Bahrain will be taking on the Maldives for the 8th match of the 2020 ACC Western Region T20 in Group A at the Al Amerat Cricket Grond. Both nations suffered a heavy defeat on the first day and will be keen on registering their first win of the tournament. Bahrain could only manage to compile a meagre total of 83 against Oman, as the hosts chased it down in 13 overs. The Maldives on the other end got smashed for 196 runs against Qatar in the first innings. In return, the Maldives could only score 90/9 and sustained a mammoth 106-run margin defeat.
Match Details
Date- Tuesday, February 25
Kick-Off- 3:00 PM (IST)
Venue- Al Amerat Cricket Ground Oman Cricket
Bahrain
Imran Ali Butt and Sarfaraz Ali will be expected to open the innings for their side. Shahbaz Badar, Junaid Niazi and Imran Masood could fill in the lineup by coming in next. Ammad Uddin and Anasim Khan could handle the lower middle order. Abdul Majid Malik, Sathaiyah Veerapathiran and Imran Javed should be in charge of the bowling department.
Squad
Imran Ali Butt (wk), Sarfaraz Ali, Shahbaz Badar, Junaid Niazi, Imran Masood Butt, Fiaz Ahmed, Ammad Uddin, Anasim Khan (c), Imran Javed, Abdul Majid Malik, Sathaiyah Veerapathiran, Ahsan Ullah Khan, Mohammed Sameer, Mohammed Younis.
The Maldives
Mohamed Rishwan and Nilantha Cooray should lead the batting department, with Umar Adam and the skipper Hassan Rasheed filling in next. Mohamed Azzam, Ibrahim Hassan and Ahmed Ameel Mauroof could take responsibility in the middle order. Ibrahim Rizan, Leen Shafeeq and Tharaka Ruwan will have the onus picking up the wickets.
Squad
Mohamed Rishwan, Nilantha Cooray, Umar Adam, Hassan Rasheed (C), Mohamed Azzam (WK), Ibrahim Hassan, Ahmed Ameel Mauroof, Tharaka Ruwan, Nazwan Ismail, Ibrahim Rizan, Leem Shafeeq, Chandana Liyanage, Ibrahim Raid, Ibrahim Sadhoof.
BAH (Expected Playing 11)- Imran Ali Butt (wk), Sarfaraz Ali, Shahbaz Badar, Junaid Niazi, Imran Masood Butt, Fiaz Ahmed, Ammad Uddin, Anasim Khan (c), Imran Javed, Abdul Majid Malik, Sathaiyah Veerapathiran.
MLD (Expected Playing 11)- Mohamed Rishwan, Nilantha Cooray, Umar Adam, Hassan Rasheed (C), Mohamed Azzam (WK), Ibrahim Hassan, Ahmed Ameel Mauroof, Tharaka Ruwan, Nazwan Ismail, Ibrahim Rizan, Leem Shafeeq.
Umar Adam has been one of the standouts for the Maldives with the bat as he scored 57 runs and bagged five wickets during the South Asian Games.
Nilantha Cooray will be pivotal for the Maldives as he scalped six wickets and scored 101 runs in the series before.
Shahbaz Badar top-scored for Bahrain in the first game against Oman with a 27 ball 24.
Abdul Majid Malik managed to scalp two wickets in the previous match.
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