Match Details:
The 19th 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 7:00 PM IST and will be streamed live on Fancode.
Preview:
Two sides who have been polar opposites will lock horns at the Eden Gardens on Wednesday. It will be the high-flying Town Club taking on the out of sorts Calcutta Customs Club. Town Club have played some great cricket in this competition and have secured 5 wins from 6 games.
Very understandably so, they are sitting at the top of the points table. At the very opposite end of the table is their opposition Calcutta Customs Club. They have won only 2 of their 5 games so far, and have looked unimpressive for the majority of the competition. They will need to be at the top of their game to pose a challenge against Town Club.
CAL vs TOC Weather Report for Match 19:
As Kolkata usually is in its early winter days, we can except a pleasantly cold atmosphere with the temperature being around 28 °C. Rain is not on the cards.
Pitch Condition/Report:
Though the pitch favoured the bowlers initially, we have seen the batsmen doing well in the last few games. Hence, it will be a fascinating contest between the bat and the ball.
Average first innings score:
153 ( Last 5 matches played on this venue )
Record of chasing teams:
Won – 1, Lost – 4, Tie – 0
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Injury and Availability News:
(Will be added when there is an update)
CAL vs TOC Today’s Probable Playing XIs:
Calcutta Customs Club
Abhishek Das, Chirag Pathak, Suvankar Bal, Sumanto Gupta (c), Agniv Pan (wk), Karan Lal, Abhilash Semiwal, Shreyan Swarup Chakraborty, Ravikant Singh, Arjun Kumar, Arka Sarkar
Bench:
Dip Chatterjee, Satyam Mishra, Aditya Sharma, Bapi Manna, Prosenjit Das, Kunal Kumar, Rajarshi Mitra, Saikat Banerjee
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
CAL vs TOC Top Picks for Today’s Dream11 Match:
Ananta Saha has been brilliant with the ball for the table-toppers. He has picked up 10 wickets and has maintained an economy rate of well under 6 runs per over.
Md Kaif has provided him with praiseworthy support, by scalping 9 wickets. Kaif can also be handy with the bat and has 94 runs to show for.
Gitimoy Basu has been one of the pillars of Town Club’s batting unit. He has scored 143 runs at an average of over 35 and a strike rate of over 140.
Karan Lal is one of the few Calcutta Customs Club players who can afford to hold his head high. He has taken 9 wickets in 5 matches. With the bat, Lal has contributed 54 runs.
Captain and Vice-Captain Selection:
Captain Options – Md Kaif, Karan Lal
Vice-Captain Options – Ananta Saha, Gitimoy Basu
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Suggested Playing XI No.1 for CAL vs TOC Dream11 Fantasy Cricket:
Keeper – Gitimoy Basu (VC)
Batsmen – Abhishek Das, Purb Joshi, Kazi Junaid Saifi
All-rounders – Karan Lal, Md Kaif-I (C), Ayan Bhattacharya
Bowlers – Shreyan Swarup Chakraborty, Aritra Chaterjee, Abhilash Semiwal, Ananta Saha
Suggested Playing XI No.2 for CAL vs TOC Dream11 Fantasy Cricket:
Keeper – Suvankar Bal
Batsmen – Abhishek Das, Sumanto Gupta, Kazi Junaid Saifi
All-Rounders – Ayan Bhattacharya, Md Kaif-I, Karan Lal (c)
Bowlers – Shreyan Swarup Chakraborty, Aritra Chaterjee, Aziz Ansari, Ananta Saha (VC)
Expert Advice:
Though batsmen might have done well in the last few games, bowlers have dominated the majority of the games. Hence, it will be wise to go with 4 specialist bowling options for your Dream11 Fantasy teams.
Today’s CAL vs TOC Probable Winners:
Town Club are expected to win this match.
