DID vs SMS 26th Match Prediction

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Dindigul Dragons

The Dindigul batsman Shivam Singh hit a 3rd consecutive fifty which led the Dindigul Dragons to a 5th victory of the 2023 season in the last game. This match played at the Tirunelveli ground saw the Dindigul Dragons chase down 160 runs to record a victory. During the chase, it was his opening partner Vimal Kumar who joined the party as well. The two of them put together a 117-run stand with Vimal Kumar also hitting a half-century.<br /> During their last victory, Adithya Ganesh who was batting at number four position supported Shivam Sing with an unbeaten partnership of 105 runs for the third wicket. In this game, Dindigul Dragons succeeded in chasing down 174 runs.

The Dindigul Dragons captain Baba Indrajith will be pleased with the way things have turned out for his team and their batting form. The two batting performances mentioned above came soon after the Dindigul Dragons suffered a batting collapse against Lyca Kovai Kings. R Ashwin was excused from the team after that toss and the leadership of the team was handed over to Baba Indrajith. Some of the key bowlers playing in the team are R Aushik, Sarvanan, and Varun Chakravarthy. However, none of these bowlers have been too consistent.

The Dindigul bowling department in the last game was led by Mathivanan and Subodh Bhati who picked up a couple of wickets each. Chakravarthy also bowled well in the game and returned with economical figures of 1 for 15. The Dragons team management will be looking for more consistency from their bowlers and getting them to deliver as a unit. It will be a great opportunity for the batsmen playing in the middle order to find their rhythm and also have some runs under their belt before the playoffs.

Salem Spartans

The Salem Spartans team has succeeded in winning 2 out of their last 6 games thus far. At a maximum, they will end up with six points in case they defeat Dindigul Dragons in this contest. But looking at their current form, it appears unlikely that they will manage to get an upper hand in this matchup against a side on a roll. Only one fifty has materialized from their last 3 matches and it came from Sunny Sandhu. The remaining batting order has been found struggling to make any sort of impact on the opposition.

During the loss in their last match against Kovai Kings, Sandhu hit 29 runs from 19 balls while playing at the number 6 position. He was also the leading run-getter for the side. Salem was easily bowled out for a score of 120 runs while chasing a target of 200 runs. In a match before that the Salem Spartans were bowled out for a score of 98 runs while batting first. The opening pair for the game was changed many times in the recent games and none of it worked out for the Salem Spartans.

Many batters such as Amith Sathvik, Kaushik Gandhi, Akash Sumra, RS Mokit Hariharan, and S Arvind have all tried their hand at opening the innings in their last 3 outings for Salem. None of them have managed to find success while opening the innings. S Abhishek, Adnan Khan, and Maan Bafna are some of the key players playing in the middle and lower middle order. Although many of these players have not been in great form in the competition, they must try their best to support the in-form player Sunny Sandhu and take the Salem team to a good total.