Surrey vs Essex — Dream11 Team · T20 Blast

1. League type — Small/H2H builds a mean-optimal team; Grand League builds for ceiling with anti-chalk captain + contrarian stack.

2. Who wins? — We'll bias the lineup toward your predicted winner's top picks.

3. Stack toward — Lock the team you want most players from, or pick Balanced.

Hit Build my team — you'll get a tailored XI with captain and vice-captain marked.

1. Answer the questions — same 4 inputs as Build my team.

2. Lock players in — tap the green LOCK pill. They'll appear in every team.

3. Exclude players — tap the red EXCLUDE pill. They'll appear in no team.

4. Force a captain / VC — tap the C or VC pill on any non-excluded player. Applied to every team.

5. Choose how many teams — 1 to 10. We'll vary captain, noise, and stack across them.

Each team is labelled with the lever that produced it (e.g. "Captain swap: Hardik", "Stack: PBKS"). Locks and excludes are honoured in every team.

1. Pick 11 players — Choose from either side. The order shown matches their last-match batting order.

2. Mark a captain & vice-captain — Tap the C and VC pills next to your picks. Captain scores 2×, VC scores 1.5×.

3. Need more options? — Tap "View full squad" at the bottom for players who didn't play last match.

4. Hit Rate my team — You'll get a 0–100 score, suggested swaps, and captaincy tips against the optimal XI.

Rules: 1–4 WK · 3–6 BAT · 1–4 AR · 3–6 BWL · Max 7 from one team. We'll flag any constraint you miss.