Match Details:
The 5th match of the Bengal T20 Challenge will be played between Calcutta Customs Club and Tapan Memorial Club at Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
The match is scheduled to start at 10: 00 AM local time and IST and will be streamed live on Fancode.
Preview:
Calcutta Customs Club will face Tapan Memorial Club in the 5th match of the Bengal T20 Challenge on Thursday. It’s going to be a morning match and both the teams are ready for the battle. Calcutta Customs Club in their first match lost to Mohun Bagan Club by a margin of 17 runs. Overall they played a good match but didn’t come close to the target of 157. Their batting looks promising with the likes of Abhishek Das, Chirag Pathak, and Suvankar Bal but they need to show more aggressiveness upfront and should play a little bit freely in this format. Their bowlers have done well in the first match and need to continue the same in the rest of the tournament.
Meanwhile, Tapan Memorial Club started the tournament with a good win against the East Bengal Club by 6 wickets. They played as a team and each and everyone contributed well to the side. Ramesh Prasad is the bowler to watch out for Tapan Memorial Club in the upcoming matches as he picked 4 wickets against EBC. They have depth in their batting line-up. Sandipan Das, Shahbaz Ahmed, and Kaif Ahmed are the big hitters in the middle order. With this win, they got 2 crucial points. Considering both the teams Tapan Memorial Club have a slight upper hand against Calcutta Customs Club.
CAL vs TMC Weather Report for Match 5:
It will be cloudy in Kolkata with the temperature ranging between 25 to 28 degrees Celsius and the humidity will be 62 percent. The chances of precipitation for this match is low.
Pitch Condition/Report:
It’s a neutral wicket, it provides equal assistance for both batters and bowlers. The outfield is really quick and the ball travels very quickly off the surface. It’s a 160-170 kind of track and whoever wins the toss should bowl first.
Average first innings score:
140 (First 3 matches of the tournament played on this venue )
Record of chasing teams:
Won – 2, Lost – 1, Tie – 0
Injury and Availability News:
(Will be added when there is an update)
CAL vs TMC Today’s Probable Playing XIs:
Calcutta Customs Club
Abhishek Das, Chirag Pathak, Suvankar Bal (wk), Sumanto Gupta (c), Prosenjit Das, Agniv Pan, Karan Lal, Abhilash Semiwal, Shreyan Chakraborty, Ravikant Singh, Bapi Manna
Bench:
Dip Chatterjee, Satyam Mishra, Aditya Sharma, Arjun Kumar, Kunal Kumar, Rajarshi Mitra, Saikat Banerjee, Arka Sarkar
Tapan Memorial Club
Shahbaz Ahmed (c), Shakir Habib Gandhi(wk), Koushik Ghosh, Ramesh Prasad, Sandipan Das, Prayas Ray Barman, Gaurav Chauhan, Kaif Ahmed, Tarun Godara, Debopratim Halder, Sourav Chanda
Bench:
Abhishek Porel, Roshan Singh, Nilkantha Das, Sayak Basu, Vikash Singh, Sumit Mahanta, Suraj Singh, Samik Karmankar
CAL vs TMC Top Picks for Today’s Dream11 Match:
Abhishek Das in the first match against Mohun Bagan Club has scored 55 runs at a strike rate of 91.67.
Wicketkeeper Suvankar Bal in the first match coming at No.3 scored 23 runs at a strike rate of 135.29.
Bapi Manna has picked up 2 wickets against Mohun Bagan at an economy of 8.25.
Ramesh Prasad has picked up 4 wickets for TMC against EBC at an economy of 3.75.
Sandipan Das just fell short of a run from half-century against EBC, he scored 49 runs from 39 balls which includes 4 fours and 3 sixes.
Shahbaz Ahmed scored an unbeaten 32 runs from just 22 balls against EBC.
Captain and Vice-Captain Selection:
Captain Options – Shahbaz Ahmed, Sandipan Das
Vice-Captain Options – Abhishek Das, Suvankar Bal
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Suggested Playing XI No.1 for CAL vs TMC Dream11 Fantasy Cricket:
Keeper – Suvankar Bal, Shakir Habib Gandhi
Batters – Abhishek Das (vc), Chirag Pathak, Koushik Ghosh
All-Rounders – Karan Lal, Sandipan Das, Shahbaz Ahmed (c)
Bowlers – Bapi Manna, Prayas Ray Barman, Ramesh Prasad
Suggested Playing XI No.2 for CAL vs TMC Dream11 Fantasy Cricket:
Keeper – Suvankar Bal (vc), Shakir Habib Gandhi
Batters – Sumanto Gupta, Abhishek Das, Chirag Pathak, Gaurav Chauhan
All-Rounders – Sandipan Das (c), Shahbaz Ahmed
Bowlers – Bapi Manna, Prayas Ray Barman, Ramesh Prasad
Expert Advice:
Shahbaz Ahmed played well for his 32* against EBC, he was economical with the ball also. He must be in your Dream11 fantasy team and can lead the side as well.
Today’s CAL vs TMC Probable Winners:
Tapan Memorial Club are expected to win this match.
