MATCH 17 (ECS21.572) STOCKHOLM (STO) v FORENOM ROYALS (FOR) 0700 GMT | 0900 CET | 1230 IST
STO Last Five Matches: L L W W L (Avg Score For 103, Avg Score Against 108)
FOR Last Five Matches: L W W L W (Avg Score For 84, Avg Score Against 98)
Captain: Chenna Nali
Wicketkeeper: Chenna Nali
Projected Top Four: Ankit Tiwari, Shiva Arsi, Kaushik Vats, Santosh Yadlapalli
Projected Opening Bowlers: Deepjagan Singh, Harlagan Sandhu
Spin Option(s): Rakesh Kumar, Archan Vaidya
STOCKHOLM Key Players:
Shiva Arsi, the right hander has looked good with the batracking up 76 runs in five innings.
Deepjagan Singh, right arm fast bowler, looked impressive on the opening day picking up three wickets. Is top wicket taker for STO with SIX wickets from six matches.
Manoj Tomar, right arm medium pacer, has scalped SIX wickets and is joint highest wicket taker for STO.
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 and opening bat. Led the way against UME mustering a 21-ball 42. Top scorer and wicket taker for FOR racking up 125 runs and picking SIX wickets in six 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 95 runs.
Ameya Bendre, the spinner has been impressive with the ball and is joint leading 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. Second highest run scorer for FOR racking up 108 runs in six innings. Has picked up FOUR wickets as well.
Forenom Royals beat reigning champions PF on Thursday ending their 12-match unbeaten streak in ECS. FOR will take that confidence and momentum into this game with Stockholm. STO have enjoyed a mixed tournament, but would like to end the group stages on a high note and defend third spot on the points table.
Last time they met: ECS21.559 | STO 131 def FOR 63 (19 Jul 2021)
Match Prediction: Stockholm (STO) to edge a narrow win.
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