RST vs SOC Match Preview
RST vs SOC In back-to-back ECS T10 Malta fixtures on Monday, the Royal Strikers will face the Southern Crusaders at the Marsa Sports Complex.
The Royal Strikers have yet to win a game in the ECS T10 Malta tournament and are presently ranked last in Group A. Despite losing their first three games by large scores, the Strikers battled admirably against Marsa in their fourth match. They scored 109 when batting first, but Marsa chased it down with five wickets and two balls to spare.
The Southern Crusaders have similarly lost their first four ECS T10 Malta matches and are now in last place in Group A. Intriguingly, they have failed to score in each of the four games while pursuing. The Crusaders are coming off a seven-run setback to Marsa heading into Monday’s doubleheader.
We should be in for two exciting matches on Monday, with both teams anxious to get their ECS T10 Malta accounts up and running.
Match Details RST vs SOC
Match: Royal Strikers vs Southern Crusaders
Date and Time: June 21st 2021, 4:30 & 6:30 PM IST
Venue: Marsa Sports Complex, Malta
Pitch Report
The pitch at the Marsa Sports Complex has been a good one to bat on, with teams regularly racking up big scores on this ground. The average first innings total at the venue is around 102 runs. Two more high-scoring ECS T10 Malta encounters could be on the cards on Monday. 16 out of the 24 matches played in the first week of the tournament have been won by teams batting first. Thus, both sides might want to bat first upon winning the toss.
Squads to choose from
Royal Strikers: Ashins Laiby, Clinto Paul, Febin Poulose, Jaison Jerome, Jithin Joy, Kushlesh Koppaka, Livin Varghese, Midhun Mohanan, Mohammed Shareef, Rejit Abraham, Rubin James, Sanish Mani, Savio Thomas, Sebin Thomas, Srinivas Mukkamala
Southern Crusaders: Aneel Shahid, Angelo Delardon, Azwan Kamaleen, Bilal Khan, Denasa Abeysinghe, Eardley Chandiram, Eranga Jayawardhana, Ezhaq Masih, Gopal Thakur, Ishantha Kariyawasam, Jojo Thomas, Lakshitha Senevirathna, Michael Goonetilleke, Royal Butt, Ryan Bastiansz, Thilan Perera, Waseem Sajjad, Zeshan Yousaf
Predicted Playing XIs
Royal Strikers: Kushlesh Koppaka, Savio Thomas (c), Livin Varghese, Sebin Thomas, Mohammed Shareef, Jithin Joy, Sanish Mani (wk), Clinto Paul, Sebin Thomas, Jaison Jerome, Rubin James, Rejit Abraham
Southern Crusaders: Ryan Bastiansz, Michael Goonetilleke (c), Zeshan Yousaf, Bilal Khan, Angelo Delardon (wk), Eardley Chandiram, Thilan Perera, Jojo Thomas, Lakshitha Senevirathna, Royal Butt, Ezhaq Masih
Dream Team Prediction
