was a good inclusion in the last game as he replace Aneurin Donald in the last game with a knock of 49 runs and is likely to keep his spot.

(Batter: Leus du Plooy, Haider Ali) Leus de Plooy and Haider Ali have played some good knocks this season but have struggled to get going in the last two games. However, it will be too early to write them off as they have played good knocks in England's reserve T20 league (Second XI League) while Leicester's bowling has struggled at the same time.

(All-rounder: Wayne Madsen, Luis Reece, Anuj Dal) Wayne Madsen has been in terrific form and an obvious choice for captaincy with four consecutive half-centuries while Luis Reece shot a half-century two matches ago and picked two wickets with his left-arm pace bowling in the last game. Anuj Dal, however, has struggled to get runs and hasn't asked to bowl as well.

(Bowler: Mattie McKiernan, Mark Watt, George Scrimshaw, Zaman Khan, Zak Chappell) Pak pacer Zaman Khan has led the charge with seven wickets in four games while fellow pacer Scrimshaw went wicketless in the last game but picked six wickets in three games prior to it.

All three spinners went wicketless in the last game but Zak Chappell took four wickets in the two games before it. Leg spinner Mattie McKiernan is yet to open his wicket while Mark Watt has struggled to contain runs.

LEI vs DER predicted playing 11

LEI predicted playing 11 Nick Welch, Soloman Budinger, Arron Lilley, Colin Ackermann (c), Wiaan Mulder, Rishi Patel, Rehan Ahmed, Harry Swindells (wk), Callum Parkinson, Naveen-Ul-Haq, Will Davis

DER predicted playing 11 Luis Reece, Haider Ali, Wayne Madsen, Leus du Plooy (c), Anuj Dal, Zak Chappell, Brooke Guest (wk), Mattie McKiernan, Mark Watt, George Scrimshaw, Zaman Khan

LEI vs DER pitch report

The Grace Road pitch has runs on the offer with the ball coming to the bat. The venue has often seen a lot of runs with 150-plus runs scored 37 times out of the last 52 domestic T20 games here.