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BT vs HT Dream11 Team Prediction of KPL 2018: Preview | Tuskers eyes for a win

By Pranob Thachanthara

BT vs HT Dream11 Team Prediction of KPL 2018: Preview

Hello and Welcome to our preview for Bellary Tuskers vs Hubli Tigers match. We are covering BT vs HT Dream11 Team Prediction, Preview and Probable Playing XI for the KPL T20 match. The match is to be played at KSCA Hubli Cricket Ground, Hubli.

Bellary Tuskers have not got a good start in the tournament and have lost their both matches. They lost their last match against Mysore Warriors badly by 7 wickets as neither their batsmen nor bowlers were able to produce match-winning performance. R Kadam and D Padikkal were the the only positives with bat both scoring 60 runs each no other batsmen could cross the 10-run mark. A Kazi and S Akshay were only able to bowl a good spell.

An All round performance will be expected from all teammates for Tuskers to make a comeback.

Hubli Tigers have won both of their matches yet in the series comfortably one by 4 wickets while other by 25 runs. Their bowling has been impressive till now while batsmen also have made necessary contributions.

In last match, P Dubey and V Kumar were the key batsmen while M Patel, Darshan MB and Kranthi Kumar took twice wicket each.

They will hope to continue their winning streak further in the series.

When and Where:

BT vs HT, 7th match, Karnataka Premier League, 2018.
KSCA Hubli Cricket Ground, Hubli.
02:00 PM IST, 22 August

Squads:

BT:
CM Gautam (c & wk), Gonnabattula Chiranjeevi, Dega Nischal, Rohan Kadam, Manjesh Reddy, Karthik CA, Satish Bharadwaj, Rajat Hegde, Swapnil Yelave, Devdutt Padikkal, Abrar Kazi, Santhebennur Akshay, Abhinav Manohar, Ritesh Bhatkal, Rohit Sabharwal (wk), Pradeep T.

HT:
Vinay Kumar, Sunil Kumar Jain, Mayank Agarwal, Nitin Bhille, Abhishek Sakuja, Abhishek Reddy, Kranthi Kumar, Praveen Dubey, Mohammed Taha, AM Kiran (wk), Anil I G, Rahul Naik.

Team News:

Bellary Tuskers:

Retained players are R Kadam, CM Gautam, A Manohar and Devdutt Padikkal. Dega Nischal can come in for S Yelave who has failed to perform in first two matches. Also S Bhardwaj can come in for R Bhatkal.

CM Gautam will lead the team and perform wicket keeping duties. D Padikkal, R Kadam, A Manohar, CM Gautam will be the key batsmen. R Kadam, D Padikkal and A Manohar all have played one big knock till now in two matches.

T Pradeep will the key pace bowler. SL Akshay, A Kazi and Karthik CA will be other main bowlers. All of them have performed good till now.

Hubli Tigers:

V Kumar, A Reddy, A Sakhuja and P Dubey are the retained players. Mayank Aggarwal will not play as he is playing for India-A Side. M Taha if fit can come in for AM Kiran.

Captain Vinay Kumar will play as an allrounder batting in middle order and bowling his full quota of overs. M Taha (if plays), A Reddy, S Jain, N Bhille, P Dubey and V Kumar will be the key players with bat.

P Dubey, Mahesh Patel and and Anil IG will lead the spin attack while Vinay Kumar and Kranti Kumar will be the main pacers. Mahesh Patel is in good form taking five wickets in two matches.

Probable Playing XI:

BT:
R Kadam, S Yelave/D Nischal, D Padikal, Abhinav Manohar, CM Gautam (c and wk), Karthik CA, Ritesh Bhatkal/S Bhardwaj, Abrar Kazi, T Pradeep, SL Akshay, M Nayak.

HT:
AM Kiran/Mohammed Taha, Abhishek Reddy, Sunil Jain, Sujith Gowda, Nitin Bhille (wk), Vinay Kumar (c), Praveen Dubey, Mahesh Patel, Kranthi Kumar, IG Anil, Darshan MB.