MATCH 25 (ECS21.580) NACKA (NAC) v DJURGARDENS IF (DIF) 0700 GMT | 0900 CET | 1230 IST
NAC Last Five Matches: W W W L L (Avg Score For 116, Avg Score Against 112)
DIF Last Five Matches: W W L W W (Avg Score For 98, Avg Score Against 93)
Captain: Zabi Zahid
Wicketkeeper: Sadat Sidiqi
Projected Top Four: Khalid Zahid, Omran Zazai, Azam Mohammad, Sadat Sidiqi
Projected Opening Bowlers: Zabi Zahid, Lemar Momand
Spin Option(s): Abdul Hakeem, Azam Mohammad
NACKA Key Players:
Khalid Zahid, the experienced all-rounder has been selected to represent the national team recently. He was the second highest run scorer last summer racking up 168 runs in just four innings at an average of 84 and SR of 183 atDream11 European Cricket Series Botkyrka, Stockholm.Made a good start in the first match scoring 28 runs.
Lemar Momand, left arm medium pacer, was top wicket taker for NAC last season with SIX scalps from six games atDream11 European Cricket Series Botkyrka, Stockholm. He has also been selected for the Swedish national team to tour Denmark and Finland.
Omran Zazai, the 22-year old is a hard hitting opening batsman, racked up 118 runs at a strike rate of 281 - highest in the tournament. He hit 13 sixes and six fours mustering over 86% of his runs in boundaries atDream11 European Cricket Series Botkyrka, Stockholm. Top scorer for NAC on the first day of Group B matchups with 32 runs from 2 innings.
Zabi Zahid, captain, all-rounder, mustered 77 runs in three innings at a SR of 241 - third highest in the tournament. He also picked up FOUR wickets atDream11 European Cricket Series Botkyrka, Stockholm. Scored 30 runs and picked up FOUR wickets on Saturday.
Captain: Wynand Boshoff
Wicketkeeper: Wynand Boshoff
Projected Top Four: Richie Robbins,Wynand Boshoff, Shahzeb Choudhry, Asim Bukhari
Projected Opening Bowlers: Serge Conein, Liam Karlsson
Spin Option(s): Prashant Shukla, Ankit Dubey
DJURGARDENS IF Key Players:
Shahzeb Choudhryis a big contributor for DIF with bat and ball. The all-rounder picked up SIX wickets last term and scored 56 runs from two innings at a SR of 200 atDream11 European Cricket Series Botkyrka, Stockholm. He is also a reliable fielder. The all-rounder racked up 52 runs and picked up FOUR wickets in two games on Saturday and was awarded man of the match in the opening Group B encounter vs Huddinge.
Richie Robbins, the right hander was second highest run scorer for DIF atDream11 European Cricket Series Botkyrka, Stockholm racking up 116 runs in five innings. Started off well this season scoring 37 in the first game.
Wynand Boshoff, captain and driving force of the team, is a natural strokemaker, can hit the long ball as well.
Unbeaten at Dream11 European Cricket Series Botkyrka, Stockholm, Nacka were expected to make a fast start with a couple of wins on the opening day of Group B matchups. Surprisingly, NAC lost both their matches including a heavy defeat to Marsta. Djurgardens IF, on the other hand, won both their games, one of them being against NAC, and are comfortably sitting at the top of the ladder. Touted as the number one T10 team in Sweden, can Nacka make a comeback or will the pressure to retain their title become insurmountable?
Last time they met: ECS21.578 | DIF 115 def NAC 93 (24 Jul 2020)
Match Prediction: Djurgardens IF (DIF) to edge past Nacka in a close contest.
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