Match Details:
The 7th match of the Bengal T20 Challenge will be played between Calcutta Customs Club and Town Club at Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
The match is scheduled to start at 4:00 PM local time and IST and will be streamed live on Fancode.
Preview:
Calcutta Customs Club and Town Club will square off each other in the 7th match of the Bengal T20 Challenge on Friday. Calcutta Customs have played 2 matches so far in this competition and they got mixed results losing one and winning one match. Having lost to Mohun Bagan in their first encounter, they did a very good job in their second match and won a low-scoring match by 11 runs against Tapan Memorial Club. Their bowling seems to be their strength since they already picked 13 wickets in 2 matches. Their batters still scoring at a run a ball which can be improved in the upcoming matches. Currently, they are at 5th position in the standings with 4 points in their bag.
On the other hand, Town Club has scripted 2 back to back wins in this competition. In their first match they went on to beat Kalighat Club by 3 wickets in the final over of the match, and in their second match they even played better cricket and won convincingly against East Bengal Club by 14 runs, thus moved to the top of the table with 8 points in their name. Their batting looks formidable with the likes of Gitimoy Basu, MD Kaif, and Sudip Gharami. With the way they are playing at the moment, they are likely to win this match against Calcutta Customs Club.
CAL vs TOC Weather Report for Match 7:
It’s going to be Cloudy in Kolkata with the temperature ranging between 26 to 23 degrees Celsius and the humidity will be 63 percent. The chances of precipitation for this match is low.
Pitch Condition/Report:
Bowlers are dominating this tournament so far, spinners are getting a good amount of turn from the surface. Batters just as to stay patient and play long. Anything between 140-150 it’s a good score on this track.
Average first innings score:
133 (Last 5 matches played on this venue)
Record of chasing teams:
Won – 3, Lost – 2, Tie – 0
Injury and Availability News:
(Will be added when there is an update)
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CAL vs TOC 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 Swarup Chakraborty, Ravikant Singh, Bapi Manna
Bench:
Dip Chatterjee, Satyam Mishra, Aditya Sharma, Arjun Kumar, Kunal Kumar, Rajarshi Mitra, Saikat Banerjee, Arka Sarkar
Town Club
Sudip Gharami, Purab Joshi, Gitimoy Basu (wk), Mirza Danish Alam, Avijit Singh (c), Pankaj Shaw, Ayan Bhattacharjee, Azaz Ansari, Aritra Chatterjee, Ananta Saha, MD Kaif
Bench:
Donil Dutta, Naved Ahmed, Writam Porel, Kazi Saifi, Anirban Gupta, Arikta Das, Golam Mustafa, Siddharth Singh
CAL vs TOC Top Picks for Today’s Dream11 Match:
Abhishek Das in the first 2 matches has scored 78 runs at an average of 39 with a strike rate of 88.64 with the highest score 55.
Agniv Pan has scored 47 runs in 2 innings at an average of 23.5 with a strike rate of 109.3.
Karan Lal has picked up 4 wickets in 2 matches at an economy of 5.38.
Wicketkeeper Gitimoy Basu has scored 64 runs in 2 matches at an average of 64 with a strike rate of 128.
MD Kaif has scored 63 runs in 2 matches at an average of 63 with an excellent strike rate of 233.33. He even picked up 4 wickets at an economy of 7.15.
Captain and Vice-Captain Selection:
Captain Options – Agniv Pan, Abhishek Das, Sumanto Gupta
Vice-Captain Options – Gitimoy Basu, MD Kaif, Karan Lal
Suggested Playing XI No.1 for CAL vs TOC Dream11 Fantasy Cricket:
Keeper – Suvankar Bal, Agniv Pan(c), Gitimoy Basu (vc)
Batters – Abhishek Das, Chirag Pathak, Sudip Gharami
All-Rounders – Karan Lal, MD Kaif
Bowlers – Shreyan Swarup Chakraborty, Aritra Chatterjee, Azaz Ansari
Suggested Playing XI No.2 for CAL vs TOC Dream11 Fantasy Cricket:
Keeper – Agniv Pan, Gitimoy Basu
Batters – Sumanto Gupta, Abhishek Das(c), Sudip Gharami
All-Rounders – Karan Lal, MD Kaif (vc), Ayan Bhattacharjee
Bowlers – Abhilash Semiwal, Shreyan Swarup Chakraborty, Azaz Ansari
Expert Advice:
Abhishek Das though playing at a strike rate less than 100 strike rate has scored 78 runs at the top of the order for Calcutta Customs Club, he can give you as many points as possible in the Dream11 fantasy.
Today’s CAL vs TOC Probable Winners:
Town Club are expected to win this match.