Tamil Nadu T20 League 2023

7th Match: SS vs RTW

Preview

Salem Spartans will cross swords with Ba11sy Trichy in the 7th match of the Tamil Nadu T20 League 2023. The match will be played at NPR College Ground in Dindigul on June 18. Both teams have played their first match of the tournament and tasted defeat. RTW are sitting in the 5th position, just a spot above SS, because of a better net run rate. 

SS had terrible form in the last season where they just won one out of their seven matches and finished at the bottom half of the points table. They also started this time with a poor run against the Chepauk Super Gillies. CSG posted a total of 217 runs against which the SS failed to chase down the total and lost the match by a massive margin of 52 runs. 

Just like their opponents, RTW also finished second last in the last season because of their dreadful form.  Their scarcity of efforts was clearly noticed in the inaugural match as they tasted defeat against the Dindigul Dragons by 6 wickets. 

If the two sides are compared, RTW looks stronger on pen and paper. They have a batting depth and also a quality bowling lineup. Both sides have faced each other 6 times and the Ba11sy Trichy leads the tally by a margin of 4-2. BT’s opening pair knows how to carry the game and has been impressive in recent matches. The bowling side of the Spartans have to perform well, take wicket at regular intervals and try not to concede a lot of runs against the Ba11sy Trichy in the following encounter. 

Match Details

Match: SS vs. RTW, 7th Match, Tamil Nadu T20 League 2023

Date: Sunday, June 18, 2023

Time: 3:15 PM

Venue: NPR College Ground, Dindigul

Pitch Report

The pitch at the NPR Cricket Ground in Dindigul is well-balanced and hence assists both the batting and bowling sides. A total of 160 is the average first-inning score here. 

SS vs. RTW Squads

SS: S Abishiek, Kaushik Gandhi, RS Mokit Hariharan, Amit Sathvik (wk), Maan Bafna, Sunny Sandhu, Abhishek Tanwar (c), Muhammed Adnan Khan, Sachin Rathi, M Ganesh Moorthi, Akash Sumra, S Aravind, Ravi Karthikeyan, R Kavin, J Gowri Sankar, Jaganath Sinivas, N Selva Kumaran, Prasanth Rajesh, VRS Guru Kedarnath

RTW: Ganga Sridhar Raju (c), Jafar Jamal, Daryl Ferrario, Akshay Srinivasan, Mani Bharathi (wk), Antony Dhas, R Rajkumar, M Shajahan, R Silambarasan, R Alexander, T Natarajan, P Francis Rokins, T Saran, Karaparambil Monish, S Boopalan, K Easwaran, SP Vinod, G Godson, V Athisayaraj Davidson, Karthik Shanmugam, K Mohamed Azeem

SS vs. RTW Probable Playing XIs

SS: S Abishiek, Kaushik Gandhi, RS Mokit Hariharan, Amit Sathvik (wk), Maan Bafna, Sunny Sandhu, Abhishek Tanwar (c), Muhammed Adnan Khan, Sachin Rathi, M Ganesh Moorthi, Akash Sumra, S Aravind

RTW: Ganga Sridhar Raju (c), Jafar Jamal, Daryl Ferrario, Akshay Srinivasan, Mani Bharathi (wk), Antony Dhas, R Rajkumar, M Shajahan, R Silambarasan, R Alexander, T Natarajan

Match Prediction

RTW possesses more strength as a team and has a better combination of batters and bowlers than SS. Hence we back the Ba11sy to get on the top at the end of this match. 

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