MATCH 3 (ECS21.558) PAKISTANSKA FORENING (PF) v STOCKHOLM (STO) 1100 GMT | 1300 CET | 1630 IST
PF Last Five Matches: W W W W W (Avg Score For 100, Avg Score Against 76)
STO Last Five Matches: L NR W L L (Avg Score For 67, Avg Score Against 95)
PAKISTANSKA FORENING (PF)
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, 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.
Bilal Muhammad, captain, medium pacer, leading wicket taker for PF last summer with EIGHT wickets at an economy rate of just 5.75.
Faraan Chaudhry played for Alby Zalmi last term racking up 94 runs from five innings.
Vaince Waqas, right arm medium pacer, scalped SIX wickets from five games last term with a best return of 3-18.
STOCKHOLM (STO)
Captain: Chenna Nali
Wicketkeeper: Chenna Nali
Projected Top Four: Ankit Tiwari, Abhishek Mathur, Vinod Chalindra, Archan Vaidya
Projected Opening Bowlers: Avinash Upadhaya, Lagan Sandhu, Jagan Sandhu, Manoj Tomar
Spin Option(s): Rakesh Kumar, Archan Vaidya
STOCKHOLM Key Players:
Archan Vaidya is a quality all-rounder and a gun fielder. He will be looking to make an impact in all three departments in his debut ECS season.
Karthik Jayachandran is the all-time leading run scorer for Stockholm. He is a hard-hitting batsman who loves to make use of the powerplay. The man to watch out for this season.
Avinash Upadhaya, the left arm quick has been a consistent bowler picking up 29 wickets over the last two years.
Sridhar Pokala, one of the fastest bowlers on the circuit. His bowling performances this year have been as exemplary as ever with best figures of 4-1-8-4.
Stockholm take on previous winners Pakistanska Forening in their season opener. These are the only two teams with previous ECS experience in Group A. The two sides were on the opposite halves of the table last time around but are evenly matched this season and this game could be a humdinger.
Last time they met: MATCH ABANDONED (16 Jun 2020)
Match Prediction: Pakistanska Forening (PF) to win a thrilling encounter.
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