MATCH 2 (ECS21.557) FORENOM ROYALS (FOR) v BOTKYRKA (BOT) 0900 GMT | 1100 CET | 1430 IST
FOR Last Five Matches: ON ECS DEBUT
BOT Last Five Matches: ON ECS DEBUT
FORENOM ROYALS (FOR)
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 of FOR, will also lead the way with the bat opening the innings.
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.
Arpit Tiwari, bowling all-rounder, is a tidy off-spin bowler with SEVEN T10 wickets to his name in eight matches.
BOTKYRKA (BOT)
Captain: Asad Iqbal
Wicketkeeper: Muhammad Ali Hassani
Projected Top Four: Ahmed Zulfiqar, Tahir Tarar, Shani Khawaja, Gurpal Randhawa
Projected Opening Bowlers: Osama Qureshi, Asif Khan
Spin Option(s): Ahmed Zulfiqar, Gurpal Randhawa
BOTKYRKA Key Players:
Tahir Tarar, big hitting all-rounder, boasts previous ECS experience playing for Karlskroma Zalmi Cricketforening.
Ahmed Zulfiqar is a classy batsman who will open the innings for BOT, can also bowl decent off-spin.
Asif Khan, fast bowler, will normally take the new ball and look to provide early breakthroughs.
Shani Khawaja is a hard hitting batsman comfortable taking his place in the top four.
These two debutants Forenom Royals and Botkyrka lock horns in search of their first ever ECS victory. Having played a game before, BOT will be familiar with the conditions and might have the advantage going into this game.
Match Prediction: Botkyrka (BOT) to secure their maiden ECS win.
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