Preview :
Saurashtra and Kerala will face off each other in their second match of Vijay Hazare Trophy 2019 in Bangalore tomorrow. Both the teams’ opening matches were abandoned due to rain and now they will hope that the rain gods will stay away tomorrow. Both the teams have good depth in their squad and also have good young and experienced players like Sanju Samson, Robin Uthappa, Sandeep Warrier, Jaydev Unadkat and Arpit Vasavada.
Match Details :
Match : SAU vs KER, Saurashtra vs Kerala, Vijay Hazare Trophy 2019
Date and Time : 26 September 2019, 9.00 AM IST
Venue : Bangalore
Saurashtra Team News and Expected Playing XI :
Team News :
1. Saurashtra’s opening match against Mumbai was washed out due to rain.
2. Jaydev Unadkat will lead Saurashtra side in this tournament.
3. Cheteshwar Pujara and Ravindra Jadeja have been rested ahead of India’s Test series against South Africa.
4. Dharmendrasinh Jadeja is included in Board President XI for warm up game against South Africa and will not be available for selection.
5. There are no major injury concern for Saurashtra team.
Expected Playing XI :
Aarpit Vasavada, Sheldon Jackson (wk), Harvik Desai, Jaydev Unadkat (c), Jay Chauhan, Chirag Jani, Vishvaraj Jadeja,Hardik Rathod, Agnivesh Ayachi, Prerak Mankad, Kamlesh Makvana
Kerala Team News and Expected Playing XI :
Team News :
1. Kerala’s opening match against Chhattisgarh was washed out due to rain.
2. Robin Uthappa has joined Kerala from Saurashtra for this season and will also lead Kerala in this tournament.
3. Kerala will be without Jalaj Saxena for the first two games at least as he has been picked in the Board President XI who will play 3 days practice match against South Africa from tomorrow.
4. There are no major injury concerns for Kerala side.
Expected Playing XI :
Vishnu Vinod, Robin Uthappa (c), Sanju Samson (wk), Sachin Baby, Salman Nizar, Sijomon Joseph, Akshay Chandran, MD Nidheesh, Basil Thampi, Sandeep Warrier, Vinoop Manoharan
SAU vs KER Dream11 Prediction :
Wicketkeeper : Sanju Samson, Sheldon Jackson
Batsmen : Robin Uthappa, Sachin Baby, Arpit Vasavada
All-rounders : Prerak Mankad
Bowlers : J Unadkat, S Warrier, B Thampi, J Chauhan, A Chandran
Captain and Vice Captain :
Captain Sanju Samson or Sheldon Jackson and Vice Captain Sandeep Warrier or Robin Uthappa
Stats and Facts –
1. Last season’s performance –
Saurashtra – 3 wins, 5 losses
Kerala – 4 wins, 3 losses, 1 no result
2. Following Saurashtra players did very well in the last season of Vijay Hazare Trophy
Sheldon Jackson – 322 runs @ 40.25 in 8 inns (1*100, 1*50)
Arpit Vasavada – 255 runs @ 42.50 in 8 inns (2*50)
Jaydev Unadkat – 16 wickets @ 18.43 in 8 inns (2*4-for)
Dharmendrasinh Jadeja – 11 wickets @ 28.90 in 8 inns
3. Following Kerala players did very well in the last season of Vijay Hazare Trophy
Sachin Baby – 278 runs @ 39.71 in 7 inns (2*50)
Vishnu Vinod – 137 runs @ 45.66 in 4 inns (1*50)
Akshay Chandran – 12 wickets @ 20.16 in 7 inns (1*4-for)
Basil Thampi – 7 wickets @ 20.42 in 4 inns (1*4-for)
4. Sanju Samson had a poor outing last year in Vijay Hazare trophy but he is coming off with a brilliant knock of 91 runs off 48 balls against South Africa A earlier this month.
5. Bangalore’s current weather is cloudy and in overcast conditions pacers should do well.
6. Both the sides are at the same level and it should be a close game.