MATCH 16 (ECS21.571) FORENOM ROYALS (FOR) v PAKISTANSKA FORENING (PF) 1300 GMT | 1500 CET | 1830 IST
FOR Last Five Matches: L L W W L (Avg Score For 81, Avg Score Against 98)
PF Last Five Matches: W W W W W (Avg Score For 100, Avg Score Against 69)
Captain: Rohit Juneja
Wicketkeeper: Srinivas Manem
Projected Top Four: Rohit Juneja, Anirudh Ram, Sahil Prashar, Arpit Tiwari
Projected Opening Bowlers: Rohit Juneja, Sahil Prashar
Spin Option(s): Arpit Tiwari, Ameya Bendre
FORENOM ROYALS Key Players:
Rohit Juneja, captain of FOR, will also lead the way with the bat and open the innings. Finally scored some runs on Wednesday against UME mustering a 21-ball 42. Has now racked up 76 runs in all and is the joint top wicket taker for FOR with FIVE wickets in five games.
Sahil Prashar, the hard hitting right hander has mustered 93 runs in five T10 innings at a strike rate of 202. He also has three wickets to his name. 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.
Arpit Tiwari, bowling all-rounder, is a tidy off-spin bowler with SEVEN T10 wickets to his name in eight matches. 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. Top scorer for FOR racking up 95 runs in five innings.
Captain: Bilal Muhammad
Wicketkeeper: Usama Chaudhry
Projected Top Four: Imam Din, Faraan Chaudhry, Sameer Ali Khan, Muhammad Vajjih Ali
Projected Opening Bowlers: Bilal Muhammad, Khalil Jalali
Spin Option(s): Sameer Ali Khan, Waqar Hassan
PAKISTANSKA FORENING Key Players:
Sameer Ali Khan, MVP last term, the right hander racked up 106 runs in five innings in the previous edition and was the joint highest wicket taker for PF with EIGHT scalps. Has scored 68 runs in five games and has picked up three wickets as well.
Bilal Muhammad, captain, medium pacer, leading wicket taker for PF last summer with EIGHT wickets at an economy rate of just 5.75. Has scalped SEVEN wickets at an economy of 4.77 and a best return of 2-5.
Faraan Chaudhry played for Alby Zalmi last term racking up 94 runs from five innings. Has been selected for the Swedish U19 team. Is currently the top run scorer for PF with 85 runs from five matches.
Zubair Aslam, the right arm pacer is leading the wicket taking charts so far with EIGHT scalps from four games at an impressive economy of 5.00 and a tournament best figure of 4-11.
Pakistanska Forening are on a five match winning streak this season and seem almost invincible. Forenom Royals’ two wins came against bottom placed Umea and have struggled to compete against the better teams.
Match Prediction: Pakistanska Forening (PF) to continue their impressive winning run racking up yet another ECS victory.
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