MATCH 19 (ECS21.574) FORENOM ROYALS (FOR) v PAKISTANSKA FORENING (PF) 1100 GMT | 1300 CET | 1630 IST
FOR Last Five Matches: L W W L W (Avg Score For 84, Avg Score Against 98)
PF Last Five Matches: W W W W L (Avg Score For 89, Avg Score Against 69)
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 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.
Captain: Bilal Muhammad
Wicketkeeper: Usama Chaudhry
Projected Top Four: Faraan Chaudhry, Sameer Ali Khan, Muhammad Vajjih Ali, Khalil Jalali
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 96 runs in seven games and has picked up FIVE 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 EIGHT wickets at an economy of 6.15 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 second highest run scorer for PF with 93 runs from seven matches and has picked up a couple of wickets.
Zubair Aslam, the right arm pacer is leading the wicket taking charts so far with 10 scalps from six games at an impressive economy of 4.72 and tournament best figures of 4-11.
Forenom Royals ended Pakistanska Forening’s unbeaten run in ECS in a low scoring encounter on Thursday, becoming the only team to beat the reigning champions. PF seemed invincible until their last game and like a wounded lion will be looking to come back stronger.
Last time they met: ECS21.571 | FOR 78 def PF 67 (22 Jul 2021)
Match Prediction: Pakistanska Forening (PF) to avenge that shock loss.
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