In the second game of the Big Bash League 2024/25, Sydney Sixers vs Melbourne Renegades has been scheduled for Monday evening at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney. It will be their first match of the season.
Sydney Sixers are the second most successful team in BBL history with three BBL titles. They also finished as the runners-up four times, including the last season when Brisbane Heat won their second BBL trophy after beating Sixers in the final.
On the other hand, BBL 2018/19 champions Melbourne Renegades advanced to the next round only once in the last five seasons. In the BBL 2023/24, the Renegades finished in the seventh position.
SIX vs REN Match Overview
Competition: Big Bash League (BBL)
Season: 2024/25 (BBL 2024/25)
Stage: League
Tournament Match no: 2
Match: Sydney Sixers vs Melbourne Renegades (SIX vs REN)
Format: T20
Date and Time: Monday, 16 December, 19:15 local time (13:45 IST)
Venue: Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Live Broadcasting/Streaming (only in India): Star Sports Network, Disney+Hotstar app
SIX vs REN Weather Forecast
MyWeather2.com suggests no rain threat for this match. The expected temperatures during the match time will be between 25°C and 22°C.
SIX vs REN Head-to-Head (Overall)
Matches: 19
Sydney Sixers won: 13
Melbourne Renegades won: 5
No Result: 1
The last time Melbourne Renegades beat Sydney Sixers was in February 2019. Since then, Sydney Sixers are unbeaten against Renegades in nine games with one no result and wins, including winning all the last four fixtures.
SIX vs REN Pitch Report
Sydney Cricket Ground (Sydney) has the previous records for big T20 totals. However, the present trends are low to medium T20 totals. Last time, it experienced a 200+ T20 total during the South Africa vs Bangladesh match in October 2022 at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022. In the last 10 T20 matches at this venue, eight games experienced successful defending results, including Australia’s successful defending of 147 runs against Pakistan last November.
Pacers have strong records at this venue, while this venue becomes more suitable for the spinners late in the season.
SIX vs REN Toss Prediction
Win the toss and bat first.
SIX vs REN Full Available Squads
Sydney Sixers Full Available Squad
Moises Henriques (Captain), Sean Abbott, Jafer Chohan, Joel Davies, Ben Dwarshuis, Jack Edwards, Daniel Hughes, Hayden Kerr, Todd Murphy, Mitch Perry, Josh Philippe, Lachlan Shaw, Jordan Silk, James Vince
Melbourne Renegades Full Available Squad
Will Sutherland (Captain), Josh Brown, Laurie Evans, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Mackenzie Harvey, Hassan Khan, Fergus O'Neill, Kane Richardson, Tom Rogers, Gurinder Sandhu, Tim Seifert, Callum Stow, Jon Wells, Adam Zampa
SIX vs REN Predicted XIs
Sydney Sixers Predicted XI:
Daniel Hughes, James Vince, Josh Philippe, Jack Edwards, Jordan Silk, Moises Henriques (Captain), Joel Davies, Sean Abbott, Hayden Kerr, Todd Murphy, Ben Dwarshuis
Melbourne Renegades Predicted XI:
Josh Brown, Tim Seifert, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Mackenzie Harvey, Laurie Evans, Will Sutherland (Captain), Hassan Khan, Tom Rogers, Gurinder Sandhu/Fergus O'Neill, Kane Richardson, Adam Zampa
SIX vs REN Key Names
Sydney Sixers
Daniel Hughes finished the English T20 league Vitality Blast 2024 as the leading run-scorer with 596 runs in 16 innings with five half-centuries. The left-handed batter maintained a strike rate of 167.88 in that tournament.
In the Hundred Men’s Competition 2024, James Vince finished as the leading run-scorer with 424 runs in 10 innings with four half-centuries.
Sean Abbott is the leading wicket-taker for Sydney Sixers with 155 wickets, including finishing as the leading wicket-taker in the 2022/23 season (29 wickets).
Ben Dwarshuis is in the second position in the list with 134 wickets for the team. Dwarshuis was the third-leading wicket-taker in the last BBL season with 19 wickets.
Melbourne Renegades
After scoring an impressive 257 runs in eight innings in the last BBL season, Jake Fraser-McGurk shined in the IPL 2024 with his destructive batting. In the IPL 2024, he scored 330 runs in nine games and finished as the third-leading run-scorer for Delhi Capitals in that season. However, runs don’t tell his real story; rather, his batting strike rate tells the real story, which was 158.64 in the last BBL season and 234.04 in the IPL 2024.
Tim Seifert finished as the leading run-scorer in the LPL 2024 with 400 runs in 10 innings, including one century and two half-centuries. Also, in the CPL 2024, he had 257 runs in 12 innings along with one half-century but managed a strike rate of 156.70.
Kane Richardson is the leading wicket-taker for Melbourne Renegades with 98 wickets. With two more wickets, he will become the first Renegades bowler to complete 100 wickets. However, in recent times, he has failed to maintain his familiar consistency.
Tom Rogers finished the BBL 2022/23 season as the fourth leading wicket-taker with 23 wickets after 15 matches.
SIX vs REN Dream11 Team Suggestion No 1
Wicketkeeper(s): J Philippe (8.5 Cr)
Batter(s): J Vince (9 Cr), J Fraser-McGurk (9 Cr), J Brown (8 Cr)
All-rounder(s): M Henriques (8.5 Cr), W Sutherland (8.5 Cr), H Kerr (7.5 Cr)
Bowler(s): K Richardson (8.5 Cr), S Abbott (8.5 Cr), A Zampa (9 Cr), B Dwarshuis (8.5 Cr)
Captain: Jake Fraser-McGurk (Melbourne Renegades)
Vice-captain: Adam Zampa (Melbourne Renegades)
SIX vs REN Dream11 Team Suggestion No 2
Wicketkeeper(s): T Seifert (8 Cr), J Philippe (8.5 Cr)
Batter(s): J Vince (9 Cr), D Hughes (7 Cr), J Fraser-McGurk (9 Cr)
All-rounder(s): M Henriques (8.5 Cr), W Sutherland (8.5 Cr), H Kerr (7.5 Cr)
Bowler(s): K Richardson (8.5 Cr), S Abbott (8.5 Cr), A Zampa (9 Cr)
Captain: Daniel Hughes (Sydney Sixers)
Vice-captain: Sean Abbott (Sydney Sixers)
SIX vs REN Dream11 Top Backups (Excluding 2 Team Suggestions)
J Edwards (7 Cr), G Sandhu (7.5 Cr), T Stewart Rogers (6 Cr), T Murphy (6.5 Cr)
