Match Details
Date: 18 September 2022
Time : 07:30 PM IST
Venue : Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow
Ball-by-ball commentary : SportsTiger App
Preview
The second edition of the Legends League Cricket is back and with more fun. The number of teams remains at four but it’s different from how it was in the first edition. While players from India played in one team (India Maharajas) in the first edition, they are playing for different teams. The likes of Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, and Muttiah Muralitharan will be in action. In the match between Manipal Tigers and Bhilwara Kings, Harbhajan Singh and Irfan Pathan will lead their respective teams.
Pitch Report
The Lucknow pitch is perfectly suited for T20. The pitch offers decent pace and bounce that helps the batters time the ball nicely. Bowlers also get to play their role. While spinners get to skid the ball, pacers can exploit the swing early on.
Team Analysis
Manipal Tigers
Harbhajan Singh-led Manipal Tigers have got a really good squad. The bowling attack looks lethal with Singh, Muttiah Muralitharan, Imran Tahir, and Brett Lee in the mix. Tigers have also got quality all-rounders in Darren Sammy and Corey Anderson. Then they have got Phil Mustard, Mohammad Kaif, Ryan Sidebottom, and Lance Klusener to handle the batting department. It will be interesting to see if Harbhajan Singh plays with three spinners or if he will go with only two. Also, the pace attack of the Manipal Tigers only have one gun bowler in Brett Lee.
Manipal Tigers Squad
Harbhajan Singh (c), Parvinder Awana, VRV Singh, Imran Tahir, Brett Lee, Muttiah Muralitharan, Phil Mustard, Mohammad Kaif, Ryan Sidebottom, Lance Klusener, Dimitri Mascarenhas, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Reetinder Sodhi, Corey Anderson and Daren Sammy.
Bhilwara Kings
Irfan Pathan will lead Bhilwara Kings in their debut season of the Legends League Cricket (LLC). Apart from Pathan, there is Yusuf Pathan, S Sreesanth, Shane Watson, and Tim Bresnan in Kings’ squad to help them put up a good fight in LLC 2. To handle the spin department there is Monty Panesar and Samit Patel. Nick Compton, Owais Shah, William Porterfield, and Matt Prior are there to chip in with the bat.
Bhilwara Kings Squad: Bhilwara Kings: Irfan Pathan (c), Yusuf Pathan, Nick Compton, Sreesanth, Shane Watson, Tim Bresnan, Owais Shah, Monty Panesar, Naman Ojha, William Porterfield, Fidel Edwards, Samit Patel, Matt Prior, Tino Best and Sudeep Tyagi.
Match Prediction
Conclusion
Manipal Tigers have got a really good team and hence they will be the favourites to win the match on Sunday (18 September).
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