THCC Last Five Matches: L L L L W (Avg Score For 70, Avg Score Against 100)
PSV Last Five Matches: L W L W L (Avg Score For 92, Avg Score Against 97)
THCC HAMBURG (THCC)
Captain: Abhik Jana
Wicketkeeper: Rahul Kumar
Projected Top Four: Angus Pickering, Mithun Jakati, Behram Ali, Cam Jefferys
Projected Opening Bowlers: Rohan Phadke, Angus Pickering
Spin Options: Behram Ali, Mithun Jakati
THCC HAMBURG Key Players:
Abhik Jana, captain, an outstanding all-round cricketer, able to bat for long periods and bowl consistent spells, stops everything that comes his way in the field and keeps everyone's spirits high with his positive attitude, has scalped four wickets and has scored 45 runs.
Mithun Jakati, hard hitting middle order batsman, mustered a magnificent unbeaten 62 off 35 balls against VFB earning a man of the match award in THCC’s solitary win.
Angus Pickering, the Englishman is the newest member of THCC, boasts the rare feat of having taken 10 wickets in an innings, strikes the ball hard and is a smart pace bowler who uses a variety of slower ball variations. Picked up eight wickets including match winning figures of 3-3 vs VFB, also leading run scorer for THCC with 100 runs from five innings.
Rohan Phadke, bowling all-rounder and superb fielder, key new-ball bowler for THCC, consistently hits good lengths and can shape the ball into the batsman and move it away, has a deceptive slower one as well, returned figures of 3-4 vs VFB in the last game.
PSV HANN-MUNDEN (PSV)
Captain: Gulraiz Mustafa
Wicketkeeper: Asad Sangari
Projected Top Four: Asad Sangari, Gulraiz Mustafa, Imran Hafiz, Adeel Ahmad
Projected Opening Bowlers: Amin Zadran, Awalkhan Safi
Spin Options: Gulraiz Mustafa, Vinod Joshi, Hiren Patel
PSV HANN-MUNDEN Key Players:
Adeel Ahmad is an explosive hitter, has mustered 92 runs at a strike rate of 230 and is leading the scoring sheets for PSV.
Amin Zadran, tidy all-rounder who consistently makes an impact with bat and ball. Bagged the man of the match award on Wednesday against VFB picking up 3-7 and scoring a quickfire 6-ball 14 . He is leading the PSV wicket taking column with seven scalps from five matches.
Awalkhan Safi , talented all-rounder, has been consistent with the ball and is among wickets more often than not, has taken six wickets so far and scores at a SR of 193.
Asad Sangari, wicket-keeper batsman, second highest run scorer for PSV with 62 runs from five matches, played a couple of good cameos on Tuesday bagging a man of the match award as well in the second game vs SCE.
After a poor start with five straight defeats, THCC will probably have to beat PSV twice to have a sniff of making the knockout stages. PSV have proved to be an inconsistent side so far but can beat anyone on their day. PSV should have enough quality to beat THCC at least once to confirm a spot in the quarter-finals.
Match Prediction: PSV Hann-Munden (PSV) to edge past THCC in a close game.
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