Squads –
KAR –
Mayank Agarwal, Devdutt Padikkal, Manish Pandey(c), Karun Nair, Krishnappa Gowtham, Sharath BR(w), Vidyadhar Patil, Aniruddha Joshi, Prateek Jain, KC Cariappa, Prasidh Krishna, Krishnamurthy Siddharth, Darshan MB, Nihal Ullal, Abhinav Manohar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Praveen Dubey, Rohan Kadam, Jagadeesha Suchith, Shreyas Gopal
SER –
Mohit Ahlawat(w), Rajat Paliwal(c), Anshul Gupta, Rahul Singh, Devender Lohchab, Lakhan Singh, Vikas Hathwala, Amit Pachhara, Diwesh Pathania, Raushan Raj, Poonam Poonia, Ravi Chauhan, Sufiyan Alam, Nitin Yadav, Sachin Shinde, Sachidanand Pandey, Gahlaut Rahul Singh, Nitin Tanwar, Varun Choudhary, Arpit Guleria, Vikash Yadav
Team News –
KAR –
– Karnataka as always have been playing excellent cricket. They won both of their games played so far against Mumbai and another against Chandigarh.
– Manish Pandey and Karun Nair was stars with bat scoring 84 and 72 while KC Cariappa with the ball picking up 3 Wickets in 1st game while Paddikal amd Gowtham in 2nd game.
– Devdutt Padikkal and Mayank Agrawal will open the Innings. Both are coming after a very good IPL.
– Manish Pandey will bat 1 down followed by Karun Nair at 4. Both were brilliant in 1st game scoring 84 and 72 respectively.
– Sharath BR will keep the Wickets. Krishnappa Gowtham will be Batting next and can also be promoted.
– Gowtham and KC Cariappa will lead the spin attack of team.
– Prasidh Krishna , Prateek Jain/V VijayKumar will lead the pace attack.
SER –
– Services played 2 games so far, won 1 against Baroda and lost 1 against Mumbai on 5th nov. Team will be lead by Rahul Singh Gahlaut.
– Lakhan Singh and Ravi Chauhan are the openers of Services. Lakhan will be crusial with both bat and his medium pace bowling. Ravi Chauhan has good experience of domestic cricket.
– Captain Rahul Singh will bat at 1 down followed by Rajat Paliwar at 4. Paliwar was very good against Mumbai where he scored a very good 64 but couldn’t win it for the team.
– Mohit Ahlawat will keep the Wickets. Diwesh Pathania and Amit Pachhara will do the late hitting. Both are good hitters especially Pathania.
– Nitin Tanwar and Vikas Yadav will lead the spin attack of team.
– Lakhan Singh, Diwesh Pathania, Nitin Yadav and Varun Chaudhary will lead the pace bowling.
Probable XI –
KAR –
Mayank Agarwal, Devdutt Padikkal, Manish Pandey(c), Karun Nair, Krishnappa Gowtham, Sharath BR(w), Vidyadhar Patil, Prateek Jain/V VijayKumar, KC Cariappa, Prasidh Krishna
SER –
Lakhan Singh, Ravi Chauhan, Gahlaut Rahul Singh(c), Rajat Paliwal, Mohit Ahlawat(w), Diwesh Pathania, Amit Pachhara, Nitin Tanwar, Nitin Yadav, Vikas Yadav, Varun Choudhary
Pitch Report –
Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati
Pitch here has been neutral but there has been sligh more advantage to the bowlers. All scores has been around 140 with 166 highest by Karnataka.
Team Blueprint –
WK –
BR Sharath( Middle order RHB, 197 runs in 13 games, can be good in GL )
V Yadav( Left arm orthodox, 2 wickets last game, bowls his full quota )
BAT –
Manish Pandey( 1 down, RHB , 84 of 69 balls 1st game, Must )
Devdutt Padikkal( Open, LHB, highest scorer for Karnataka from last 2 season’s, 411 in 13 games for RCB this IPL, must have)
Mayank Agrawal( Open, RHB, no intro needed, 441 runs in 12 games this IPL, Must have )
Karun Nair ( 2 down, RHB, 72* in 1st game, Must if Batting 1st )
R Paliwar( 2 down, RHB + part time off spin, 832 t20 runs in 32 games ,23, 64 in last 2 games )
R Chauhan( Opener , very experienced, 748 t20 runs with a brilliant average of 36 )
M Ahlawat( Middle order, has scored 300 from 72 balls in local t20, good GL pick )
Rahul Singh( 1 down, LHB, SR of 150 in t20s with 580 runs in 32 games )
Amit Pachhara( Lower Middle order, RHB, 299 runs in t20s with SR of 134 and average of 37 )
ALL –
S Gopal( Leg spin, amongst top wicket takers for Karnataka, didn’t played both games )
K Gowtham ( RHB + off spin, big hitter of ball, 4 Wickets in 2 games so far )
Lakhan Singh(Open, LHB + Medium pacer, 9 Wickets + 317 runs in t20s, must have )
Diwesh Pathania( RHB + medium pacer, has been excellent in 2 games with 4 Wickets and 17 runs, Must have)
N Tanwar ( Off spin, bowling allrounder, 7 Wickets in 6 t20 games, 2 wickets in 2 games this SMAT )
V Patil( Right Arm medium fast, played u19 for India last year, 1w in 1st game )
BOWL –
P Krishna( Right Arm Fast, hit the deck bowler, international experience, 1w in 1st game )
KC Cariappa( Leg spin, 5 Wickets in 2 games this SMAT, must have )
J Suchith(Left arm orthodox, played for SRH in IPL 2021, 51 t20 Wickets )
N Yadav( Medium pacer, 4 Wickets in 2 games this SMAT so far )
V Chaudhary ( Medium pacer, 19 t20 Wickets in 13 games, bowled just 2 overs last game )
P Jain( Left arm medium fast, 19 Wickets in 6 FC games, wicketless in both the games )
C/VC Options –
KAR –
Mayank Agrawal
Devdutt Padikkal
Manish Pandey
K Gowtham
SER –
Lakhan Singh
Diwesh Pathania
R Paliwar
