GRTG vs BWAK Eliminator Match Prediction

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Gujarat Giants

After making a decent start to the competition, Gujarat Giants lost their way a bit in the latter half of the tournament. They ended up finishing in the 3rd spot in the points tally. Interestingly their last game was against this same opposition. They lost the match. Apart from Yashpal Singh and Chris Gayle none of the other batters managed to make a mark. The Gujarat Giants' batting order managed to score a good total of 186 runs in their quota of 20 overs. But the Gujarat Giants' bowling attack failed to contain the rampaging Bhilwara Kings batters that chased down this large total easily in the end.

The Gujarat Giants side has lost both the games they have played against Bhilwara Kings in this year's Legends League Cricket. But there are some positive aspects to their performance this year as they head off in this game against the Bhilwara Kings. One of the biggest positives to have come out for Gujarat in the last game was that Chris Gayle was among the runs. It looks as if the big West Indian has found some of his touches. But the real problem is with the Giants' bowling attack. They will have to step it up on Monday against a heavily stacked Bhilwara Kings side.

There are not many other changes likely on the side with Virendra Sehwag coming back to the team. Kevin O'Brien has been the most successful batter for the Gujarat Giants in this version of Legends League Cricket. From the five matches, he has played in the competition he has picked up 158 runs at an average of 31.60. He is also scoring these runs with a good strike rate of 161.22. Yashpal Singh is another batter that is doing a good job. He has scored 138 runs from 4 games at an average of 46.00 and a strike rate of 151.64.

Bhilwara Kings

On the other hand, Bhilwara Kings is going into this game after suffering a loss against the table toppers India Capitals. The qualifier game between these two sides played earlier was a complete run fest. Batting initially, the Bhilwara Kings batters put together a massive total of 226 runs on the board. William Porterfield and Shane Watson were the destroyers in chief for Bhilwara scoring 59 and 65 runs respectively. In the latter half of the innings, Rajesh Bishnoi and Yusuf Pathan chipped in with contributions of 36 and 48 runs respectively.

This score appeared to be defendable against any batting order but that was not to be as the Bhilwara Kings lost the game in the last over of the match. Bhilwara Kings are playing good cricket in the latter half of the competition. Although they suffered a loss against India Capitals. they did a good job with the bat. Their opening batters are providing a good start to the innings almost every time the team goes in to bat. Shane Watson is doing a fine job at the number 3 position and Yusuf Pathan is doing what he does best.

Yusuf Pathan has been the player of the tournament for Bhilwara Kings. He has scored 201 runs with an average of 40.20 and a tremendous strike rate of 191.42. apart from his heroics with the bat, he has also picked up wickets regularly. He has 7 wickets to his name from 6 games at a strike rate of 8.57. Another bowler that has done a fair job for his team has been Graeme Swann. He has 5 wickets from 5 games at a strike rate of 19.20. Yashpal Singh has done a great job with the bat for the Giants scoring 138 runs from 4 games at a strike rate of 151.64 and an average of 46.00.