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LYC vs VBK Dream11 Team Prediction and Probable XI: Preview

By Pranob Thachanthara

Hello and Welcome to our preview for Lyca Kovai Kings versus VB Kanchi Veerans 20th match of TNPL 2018. We are covering LYC vs VBK Dream11 Team Prediction, Preview and Probable Playing XI. The match is to be played at Indian Cement Company Ground, Tirunelveli.

This is the 20th Match of third season of Tamil Nadu Premier league 2018 between Lyca Kovai Kings and VB Kanchi Veerans. Both teams are lying on different ends of points table with Lyca Kovai Kings sitting firmly on 3rd position with 3 wins and 2 losses in 5 matches played whereas, VB Kanchi Veerans are at 7th position with no win and four consecutive losses.

VB Kanchi Veerans are out of the race for playoffs and will play for their pride in the upcoming three matches. They lost their last match against Madurai Panthers by 11 runs. The bowling effort was good enough to stop the opponent at 167 but the batting department could not chase the target. R Divakar and K Deeban Lingesh took three wickets each while A Srinivas striked twice. In batting, K Vaidhya, Baba Aparajith, RS Hariharan and Sanjay Yadav scored few runs.

Lyca Kovai Kings will hope to strengthen their chance in playoffs by winning this encounter. With just two matches left, Each match will be all important to win. They won their last match comfortably against Chepauk Super Gillies by 53 runs. S Khan, A Mukund and A Dhas scored with bat while K Vignesh, S Ajith Ram, S Manigandan and T Natarajan bowled brilliantly.

A competitive match can be expected as VB Kanchi Veerans will try to open their account whereas Lyca Kovai Kings will hope to solidify their playoff position.

When and Where:

LYC vs VBK, 20th Match TNPL 2018.
Indian Cement Company Ground, Tirunelveli.
29th July, 07:15 PM IST

Squads:

LYC:
Abhinav Mukund (c), Ravi Kumar Rohith (wk), T Natarajan, Shahrukh Khan, Antony Dhas, Ashwin Venkataraman, S Ajith Ram, Akkil Srinaath, R Sathyanarayan, Suresh Babu, Krishnamoorthy Vignesh, M Raja, Pradosh Ranjan Paul, S Manigandan, R Mithun, Muhammed Khan, Prasanth Rajesh, Sumant Jain, J Suresh Kumar.

VBK:
Aushik Srinivas, Baba Aparajith (c), Sunil Sam, V Subramania Siva, S Siddharth, U Mukilesh, R Silambarasan (wk), Sanjay Yadav, S Arun, K Vishal Vaidhya, P Francis Rokins, Suresh Lokeshwar, K Deeban Lingesh, RS Mokit Hariharan, S Ashwath, S Chandrashekar, R Divakar, C Shriram, U Vishal.

Team News:

Lyca Kovai Kings:

Shahrukh Khan and Abhinav Mukund will open the batting for the kings.
Shahrukh Khan is in brilliant form with bat and is leading run-scorer of tournament yet.
Captain A Mukund is also leading his team from front by scoring consistently at top-order and will await for a big knock.
A Dhas, A Venkataraman, A Srinaath and Ravi Kumar Rohith will hold the middle order.
S Ajith Ram will lead their spin bowling with S Manigandan and Prasanth Rajesh.
Krishnamoorthy Vignesh will lead their pace attack with T Natarajan.
All bowlers are taking wickets at regular intervals and keeping their economy in check.
Same playing XI is expected to be for this match as they have won their last two matches.

VB Kanchi Veerans:

K Vishal will open along with V Subramania Siva or Suresh Lokeshwar.
K Vishal is in good form with bat and scoring runs consistently.
B Aparajith, RS Hariharan and P Francis Rokins will play the middle order duties
Captain B Aparajith would hope to hit a good knock for team’s pride.
S Chandrashekar can replace S Lokeshwar and take wicket-keeper duties from him.
Sanjay Yadav can do the late hitting for team whenever necessary.
R Divakar and K Lingesh who came into playing XI in last encounter bowled brilliant spells and took three wickets each.
A Srinivas has been perfect throughout the tournament for his team.

Probable Playing XI:

LYC:
Shahrukh Khan, Abhinav Mukund (c), Ashwin Venkataraman, Anthony Dhas, Akkil Srinaath, Ravi Kumar Rohith (wk), S Manigandan, Prashanth Rajesh, S Ajith Ram, Krishnamoorthy Vignesh, T Natarajan

VBK:
K Vishal Vaidhya, V Subramania Silva/U Vishal, Baba Aparajith (c), RS Mokit Hariharan, P Francis Rokins, Sanjay Yadav, K Deeban Lingesh, Suresh Lokeshwar/S Chandrashekar (wk), Sunil Sam, R Divakar, Aushik Srinvas