Tamil Nadu will be taking on Saurashtra in Rajkot for a fixture in the Ranji Trophy. From the seven games that Saurashtra has been a part of, three have been won by them, while enduring just one defeat and sit at the second spot on the points table. Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu has struggled throughout as they sit 8th in Elite Group A and B courtesy two wins, three draws and two defeats from the seven games they’ve featured in.
SAU vs TN Dream11 | Team News
Saurashtra
Harvik Desai and Snell Patel should be opening the innings with the bat followed by D Chauha, Sheldon Jackson and Arpit Vasavada to solidify the batting lineup. Kamlesh Makwana, Kushang Patel and Dharmendransinh Jadeja will have big roles to play with the ball in hand.
Squad
Jaydev Undadkar(C), Prerak Mankad, Chirag Jani, Dharmendrasinh Jadeja, Harvik Desai, Avi Barot, Chetan Sakariya, Kamlesh Makvana, Snell Patel, Divyaraj Chauhan, Vishvaraj Jadeja, Parth Bhut, Sheldon Jackson, Arpit Vasavada, Jay Chauhan, Kushang Patel, Vandit Jivrajani, Samarth Vyas.
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu having beaten Baroda by an innings and 57 runs should go with the same eleven in the upcoming fixture. Vijay Shankar, Ravichandran Ashwin and M Vijay are unavailable for Tamil Nadu.
Squad
Baba Aparajith (c), Abhinav Mukund, Dinesh Karthik, L Suryapprakash, Kaushik Gandhi, Baba Indrajith, N Jagadeesan, R Sai Kishore, M Siddharth, T Natrajan, M Mohammed, Abhishek Tanwar, V Ganga Sridhar Raju, K Mukunth, K Vignesh.
SAU vs TN Dream11 | Possible Playing Eleven
Saurashtra- Kamlesh Makvana, Harvik Desai, Arpit Vasavada, Kushang Patel, Dharmendrasinh Jadeja, Parth Bhut, Divyaraj Chauhan, Sheldon Jackson, Chirag Jani, Snell Patel, Prerak Mankad.
Tamil Nadu- Baba Aparajith, Kaushik Gandhi, Dinesh Karthik, Baba Indrajith, Abhinav Mukund, M Mohammed, Laxmesha Suryaprakash, Abhishek Tanwar, Krishnamoorthy Vignesh, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, N Jagadeesan
SAU vs TN Dream11 | Top Picks
Sheldon Jackson has scored 605 runs from 12 innings with an average of 55 and will be an asset with the bat for Saurashtra.
Abhinav Mukund has scored 478 runs from eight innings with an average of 68.28 and has been quality right up the order for Tamil Nadu.
Grand League Tips
Saurashtra‘s captain Jaydev Unadkat has been pivotal with his left-arm pace and has scalped 45 wickets from the last six games.
Dinesh Karthik has scored 255 runs from the last five innings for Tamil Nadu with an average of 48.80 with the bat.
Team 1
WK: Sheldon Jackson (c), D Karthik
BAT: A Vasavada, A Mukund, K Gandhi
ALL: D Singh Jadeja, P Mankad, B Aparajith (vc)
BWL: J Unadkat, K Makvana, R S Kishore
Team 2
WK: Sheldon Jackson, D Karthik
BAT: A Vasavada, A Mukund (c), K Gandhi
ALL: D Singh Jadeja, P Mankad, B Aparajith
BWL: J Unadkat (vc), K Makvana, R S Kishore