Major T20 League 2023

Challenger: MINY vs TSK

Preview

The short tourney is down to its climax. Yes, the inaugural season of the Major T20 League has been quite successful both online and offline. The Challenger of the league will be played at the Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas on Saturday, July 29. 

The second slot of the grand finale is yet not confirmed, with Texas and Mumbai ready to fight it out in the second qualifier. Seattle are already through the finale and will meet the winner of the above ‘Challenger’ match on 30th July. Both teams are pretty confident due to their splendid performance so far and thus shall make an exciting contest to look for. 

The Faf Du Plessis-led Texas franchise has won three out of five matches in the Group stage. They lost to Seattle in the Qualifier 1v2 to come into this round. 

On the other hand,  Pooran's New York won two of their five games and are into this Challenger round after winning against Washington in the Eliminator 3v4.   

Match Details

Match: MINY vs TSK, Challenger, Major T20 League 2023

Date: Saturday, July 29, 2023

Time: 6:00 AM (Jul 29)

Venue: Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas

Pitch Report

The Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas, is a miniature ground with a quick outfield. The batters have performed well here as they can try out their strokes and cross the fence. The pacers get early help from the track, but this track proves to be a difficult venue for the spinners as the small dimensions of the stadium make it difficult for them to stop the batters from playing long shots. 

Hence, we expect a flat track and a high-scoring contest. Batsmen can play their strokes freely on this surface. There is little margin for error for the bowlers especially the spinners as the quality of batting for both sides is too good at this venue. The par score here will be 180 runs and the side batting first in this game will get the advantage of setting a huge target, hence pressurizing the opponents.

MINY vs. TSK Squads

MINY: Shayan Jahangir, Monank Patel, Nicholas Pooran(w/c), Dewald Brevis, Tim David, David Wiese, Steven Taylor, Rashid Khan, Nosthush Kenjige, Trent Boult, Ehsan Adil, Kieron Pollard, Jason Behrendorff, Kagiso Rabada, Hammad Azam, Tristan Stubbs, Waqar Salamkheil, Jasdeep Singh, Sarabjit Ladda

TSK: Devon Conway(w), Faf du Plessis(c), Cody Chetty, Milind Kumar, David Miller, Mitchell Santner, Daniel Sams, Calvin Savage, Mohammad Mohsin, Gerald Coetzee, Rusty Theron, Dwayne Bravo, Imran Tahir, Sami Aslam, Zia-ul-Haq, Cameron Stevenson, Lahiru Milantha, Saiteja Mukkamalla, Zia Shahzad

MINY vs. TSK Probable Playing XIs

MINY: Shayan Jahangir, Tim David, David Wiese, Hammad Azam, Kieron Pollard (c), MD Patel, Nicholas Pooran (wk), NP Kenjige, Trent Boult, Rashid Khan, Ehsan Adil

TSK: Faf du Plessis (c), Devon Conway (wk), Cody Chetty, Milind Kumar, David Miller, Mitchell Santner, Daniel Sams, Calvin Savage, Gerald Coetzee, Mohammad Mohsin, Rusty Theron

Match Prediction

This match will be a thriller with very little differences between the sides. MINY is coming into this game with a win which will have an impact on their gameplay. Thus we think New York has an upper hand in this game and is the most likely candidate to get qualified for the final round. 

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