DG vs TCB 18th Match Prediction

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Deccan Gladiators

Deccan Gladiators is a formidable outfit and they have performed up to their billing in the competition. They are going into this match with a solid victory over the Delhi Bulls with a good margin of 18 runs. In this game, they ended up losing the toss and were forced to bat first. It was an outstanding effort for the team with the bat. They managed to hammer 140 runs from their quota of 10 overs. The top batter for the Deccan Gladiators was Kohler-Cadmore who was the most successful and top run-getter for the team with a score of 82 runs. He remained unbeaten in the innings to carry his bat for the 10 overs.

Kohler-Cadmore faced just 33 balls for his effort and hit 8 fours and 6 sixes during his big effort. The other batter that did a good support job to Cadmore was the skipper, Nicholas Pooran. He scored 34 runs from just 17 balls with 3 fours and 2 big sixes. Andre Russell also got his chance in this match and did a reasonable job with it. He remained not out for a score of 10 runs. Jason Roy could contribute just 4 runs in this match. The bowling unit for the Deccan side was not up to scratch in their last encounter. However, they succeeded in defending this target of 141 runs. They gave away 122 runs from their 10 overs.

The top wicket-taker for Deccan Gladiators was Joshua Little who managed to pick a couple of scalps from his quota of 2 overs giving away just 11 runs in the process. Another bowler that did a fine job for Deccan Gladiators was David Wiese who managed to pick one wicket from his one over while giving away 8 runs. Andre Russell was also among the wickets but he gave away a lot of runs in the process. Although he picked up a wicket, he conceded 26 runs during his effort. Other bowlers that bowled in this match without success for Gladiators were Tom Helm, Sultan Ahmed, and Zahoor Khan.

Chennai Braves

The Chennai Braves' top order will be in charge of Dawid Malan. He will be aided in the middle order by the likes of Sikandar Raza, Dan Lawrence, and Ross Whiteley. There is plenty of variety in the Chennai bowling attack. The bowling attack will be handled by the likes of Adhitya Shetty, Henry Brookes, Sam cook, Patrick Dooley, Obed McCoy, and Olly Stone. There are some all-rounders in the Chennai Braves ranks as well such as Carlos Braithwaite, and James Fuller. Sikandar Raza is also a batting all-rounder for Chennai.

Chennai lost their last game in the Abu Dhabi T10 competition to Northern Warriors by 34 runs. Batting first the Northern Warriors side scored 141 runs for the loss of 3 wickets in their specified quota of 10 overs. Usman Khan was the top run-getter for Northern Warriors with 65 runs from 24 balls with 5 sixes and 6 fours. All the Chennai Braves bowlers went for a lot of runs. Olly Stone was the pick of the bowlers with 2 wickets from his two overs for 27 runs. The only other bowler who managed to pick a wicket was Sikandar Raza.

The Chennai Braves were not off to a good start. They lost the early wickets of Dawid Malan and Adam Rossington. But there was a good partnership for the 3rd wicket between Carlos Brathwaite and James Fuller. The duo put on 36 runs with James Fuller scoring an unbeaten 36 runs from 16 balls with 3 fours and 2 sixes. Brathwaite scored 27 from 13 balls with 2 fours and 2 sixes. However, the Chennai Braves' efforts were to fall well short of the target in the end. They ended up scoring 107 runs for the loss of 5 wickets.