Thunder Host Heat at Manuka Oval on Dec. 22 in BBL Match 9

Thunder seek first points against a Heat side buoyed by a Perth chase.

Overview

Sydney Thunder enter 0–2 at the foot of the table, while Brisbane Heat are 1–1 after a convincing win over the Perth Scorchers.
The match begins at 1:45 PM IST in Canberra, with live streaming available on Jio Hotstar.
Head-to-head stands at 22 meetings with Brisbane Heat leading 14–7, plus one tied/no result.
Manuka Oval is described as batting-friendly; teams batting first have won 10 of 22 T20s there, and previews predict an advantage for the bat-first side.
Predicted XIs highlight David Warner, Sam Billings, Shadab Khan and Daniel Sams for Thunder, and Colin Munro, Matt Renshaw, Jack Wildermuth and Shaheen Afridi for Heat, with analysts tipping Renshaw and Wildermuth as probable top performers.