MANT vs BWAK Match Preview
Manipal Tigers have failed to open their account in the competition thus far. They have had to endure a couple of losses from three games and are lying at the bottom of the point table. Their batting has been the main area of concern for the team management. This side led by the mercurial Harbhajan Singh has struggled to post big scores in the last couple of games.
Bhilwara Kings on the other hand have managed to win one match out of the 3 they have played so far. They are in the 3rd position in the points tally. This side led by Irfan Pathan has plenty of match winners in it. The batting line-up has several batters that can turn a game on its head. They will fancy their chances to pick up two easy points in this match.
Weather Report
This is monsoon time here in India and you can pretty much expect the rain to come down sometime during this match.
Pitch Report
This game is to be played at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack. It is the first game of the competition that will be played on a wicket that offers a bit of assistance to the speedsters. But the pitch will likely ease out to become helpful to the batters later in the game. Stroke makers will find it easier to play their shots in the second innings of the match.
Notable stats
Bhilwara Kings lead the head-to-head between the two sides.
Bhilwara Kings has won the only game played between the two sides thus far in the competition.
Yusuf Pathan has provided good all-round performance.
Yusuf Pathan has scored 58 runs from the couple of games he has played with an average of 29 and strike rate of 156.75. He has also succeeded in picking up 3 wickets from the 2 games with an economy rate of 7.00 and strike rate of 8.00.
Team News
There don’t seem to be any injury worries reported for this game so far at least.
MANT vs BWAK Probable 11
MANT Playing 11
- Ravikant Shukla
- Swapnil Asnodkar
- Corey Anderson
- Mohammad Kaif
- Tatenda Taibu (Wk)
- Pardeep Sahu
- Shivakant Shukla
- Harbhajan Singh (C)
- Ryan Jay Sidebottom
- Chris Mpofu
- Muttiah Muralitharan
BWAK Playing 11
- Naman Ojha (Wk)
- Nick Compton
- Matt Prior
- Tanmay Srivastava
- Yusuf Pathan
- Rajesh Bishnoi
- Irfan Pathan (C)
- Dinesh Salunkhe
- Tino Best
- Fidel Edwards
- Monty Panesar
Dream11 Prediction
This game has brought two teams lying near the bottom of the table together in an encounter for improving their position in the points tally. There will be a lot of pride to play for here in this match apart from the all-important two points for the winner. Bhilwara Kings has by far been the stronger side in the tournament despite losing a few matches. We will bet on Bhilwara Kings to do well and win this encounter.
Top Picks
Mohammad Kaif: Mohammad Kaif showed all of us what a good batter he still is in the last game. He has scored 97 runs for Manipal Tigers so far with a strike rate of 110.22. You can bet on him to come good in this game.
Yusuf Pathan: Yusuf Pathan created his reputation as being a big hitter. But he is also an excellent all-rounder as he showed in the last couple of games. You can bank on the hard-hitter to pick up wickets and score runs as well. He has picked up 3 wickets so far at a strike rate of 8.00 and an economy rate of 7.00. He has scored 58 runs as well and he is scoring them at a strike rate of 156.75.
Chris Mpofu: Chris Mpofu has picked up 4 wickets in the couple of games he has played at a top strike rate of 9.75. He has been a tad expensive though as he is bowling with an economy rate of 9.69.
Fidel Edwards: This former quickie from West Indies has bowled one great spell for Bhilwara Kings by picking up 4 wickets. He is bowling at an economy rate of 8.14.
MANT vs BWAK Dream11 Team 1
Keeper: N. Ojha
Batters: M. Kaif (VC), T. Srivastava, S. Shukla, R. Powell
All-rounders: Y. Pathan (C), I. Pathan
Bowlers: H. Singh, M. Muralitharan, T. Bresnan, C. Mpofu
