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BBL 2023-24: Struggling Melbourne Renegades get ready to face confident Melbourne Stars

Tuesday, 02-Jan-2024
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Melbourne Stars and Melbourne Renegades will be locking horns in the 23rd match of the ongoing Big Bash League on Tuesday at Melbourne Cricket Ground. It’s has been a remarkable turnaround for Melbourne Stars in the ongoing Big Bash League after their three consecutive wins from their past matches. After recording a rocky start to their campaign, Melbourne Stars are surging in the points table to live up to the expectations. 

Stars had suffered their defeats in a row in their first three games, but it’s been highly impressive from them in the past three games. Melbourne Renegades, on the other side, are languishing at the second from bottom in the points table, but their uplifting victory in the last game will embolden them to carry on with the momentum. From their six games, they have lost four games as they carry three points along with the negative NRR of -0.389. They need more wins to make their way up in the points table. Melbourne Renegades thrashed Adelaide Strikers by 4 wickets in their last game to register their first victory in the tournament. 

Melbourne Stars Probable XI: Daniel Lawrence, Thomas Rogers, Beau Webster, Glenn Maxwell (c), Sam Harper (wk), Marcus Stoinis, Hilton Cartwright, Imad Wasim, Joel Paris, Corey Rocchiccioli, Mark Steketee

Melbourne Renegades Probable XI: Quinton de Kock (wk), Joe Clarke, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Shaun Marsh, Jonathan Wells, Mackenzie Harvey, Will Sutherland (c), Tom Rogers, Adam Zampa, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Peter Siddle

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