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BT vs SL Dream11 Team Prediction of KPL 2018: Preview

By Pranob Thachanthara

Hello and Welcome to our preview for Bellary Tuskers vs Shivamogga Lions match. We are covering BT vs SL Dream11 Team Prediction, Preview and Probable Playing XI for the KPL T20 match. The match is to be played at S.N. Raja Wadiyar Ground, Mysore.

Shivamogga Lions have not won a single encounter this season and are in very poor form. They have lost five matches in a row and are out of race for semi-final. In yesterday’s match, A Hegde, A Somanna and Sharath BR were the only positives with bat while A Somanna and A Joshi took two wickets each. They will hope to put a good show in their last match of KPL 2018 and will fight for their pride.

Bellary Tuskers are sixth on points table and are out of race for semi-finals. They have not won a single encounter this season. In last match, Rohan Kadam and Karthik CA played good knocks top of the order but other batsmen could not support them. In bowling, S Akshay and R Bhatkal were phenomenal taking three and two wickets respectively. They will hope to end the series on a positive note winning tomorrow’s match.

When and Where:

BT vs SL, 21st match, Karnataka Premier League, 2018.
S.N. Raja Wadiyar Ground, Mysore, India.
06:30 PM IST, 3rd September.

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.

SL:
Aniruddha Joshi (c), Rongsen Jonathan, Prithvi Shekawat, S Shettennavar, Rohit K, Abilash Shetty, Sarfaraz Ashraf, Sharath BR (wk), Bharath Dhuri, Kishore Kamat, Syed Khaja Moinuddin, Nishant Shekhawat, Liyan Khan, Nihal Ullal (wk), K Hoysala, Srinivas Sharath, Aditya Somanna, Abhimanyu Mithun.

Team News:

Bellary Tuskers:

Retained players are R Kadam, CM Gautam, A Manohar and Devdutt Padikkal. There is chance of S Bhardwaj coming in for M Reddy.

Dega Nischal can also come back in the playing XI for S Chiranjeevi. CM Gautam will lead the team and perform wicket keeping duties. D Padikkal, R Kadam, A Manohar, Karthik CA and CM Gautam will be the key batsmen. R Kadam, D Padikkal and A Manohar are in good form.

T Pradeep will the key pace bowler along with SL Akshay and Karthik CA. R Bhatkal and A Kazi will be main spinners. All of them have performed good till now.

Shivamogga Lions:

Retained players are Anirudha Joshi, Liyan Khan and Nihal Ullal. R Jonathan can also come in for P Varadarajan.

Spinner S Ashraf can come in for A Shetty. A Mithun can also come in for H Kumar. Sharath BR , N Ullal, P Shekhawat and Anirudha Joshi will be the key batsmen. A Somanna will be the finisher for team.

A Somanna will lead the pace attack. P Shekhawat and A Joshi will be the key spinners.

Probable Playing XI:

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

SL:
Sharath BR (wk), N Ullal, Rohit K, P Varadarajan/Rongsen Jonathan, Aniruddha Joshi (c), A Hegde, Aditya Somanna, P Shekhawat, H Kumar/A Mithun, A Shetty/S Ashraf, S Moinuddin.