MATCH 4 (ECS21.559) FORENOM ROYALS (FOR) v STOCKHOLM (STO) 1300 GMT | 1500 CET | 1830 IST
FOR Last Five Matches: ON ECS DEBUT
STO Last Five Matches: L NR W L L (Avg Score For 67, Avg Score Against 95)
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.
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.
Both these sides are playing their second match of the day and will be well versed with the pitch and playing conditions and will try to make use of the knowledge gathered to the best of their abilities. That said, STO are a better team on paper and will start favourites.
Match Prediction: Stockholm (STO) to win comfortably.
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