KÖLN CC (KCC)
Captain: Dhruv Patel
Wicketkeeper: Lokesh Kamti
Projected Top Four: Irfan Ahmed, Lokesh Kamti, Tejas Morbagal, Dhruv Patel
Projected Opening Bowlers: Prateek Dabholkar, Appu Murali
Spin Options: Sandheep Ravishankar, Tejas Morbagal, Dhruv Patel, Santosh Kumar
KÖLN CC Key Players:
Irfan Ahmed, explosive opening batsman, with 20 years of German cricket experience, age is just a number for him.
Dhruv Patel, calm and composed Captain who shows abundance of steel with his batting and shoulders the responsibility of the side with same elegance.
Tejas Morbagal, an excellent top order batsman and a handy off-spinner, and a great team man.
Sandheep Ravishankar, left arm orthodox bowler and a stylish batsman, lazy elegance is what defines this talented middle order batsman.
BONN BLUE STAR (BBS)
Captain: Khurram Ilyas
Wicketkeeper: Zaheer Abbas
Projected Top Four: Zaheer Abbas, Dilshan Rajudeen, Sahir Naqash, Naeem Akhtar
Projected Opening Bowlers: Ranjith Singh, Haron Khan
Spin Options: Jawad Azizi, Dilshan Rajudeen, Bryan Rattan, Karanjit Brar
BONN BLUE STAR Key Players:
Dilshan Rajudeen, former national team player, all-time leading run scorer for Bonn Blue Star amassing a total of 1446 runs.
Jawad Azizi, a consistent performer with the ball, has picked up 34 wickets for BBS in the last two years and is a handy batsman down the order.
Ranjith Singh another former national team player, all-time top wicket taker for BBS picking up 64 wickets.
Sahir Naqash, current member of the German national team, has racked up 78 runs and picked up four wickets in eight T20Is for Germany.
Both Koln CC and Bonn Blue Star make their ECS debut playing a double-header on Day 6. . These two teams are very evenly matched, Koln CC have a winning pedigree as two-time German champions, while BBS won a prestigious T20 tournament only last season. It will be interesting to see who gets their maiden ECS victory first.
Match Prediction: Bonn Blue Star to edge Koln CC narrowly.
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