GRT vs UTP Match Preview
The best batter for Gujarat in their recent games has been Saurav Chauhan. This southpaw has managed to score 219 runs from his last 7 innings with an average of 36.50. Aarya Desai has also scored 171 runs in his last 7 games with an average of 28.50. These two left-handed batters will be the ones to watch out for in this game. Another batter doing a good job for Gujarat is Chirag Gandhi. He has put together 167 runs from his last 6 games with an average of 55.66. The Gujarat team management will be expecting these batters to do well in this game.
The best bowler for Gujarat this year in SMAT has been Arzan Nagwaswalla. From the seven games he has played in the competition, he has picked up 13 scalps with an average of 15.23. Ravi Bishnoi has picked up 11 wickets with an average of 14.54. This leg-break bowler will be the go-to bowler for Gujarat in this match. Another useful contributor for Gujarat in this game is likely to be Chintan Gaja who has picked up 9 victims from his last 7 matches with an average of 24.55. The Gujarat skipper will look at these 3 bowlers for breakthroughs.
The top run-getter for Uttar Pradesh in this year's SMAT has been Sameer Rizvi. This right-handed batter has scored 205 runs in his last 5 games with an average of 68.33. Another batter who is doing well for Uttar Pradesh in the competition is Abhishek Goswani. Goswami has scored 180 runs in his last 5 innings with an average of 36.00. Another UP batter to look out for is Rinku Singh. This left-handed batter has scored 176 runs in his last 5 matches with an average of 88. The UP team will be expecting these batters to fire together in this game.
The leading bowler for Uttar Pradesh in this year's competition has been Bhuvneshwar Kumar. The right-arm medium pacer is a former Indian international and has picked up 11 victims from his last 5 games with an average of 9.63. Yash Dayal has also picked up 7 victims from 5 games with an average of 18.28. Mohsin Khan will be the third batter to watch out for. The left-handed medium fast bowler has managed to collect a haul of 6 wickets from his last 3 games with an average of 10.56.
Weather Report
We are expecting bright and sunny conditions for this game at Mohali. The temperatures during the game will remain close to 31 degrees. There is no chance of getting any thunderstorms and showers during the game. There might be moderate wind blowing across the ground during the game in the region of 7-10 km/hr.
Pitch Report
The PCA IS Bindra Stadium will offer a balanced track for this game in all probability. As the match progresses, there will be some help on offer to the spinners. As many as 61 domestic T20 games have been played at this venue. The side batting first has won 27 of these games while the side batting second has won 34.
Notable stats
Saurav Chavan has a good strike rate in recent games with the bat.
Chavan has collected 309 runs from his last 10 games with an average of 38.63 and a strike rate of 193.12.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar has a great bowling strike rate in recent games.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar has done a commendable job with the ball for UP, picking up 11 victims from 5 games with a strike rate of 9.54.
Team News
We expect Gujarat to go into this game as favorites. There is nothing much in it though. The game is being played at a neutral venue so there is no home turf advantage for any team. Both these teams played well in the league stages of the competition to reach here. But we will bet with Gujarat to win this game.
GRT vs UTP Probable 11
GRT Playing 11
- Aarya Desai
- Urvil Patel (Wk)
- Kshitij Patel
- Saurav Chauhan
- Chirag Gandhi
- Ripal Patel
- Ravi Bishnoi
- Arzan Nagwaswalla
- Hardik Patel
- Vishal Jayswal
- Chintan Gaja (C)
UTP Playing 11
- Abhishek Goswami
- Karan Sharma (C)
- Nitish Rana
- Sameer Rizvi
- Rinku Singh
- Dhruv Jurel (Wk)
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar
- Shiva Singh
- Yash Dayal
- Kartik Tyagi
- Mohsin Khan
Dream11 Prediction
We expect Gujarat to go into this game as favorites. There is nothing much in it though. The game is being played at a neutral venue so there is no home turf advantage for any team. Both these teams played well in the league stages of the competition to reach here. But we will bet with Gujarat to win this game.
Top Picks
Saurav Chauhan: The Gujarat batter has scored runs consistently in this year's SMAT competition. You can bet on him to keep up the good work.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar: The UP bowlers have been the most potent performers with the ball for UP. You can bet on him to pick up more victims in this game.
Arzan Nagwaswalla: Nagwaswalla has been the top bowler for Gujarat with 17 scalps from his last 10 games for Gujarat with a strike rate of 13.
Rinku Singh: Rinku Singh has scored 301 runs in his last 10 games for UP with an incredible batting average of 75.25.
GRT vs UTP Dream11 Team 1
Keeper: U Patel
Batters: S Chauhan , C Gandhi, R Singh, A Goswami, A Desai
All-rounders: N Rana (C), R Patel
Bowlers: B Kumar (VC), A Nagwaswalla, R Bishnoi
