4th QUARTER FINAL - MATCH 44 (ECS21.599) MARSTA (MAR) v FORENOM ROYALS (FOR) 1300 GMT | 1500 CET | 1830 IST
MAR Last Five Matches: W L NR W W (Avg Score For 99, Avg Score Against 94)
FOR Last Five Matches: W L W L L (Avg Score For 86, Avg Score Against 102)
Captain: Shahid Mustafa
Wicketkeeper: Shahid Mustafa
Projected Top Four: Share Ali, Waqas Haider, Hamid Sulehri, Shahid Mustafa
Projected Opening Bowlers: Qambber Syed, Ajmal Raza
Spin Option(s): Hamid Sulehri, Fahad Waqas
MARSTA Key Players:
Share Ali is a solid top order batsman and can bowl fast with the ball. Started off well scoring 35 off just 19 balls in the first match and has racked up 181 runs in seven innings leading the scoring sheets for MAR. Returned man of the match performance against NAC on Thursday scoring 31 off 22 balls.
Waqas Haider, a dashing opening batsman and brilliant pace bowler with the ability to swing the ball. Second highest scorer for MAR mustering 134 runs in seven innings including a 31-ball 45 vs HUD.
Hamid Sulehri, an elegant top order batsman and a quality left arm spinner, has scalped SEVEN wickets in six games with a best return of 2-5 and has scored 117 runs with the bat including an unbeaten 66 off 32 balls DIF on Thursday.
Shahid Mustafa, captain, has racked up 106 runs in seven innings including a man of the match performance against ALZ scoring 30 off 19 balls.
Sweed Ullah, a talented middle-order batsman with the ability to bowl at any slot with tight line and lengths. He has scalped EIGHT wickets with a best return of 2-3 vs ALZ on Tuesday.
Ajmal Raza, the left arm medium pacer has picked up 10 wickets with a best return of 2-0 and is leading the wicket taking charts for MAR.
Captain: Rohit Juneja
Wicketkeeper: Srinivas Manem
Projected Top Four: Rohit Juneja, Anirudh Ram, Sahil Prashar, Srini Jettiboyina
Projected Opening Bowlers: Rohit Juneja, Sahil Prashar
Spin Option(s): Arpit Tiwari, Ameya Bendre
FORENOM ROYALS Key Players:
Rohit Juneja, captain and opening bat. Led the way against UME mustering a 21-ball 42. Top scorer and wicket taker for FOR racking up 149 runs and picking SEVEN wickets in eight games.
Sahil Prashar, returned figures of 3-9 vs BOT on his ECS debut. Golden Ball hero taking FOR to their first ever ECS victory vs Umea.
Anirudh Ram, the opener bagged his first man of the match award this season scoring a brilliant 36-ball 64 vs UME yesterday. Has scored a total of 148 runs in seven innings.
Ameya Bendre, the spinner has been impressive with the ball and is joint second highest wicket taker for Forenom Royals with SIX scalps to his name.
Arpit Tiwari, bowling all-rounder, is a tidy off-spin bowler. Was impressive on the opening day bagging a man of the match award in the first game for scoring 25 runs and picking up 3-14 vs BOT. Third highest run scorer for FOR racking up 123 runs in eight innings. Has picked up FOUR wickets as well.
Forenom Royals started off horribly with a succession of heavy defeats but improved as the group stages progressed, including a magical win over PF, inflicting the first ever defeat in ECS competition on the reigning champions. Marsta came with a late run to top Group B despite losing two of their first five games. FOR will be a bit rusty after over a week off from the action, while Marsta have been improving their T10 skills. Everything points to a Marsta win, but anything could happen in T10 cricket.
Match Prediction: Marsta (MAR) to win at a canter.
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