ANP vs MHA 26th Match Prediction

ANP vs MHA Team Previews

Arunachal Pradesh

As far as the Arunachal Pradesh cricket team is concerned, they are having a wretched season thus far. They have had to endure six defeats in a row and they are placed right at the bottom of the points tally. Arunachal Pradesh is yet to gather the first points for the season and has a terrible net run rate of -5.690 at the moment. Maharashtra has performed much better and has a lot healthier net run rate. In the only game played between these two sides before this Maharashtra beat Arunachal Pradesh by 8 wickets and with 34 balls to spare. This encounter between these two sides took place way back in 2019.

Even during the league stages of the last season, Arunachal Pradesh failed to get a victory under their belt. Last year also finished right at the bottom of the table which consisted of 8 teams. One of the top batters for Arunachal Pradesh has been Techi Neri with 108 runs from 9 games with an average of 12.00 and a strike rate of 71.52. Techi Doria has been the top scorer for Arunachal Pradesh in the last 10 matches of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. He has scored 155 runs in his last ten matches for Arunachal Pradesh.

As far as the Arunachal Pradesh bowling is concerned, the top performer for them has been Myendung Singpho. He has picked up 6 wickets from 9 matches with an economy rate of 8.38 and a strike rate of 21.83. Another successful bowler for Arunachal Pradesh has been Akhilesh Sahani with 5 wickets from 10 matches. He has bowled with an economy rate of 7.89 and a strike rate of 33.60. Arunachal Pradesh is the only team from the Elite group C that has not managed to win a single match so far. Even Jammu and Kashmir have picked up a victory in the competition.

Maharashtra

In this year's Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, Maharashtra has secured 3 wins and as many losses from their six fixtures of the Elite group C. They are currently lying in the 5th spot of the Group C table which consists of 8 teams. They have collected 12 points for themselves and have a solid net run rate of +0.073. Maharashtra made a disastrous beginning to their campaign with back-to-back defeats in their first couple of matches. However, they were successful in turning the tables quickly as they went on to secure 3 wins from the next 3 matches.

If you take into consideration the recent form of these two sides the onus will be with Maharashtra. They have secured 3 wins so far in the competition as Arunachal Pradesh has crashed to 6 defeats in a row. In the last year's league stages, Maharashtra finished in the 2nd position in group A listings with getting four wins from five games. Ruturaj Gaikwad has been on a rampage this year for Maharashtra. He is the leading run-getter for Maharashtra thus far and he is also in the number 2 position in the list of top run-getter charts with 295 runs from 5 games. He is averaging 59.00.

The leading wicket-taker for Maharashtra has been Satyajeet Bachhav this year. He has collected 11 wickets so far in the competition. Apart from Ruturaj Gaikwad who has scored 423 runs from his last 8 games in the competition, another player that has done well is Rahul Tripathi. He has scored 184 runs for Maharashtra from 6 games with an average of 30.67 and an excellent strike rate of 142.63. The top bowler for Maharashtra has been Satyajeet Bachchav who has picked up 16 wickets from ten matches with an economy rate of 6.28 and strike rate of 13.62.