Match Details:
The 16th match of the Bengal T20 Tournament 2020 will be played between the Mohun Bagan A.C. and the Town Club at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata.
The match is scheduled to start at 04:00 PM IST and can be streamed live on FanCode.
Preview:
Pitted against each other for the second time in this tournament will be the Mohun Magan A.C. and the Town Club, as they take the field on Tuesday. The way their campaign has progressed for these two teams has been quite different. The Town Club are placed at the top of the points table with 4 wins in their bag from the 5 matches they have played.
Their opponents in this game Mohun Bagan A.C., in complete contrast to their opposition, have not performed well at all and have lost 3 out of their 5 matches, winning only 2 of them. So, coming into this game, the Town Club will hold an upper-hand over the Mohun Bagan A.C. and it will be interesting to see how Mohun Bagan tackles the threat of the table-toppers.
MBC vs TOC Weather Report for Match 16:
The weather in Kolkata on the day of this match is expected to be good enough for an uninterrupted game of cricket, as the chances of rainfall are nil with no cloud cover in the skies. The temperature will be around the 28 degree Celsius mark.
Pitch Report:
The pitch will be a bowler-friendly surface with the most amount of help coming in for the quicker bowlers. The batters will have to put in a lot of effort to score runs here.
Average first innings score:
137 (Last 5 matches of the tournament played here)
Record of Chasing Teams:
Won – 3, Lost – 2, Tie – 0
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Injury and Availability News:
(Will be added when there’s an update)
MBC vs TOC Today’s Probable Playing XIs:
Mohun Bagan A.C.:
Debabrata Das (W/K), Vivek Singh, Anustup Majumdar, Shivam Sharma, Saurabh Singh, Sunil Kumar Dalal, Prince Yadav, Sayan Ghosh, Akash Deep, Writtick Chatterjee, Anurag Tiwari
Bench:
Sourav Paul, Manoj Tiwary, Ankur Pal, Raj Kumar Pal, Alok Pratap Singh, Sandipan Singh, Suraj Sindhu Jaiswal
Town Club:
Gitmoy Basu (W/K), Sudip Kumar Gharami, Avijit Singh, Purab Joshi, Kazi Junaid Saifi, Naved Ahmed, Md Kaif-I, Ayan Bhattacharya, Aziz Ansari, Ananta Saha, Artira Chaterjee
Bench:
Pankaj Shaw, Mirza-Danish Alam, Arikta Das, Writam Porel, Golam Mustafa, Siddharth Singh, Anirab Gupta, Alok Pratap Singh
Captain and Vice-Captain Selection:
Captain Options – Md Kaif-I, Aziz Ansari
Vice-Captain Options – Anustup Mazumder, Prince Yadav
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MBC vs TOC Top Picks for Today’s Dream11 Match:
Md Kaif-I is the third-highest wicket-taker of the tournament at the moment with 8 wickets to his name in 5 matches. He has scored 68 runs too at a strike rate of 206.06.
Anustup Mazumder is placed at the top spot in the run-getters list of the tournament, having scored 201 runs in 5 matches, while maintaining an average of 67.00 and strike rate of 131.37.
Aziz Ansari has done well with the ball for his team, taking wickets at regular intervals and putting a stop at the flow of runs from the opponent’s batting attack. He is the second-highest wicket-taker at the moment with 8 wickets in 5 matches.
Prince Yadav has been a crucial all-round contributor to his team’s campaign in this tournament, having scored 39 runs and taken 5 wickets in 5 matches.
Suggested Playing XI No.1 for MBC vs TOC Dream11 Fantasy Cricket:
Keeper – Gitmoy Basu
Batsmen – Shivam Sharma, Vivek Singh, Anustup Mazumder (VC), Purb Joshi
All-rounders – Prince Yadav, Md Kaif-I (C), Ayan Bhattacharya
Bowlers – Sayan Ghosh, Aritra Chaterjee, Aziz Ansari
Suggested Playing XI No.2 for MBC vs TOC Dream11 Fantasy Cricket:
Keeper – Gitmoy Basu
Batsmen – Anustup Mazumder, Vivek Singh, Kazi Junaid Saifi
All-rounders – Prince Yadav (VC), Md Kaif-I, Ayan Bhattacharya
Bowlers – Sayan Ghosh, Ananta Saha, Writtick Chatterjee, Aziz Ansari (C)
Expert Advice:
While making your fantasy team for this match, it would be important to spread out your points evenly across sections, making safe selections along the way. You can include either 4 batters or 2 wicket keepers in your team, and they would earn you a decent number of points.
Today’s MBC vs TOC Probable Winners:
Town Club are expected to win this match.
