Karnataka will be welcoming Baroda to the M Chinnaswamy Stadium for the upcoming fixture of Elite Group A and B, Round 9. In terms of the standings, Karnataka is 5th in the table with three wins and four draws. Whereas, Baroda is struggling to find form after securing just two wins, while, enduring four defeats and a draw. With that being said, Karnatak will be keen on climbing up the table with home conditions coming in advantage.
Match Details
Date- Wednesday, February 12
Time- 9:30 AM (IST)
Venue- M Chinnaswamy Stadium
Karnataka
Karnataka has announced a 15-man squad for their clash against Baroda. KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Manish Pandey and Rohan Kadam are unavailable their side. In terms of the combination, Ravikumar Samarth and Devdutt Padikkal should be opening the innings for Karnataka followed by Rohan Kadam, Karun Nair and K Siddharth to solidify the batting lineup. Shreyas Gopal and Krishnappa Gowtham will be the trump cards with their unconventional spin. Whereas, Ronit More and Abhimanyu Mithun will be the fast bowling pair.
Squad
Karun Nair (c), Ravikumar Samarth, Devdutt Padikkal, Dega Nischal, Pavan Deshpande, Sharath Srinivas, Shreyas Gopal, Krishnappa Gowtham, Abhimanyu Mithun, K Siddharth, Prasidh Krishna, Pravin Dubey, V Koushik, Ronit More, BR Sharath.
Baroda
Baroda is fresh from a defeat against Tamil Nadu and could opt for a few changes. Kedar Devdhar and Ahamdoor Pathan should be opening the innings with the bat, followed by Vishnu Solanki, Deepak Hooda and Yusuf Pathan down the order. Krunal Pandya, Atit Sheth and Babashafi Pathan will have the onus of picking up the wickets with the ball in hand.
Squad
Krunal Pandya (c), Yusuf Pathan, Anureet Singh, Lukman Meriwala, Sukirt Pandey, Swapnil Singh, Soaeb Tai, Dhruv Patel, Kedar Devdhar, Vishnu Solanki, Deepak Hooda, Atit Sheth, Babashafi Pathan, Ahmadnoor Pathan, Viraj Bhosale, Bhargav Bhatt, Aditya Waghmode, Soyeb Sopariya, Abhimanyu Rajput.
KAR (Expected Playing 11)- Abhimanyu Mithun, Ronit More, Krishnappa Gowtham, Karun Nair, Ravikumar Samarth, Shreyas Gopal, Pravin Dubey, Srinivas Sharath, Devdutt Padikkal, Krishnamurthy Siddharth, Prasidh Krishna
BAR (Expected Playing 11)-Vishnu Solanki, Deepak Hooda, Yusuf Pathan, Kedar Devdhar, Anureet Singh, Atit Sheth, Babashafi Pathan, Ahmadnoor Pathan, Swapnil Singh, Viraj Bhosale, Krunal Pandya
Devdutt Padikkal has scored 535 runs from 13 innings with an average of 53.50 and will be a real asset with the bat for Karnataka.
Kedar Devdhar has scored 394 runs from 12 innings so far with an average of 39.40 for Baroda.
Krishnappa Gowtham has scored 196 runs from the four innings and has also taken 16 wickets in the process for Karnataka.
V Solanki has scored 412 runs from the 13 innings with an average of 37.45 for Baroda.
Team 1
WK: Kedar Devdhar
BAT: Y Pathan, K Nair, R Samarth, D Padikkal
ALL: D Hooda, S Gopal, K Gowtham (c)
BWL: A Sheth, Anureet Singh, A Mithun (vc)
Team 2
WK: Kedar Devdhar (vc)
BAT: Y Pathan, K Nair, R Samarth (c), D Padikkal
ALL: D Hooda, S Gopal, K Gowtham
BWL: A Sheth, Anureet Singh, A Mithun
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