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KARNATAKA VS KERALA
KAR vs KER:
Devdutt Padikkal will bring the win for his team with his stupendous batting in upcoming match. He is going to be in Dream team squad. Karnataka will take over Kerala in this face off match.
Match Details:
The match will be played between Karnataka and Kerala. The match is going to be held at Palam A Stadium, New Delhi on 8th of March, 9:00 AM IST. This 50 over match is the 2nd quarter final of Vijay Hazare Trophy.
Preview:
This is the 2nd qualifier match is going to be quite interesting as both the teams are playing to make their position in next round. In last few face off between Karnataka and Kerala, Karnataka won lots of matches, and as this team is in the top of the list. Therefore, for Kerala this is going to be very tough competition and an amazing match to watch.
Weather Report:
The weather is going to take the test of players as assumed temperature is 32 degree Celsius, with no chances of rain. Recorded humidity in the atmosphere is 42%.
Pitch Report:
The pitch is decent batting track, where toss winning team elects to bat first. But the bowlers also get movement on this pitch as they favor both with not much change in both the innings.
Average First Inning Score:
265-285
Best Combination:
1:4:3:3
Record of Chasing Team:
Won- 3, Lost- 1, Tied- 0
KAR vs KER Probable Playing XI:
KAR:
Devdutt Padikkal, Manish Pandey, K Siddharth, R Samarth(c), Karun Nair, Abhimanyu Mithun, BR Sharath (wk), Jagadeesha Suchith, Shreyas Gopal, Prasidh Krishna, K Gowtham
Bench:
Vyshak Vijay Kumar, Aniruddha Joshi
KER:
Vishnu Vinod, Vathsal Govind, Sanju Samson, Robin Uthappa, Mohd Azharuddeen(wk), Sachin Baby(c), MD Nidheesh, Jalaj Saxena, NP Basil, S Midhun, S Sreesanth
Bench:
Not Available
Injury and Availability News:
Not Available
Players to Watch Out:
Devdutt Padikkal is in the form as he smashed 100+ in the last face off with Kerala and led his team to win. Therefore, Padikkal is the reason to worry for Kerala because of his amazing performance in last few matches.
Top Picks:
R Samarth
Samarth as captain of Karnataka leading his team with his great knocks. He scored 413 runs in last 5 matches with an average of 137.66. He is showing his best qualities with bat as a captain.
Devdutt Padikkal
Padikkal is the top run scorer for Karnataka and in a great form too. He scored 572 runs in last 5 matches with an average of 190.66. His opening for Karnataka gives a boost to start. Hence, he is the top run scorer he will be the option for captain of my Dream Team.
Jalaj Saxena
Jalaj Saxena is the great all rounder from Kerala. He is showing his talents for his team and took 8 wickets in this tournament so far. As an all-rounder he will be the great pick for dream team.
Prasidh Krishna
Prasidh is the best bowler from Karnataka in this tournament. As he took 10 wickets in this tournament till now, and going to give some great wickets to Karnataka in the next match.
S Sreesanth
Sreesanth is showing his best skills for Kerala. He is the best bowler from Kerala with some great techniques. He took 13 wickets in this tournament with an economy rate of 5.46.
Captain and Vice-Captain Selection:
Captain’s Option: Devdutt Padikkal, Manish Pandey
Vice Captain’s Option: Sanju Samson, R Samarth
Dream Team:
Expected Winner:
Karnataka is going to win this match most probably as this team is in great form and playing with a very strong team. This team having great batting lineup proceeds with balanced middle order and a great bowling lineup too.
Note:
All the predictions about dream team, expected winner, captain and vice-captain options, and predicted lineup are based on my individual research.
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