The third Quarter Final of the Ranji Trophy will be taken place between Karnataka and Jammu & Kashmir at the Gandhi Memorial Science College Ground in Jammu. Karnataka finished third in Elite Group A & B and is fresh from a comprehensive eight-wickets win against Baroda. Meanwhile, J & K topped their respective group but lost their final group game to Haryana which could have affected their confidence. Having said that, both teams have ample qualities which could make the difference and guide their sides to a spot in the final four.
Match Details
Date- Thursday, February 20
Time- 9:30 AM (IST)
Venue- Gandhi Memorial Science College Ground in Jammu
Jammu & Kashmir
Jiyaad Magrey and Suryansh Raina should be opening the innings with the bat, while, Shubham Khajuria, Shubham Pundir and the skipper Parvez Rasool should follow. Abdul Samad and Fazil Rashid will be available in the lower order. Mujtaba Yousuf, Ram Dayal and Aquib Nabi could lead the bowling attack, whereas, there could be a tossup between Abid Mushtaq and Umar Nazir Mir
Squad
Suryansh Raina, Jiyaad Magrey, Shubham Khajuria, Shubham Pundir, Parvez Rasool (C), Abdul Samad, Fazil Rashid (WK), Aquib Nabi, Ram Dayal, Abid Mushtaq/Umar Nazir Mir, Mujtaba Yousuf, Mohammed Mudhasir, Waseem Raza, Owais Amin Shah, Ahmed Banday, Abid Mushtaq/Umar Nazir Mir, Rohit Sharma, Henan Malik
Karnataka
Devdutt Padikkal and Ravikumar Samarth are the likely openers for Karnataka. Manish Pandey, the skipper Karun Nair, Pavan Deshpande, BR Sharath should follow. Shreyas Gopal and Krishnappa Gowtham will come in handy at the lower order, as well as with their wrist spin. Prasidh Krishna, Ronit More and Abhimanyu Mithun are further bowling options.
Squad
Ravikumar Samarth, Devdutt Padikkal, Manish Pandey, Karun Nair (C), Pavan Deshpande, BR Sharath (WK), Shreyas Gopal, Krishnappa Gowtham, Abhimanyu Mithun, Ronit More, Prasidh Krishna, Jagadeesha Suchith, Prateek Jain, Krishnamurthy Siddharth, Srinivas Sharath
KAR (Expected Playing 11)- Ravikumar Samarth, Devdutt Padikkal, Manish Pandey, Karun Nair (C), Pavan Deshpande, BR Sharath (WK), Shreyas Gopal, Krishnappa Gowtham, Abhimanyu Mithun, Ronit More, Prasidh Krishna
JAM (Expected Playing 11)-Suryansh Raina, Jiyaad Magrey, Shubham Khajuria, Shubham Pundir, Parvez Rasool (C), Abdul Samad, Fazil Rashid (WK), Aquib Nabi, Ram Dayal, Abid Mushtaq/Umar Nazir Mir, Mujtaba Yousuf
Abdul Samad has been one of the frontline batsmen for Jammu & Kashmir. Samad has scored 547 runs from the last nine innings with an average of 42.07 and a staggering strike rate of 116.13
Devdutt Padikkal is one of the top performers with the bat in hand for Karnataka. Padikkal has scored 547 runs from the last eight games with an average of 45.58
J & K skipper, Parvez Rasool has impressed with his right arm off-break. Rasool has scalped 29 wickets from the last nine matches.
For Karnataka, it’s Abhimanyu Mithun who’s been a real asset with the ball in hand. Mithun has scalped 36 wickets from the last eight games for his side.
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