VG Last Five Matches: ON ECS DEBUT
KCH Last Five Matches: ON ECS DEBUT
VFB GELSENKIRCHEN (VG)
Captain: Swapnil Varhade
Wicketkeeper: Swapnil Varhade
Projected Top Four: Suliman Hugakhil, Mirwali Jabarkheel, Sahalom Dhaly, Swapnil Varhade
Projected Opening Bowlers: Arfan Malik, Shrutarv Awasthi
Spin Options: Shahidullah Arman, Vignaesh Sankaran, Anil Kavi
VFB GELSENKIRCHEN Key Players:
Suliman Hugakhil, dynamic all-rounder who adds value with his abilities not only with bat and ball, but also with his agile fielding.
Mirwali Jabarkheel, young and extremely talented opening batsman, likes to dominate bowlers with his hard hitting abilities, can be devastating if he gets going.
Swapnil Varhade, captain, plays the anchor role holding the innings together, giving others the freedom to play dynamic innings.
KÖLN CHALLENGERS (KCH)
Captain: Kesava Motati
Wicketkeeper: Vijay Rathnavel
Projected Top Four: Amey Potale, Sriram Gurumurthy, Ayush Sharma, Rohit Narayanan
Projected Opening Bowlers: Kesava Motati, Aravind Muthusubramanian
Spin Options: Sriram Gurumurthy
KÖLN CHALLENGERS Key Players:
Amey Potale, destructive opening batsman, loves anything short and can dispatch it with disdain.
Sriram Gurumurthy, considered an elegant slogger by his teammates, he will have the responsibility of providing KCH with quick starts, can roll his arm over too.
Kesava Motati, captain, will lead the bowling attack, has the ability to swing the ball both ways.
Aravind Muthusubramanian, good consistent bowler who has the canny knack of picking up wickets.
Both VfB Gelsenkirchen and Köln Challengers feature for the first time on the grand European Cricket stage and would like to start their ECS campaign on a high.
Match Prediction: Köln Challengers (KCH) to win comfortably.
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