TRA vs UTP Match Preview

Tripura is not having a good competition under the leadership of Wriddhiman Saha. They have succeeded in winning just a single game thus far in their 3 outings. They began their campaign with a victory against Nagaland but seem to have lost the plot a bit after that. The second game they played was against Tamil Nadu where they had to endure a defeat by a margin of 8 wickets. They had to take another drubbing at the hands of Madhya Pradesh in their next game by a margin of 37 runs.

One of the batters Tripura will rely on is their skipper, Wriddhiman Saha. He has scored 93 runs thus far from 4 innings with an average of 23.25. Rajat Dey has also scored 89 runs from his last 4 appearances for Tripura with an average of 22.25. Abhijit Sarkar has been the pick of the bowlers for Tripura this season. He has collected a haul of 3 wickets so far in the competition from 3 innings with an average of 21.33. Manisankar Murasingh is a useful all-rounder for Tripura and has picked up 2 wickets from 4 matches with an average of 36.00.

The top batter for Uttar Pradesh has been Rinku Singh. The left-handed batter has scored 159 runs from his last 3 innings with an average of 79.50. Sameer Rizvi has also scored 117 runs from his last 3 innings with an average of 58.50. Another batter who is playing well for Uttar Pradesh is Abhishek Goswani. He has scored 44 runs in his couple of appearances. Other batters the UP team management will be focusing on are Ganesh Satish, Sudip Chatterjee, and Bikramkumar Das.

One of the bowlers that has bowled well for Uttar Pradesh so far is Prashant Veer. He has picked up 3 scalps from 2 matches with an average of 10.33. The experienced international Bhuvneshwar Kumar has also picked up 3 wickets from 2 innings with an average of 15.00. Nitish Rana has also done a good job with the ball picking up a couple of wickets when he was asked to bowl in one of the games. Some of the other bowlers who will be expected to pick wickets are Kartik Tyagi, Shiva Singh, Mohsin Khan, and Yash Dayal.
 

Weather Report

We are going to get mostly sunny conditions for this game between Uttar Pradesh and Tripura. The temperatures during the game will hover close to 28 degrees. We might get some cloud cover that will help the seamers. There is no chance of getting rain during the game.

Pitch Report

Although we have not witnessed too many high-scoring games being played at this venue, things are likely to be different this time around. You can expect the batsmen to enjoy these conditions more. As the game progresses, we might see the surface offering help to the spinners.

Notable stats

Rinku Singh has a great combination of average and strike rates in recent matches.

Rinku Singh has scored 223 runs in his last 10 appearances for UP with an average of 44.6 and a strike rate of 130.4.

Karan Sharma has provided an excellent all-round performance for UP.

Karan Sharma has not only scored 252 runs from his last 10 appearances; he has also picked up 8 wickets.

Team News

There aren’t any injury updates available at the moment. 

TRA vs UTP Probable 11

TRA Playing 11

  • Arkaprabha Sinha
  • Ganesh Satish
  • SS Ghosh
  • Pravez Sultan
  • Sankar Paul
  • MB Murasingh
  • SD Chatterjee
  • Wriddhiman Saha (C)
  • CK Paul
  • AS Sarkar
  • AK Sarkar

UTP Playing 11

  • RK Singh
  • Prince Yadav
  • Abhishek Goswami
  • Karan Sharma
  • N Rana (C)
  • DC Jurel (Wk)
  • AS Rajpoot
  • B Kumar
  • Kartik Tyagi
  • Mohsin Khan
  • Yash Dayal
This is not the official playing 11 for the match. This is a prediction of the expected playing 11 for each team based on the writers analysis.

Dream11 Prediction

From the evidence of the latest games played by the two teams in the competition, we think Uttar Pradesh is more likely to win this encounter. They are currently lying in 3rd position in the points tally for Group E. Tripura on the other hand is in 6th position in the points table. We will bet with Uttar Pradesh to win this encounter and move further up in the points tally.

Top Picks

Karan Sharma: Karan Sharma has scored 252 runs from his last 10 games with an average of 42 and has also picked up 8 wickets with a strike rate of 15.

Rinku Singh: Rinku Singh has scored 223 runs from his last 10 appearances for UP with an average of 44.6 and a strike rate of 130.4.

Wriddhiman Saha: The wicketkeeper-batsman and skipper for Tripura is expected to provide impetus to the Tripura inning.

Kartik Tyagi: Tyagi has picked up 8 wickets from his last 9 matches with a strike rate of 21.
 

TRA vs UTP Dream11 Team 1

Keeper: W Saha

Batters: N Rana (C), R Singh (VC), G Satish

All-rounders: M Murasingh, K Sharma, S Ghosh

Bowlers: B Kumar, A Sarkar, K Tyagi, Y Dayal

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