MANT vs BWAK 8th Match Prediction

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Manipal Tigers

After having lost a couple of games and getting a no-result match in the third one, Manipal Tigers will not be happy with their situation at the moment. They are currently two points away from the bottom-most position in the points table of Legends League Cricket for 2022. Manipal Tigers lost to the Bhilwara Kings by a margin of 3 wickets. Then they lost to the competition leaders Gujarat Giants by a margin of two wickets. A rematch with the same opposition had to be abandoned without a ball being bowled due to rain.

The highest score set by Manipal Tigers in the competition so far is 153 for 7. This was against Bhilwara Kings. The other total they set was 120 for 8 against Gujarat Giants. In the first of these games, Mohammad Kaif scored 73 runs before Ravikant Shukla scored 32 at a run-a-ball speed. Manipal Tigers did well in the game against the Kings to get them to a situation where they were seven wickets down. However, they put up a disastrous bowling performance against Gujarat Giants where they could muster up a single wicket from their bowling attack.

Chris Mpofu playing for Manipal Tigers has picked up 4 wickets and the mercurial Sri Lankan off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan has managed 3 wickets so far. Although Manipal Tigers have not done too badly in these matches if the results are to be taken into consideration, they are not too well placed. Its results that matter the most in the shorter formatted leagues such as these. All-in-all, Manipal Tigers are still looking for a victory in the competition.

Bhilwara Kings

The Bhilwara Kings on the other hand are sitting in 3rd position in the points tally currently with 3 points. They have won one match lost one and received one no-result in their campaign so far. Their only victory during the ongoing season came against Manipal Tigers. But after this win, they were quickly brought down to earth by a crushing defeat by 78 runs against the India Capitals. In their last game on Wednesday, the Bhilwara Kings were bowled out for a paltry 120 runs. They were nowhere close to the target of 199 runs set by the India Capitals.

The highest run-getter for Bhilwara Kings during this season has been Yusuf Pathan. But he has managed just 58 runs from a couple of games. The Bhilwara Kings bowlers have done a better job than their batters though. In this Legends League competition for 2022, the former West Indian speedster Fidel Edwards picked up 4 wickets for 30 runs against Manipal Tigers. This was in the second game before Yusuf Pathan bowled well and picked up 3 wickets for 28 runs from his quota of 4 overs. This was during the big defeat against the India Capitals.

Bhilwara Kings are struggling for form with just a single narrow win against their name so far in the competition. Yusuf Pathan has been the only consistent player in the ranks of Bhilwara Kings with 58 runs and 3 wickets from two games. Tanmay Srivastava has done a fair job as well scoring 55 runs from these couple of games at an average of 55. Fidel Edwards and Yusuf Pathan were the only two bowlers from Bhilwara Kings' side that looked like taking wickets. Other stars from the team have struggled so far in the tournament.