Match Details:
The 25th match of the Odisha Cricket League 2020-21 will be played between Odisha Lions and Odisha Jaguars at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack.
The match is scheduled to start at 3:30 PM local time and IST and it will be streamed live on Fancode.
Preview:
Odisha Lions and Odisha Jaguars will face each other in the 25th match of the Odisha Cricket League on Friday. The Lions, to confirm their semi-final spot, need to ensure they win against the wounded Jaguars. At present they are in 3rd spot in the standings with 16 points, winning 4 and losing 4 matches. They had a very good last match against Pumas by beating them convincingly by 6 wickets. It is likely going to be a one-sided match for Lions as they already outplayed Jaguars by 4 wickets in their previous meeting.
On the other hand, Odisha Jaguars have had a disastrous tournament having won only one match and it is evident that they are at the bottom of the table with 4 points. One major takeaway from this tournament for them is that they have posted 169 runs against Cheetahs which is the highest score so far. Being already knocked out of the semi-finals’ race, they still want to finish the tournament by winning their last 2 matches.
ODL vs ODJ Weather Report for Match 25:
It will be sunny in Cuttack while the temperature will be around 27 to 32 degrees Celsius and the humidity levels are high at 90 percent. There is no chance of precipitation for this match.
Pitch Condition/Report:
Batting has been below par in this tournament as we have witnessed so many low scoring matches. The team batting first has struggled throughout the tournament to post huge scores on the board. Since the surface is in favor of the bowlers, whoever wins the toss should look to bowl first.
Average first innings score:
98 (Last 5 matches played on this venue)
Record of chasing teams:
Won – 5, Lost – 0, Tie – 0
Injury and Availability News:
(Will be added when there is an update)
ODL vs ODJ Today’s Probable Playing XIs:
Odisha Lions
Swastik Samal, Sujit Skhetra Lenka (c & wk), Rakesh Pattanaik, Ajay Goura, Nauttam Bhanja, Bikash Rout, Sibhasish Sahoo, Deepak Behera, Ansuman Tripathy, Alok Mangaraj, Chinmay Sahoo
Bench:
Subhrajyoti Mishra, Biswabhusan Bihari, Saroja Panda, Abhisek Giri, Durgaprasad Behera
Odisha Jaguars
Lagnajit Samal (c), Sunil Sahoo, Shamsul Khan, Anwesh Das, Sandeep Chauhan, Nihar Bhuyan, Bibhu Mallick (wk), Nirbishankar Barik, Kshyama Bal, Dibya Das, G Chandrasekhar
Bench:
Girjia Rout, Rashmi Sahoo, Manoj Kashyap, Rahul Choudhary, Abhijit Barik
ODL vs ODJ Top Picks for Today’s Dream11 Match:
Odisha Lions Skipper Sujit Skhetra Lenka has scored 166 runs in 7 innings at an average of 33.2 with a strike rate of 90.71.
Swastik Samal has scored 150 runs in 8 innings at an average of 21.42 with a strike rate of 86.2.
Deepak Behera is 2nd in the list of most wicket-takers in this tournament, picking up 14 wickets in 8 matches at an excellent economy of 5.23. With the bat, he has scored 74 runs in 7 innings at a strike rate of 92.5.
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Sibashish Sahoo has picked up 13 wickets for Odisha Lions in 8 matches at an economy of 5.31.
Shamsul Khan in 8 innings has scored 117 runs at an average of 14.62 with a strike rate of 101.73.
Nirbishankar Barik has picked up 9 wickets in 8 matches at an economy of 6.42. He also made useful contributions with the bat scoring 87 runs in 8 innings at a strike rate of 75.65.
Captain and Vice-Captain Selection:
Captain Options – Deepak Behera, Shamsul Khan
Vice-Captain Options – Lagnajit Samal, Nauttam Bhanja
Suggested Playing XI No.1 for ODL vs ODJ Dream11 Fantasy Cricket:
Keeper – Sujit Skhetra Lenka
Batters – Shamsul Khan, Sunil Sahoo, Swastik Samal, Bikash Rout
All-Rounders – Nirbishankar Barik, Rakesh Pattanaik, Deepak Behera (c)
Bowlers – Lagnajit Samal (vc), Sibhasish Sahoo, Nauttam Bhanja
Suggested Playing XI No.2 for ODL vs ODJ Dream11 Fantasy Cricket:
Keeper – Sujit Skhetra Lenka
Batters – Shamsul Khan (c), Swastik Samal, Bikash Rout
All-Rounders – Nirbishankar Barik, Deepak Behera
Bowlers – Sandeep Chauhan, Lagnajit Samal, Sibhasish Sahoo, Nauttam Bhanja (vc), Alok Mangaraj
Expert Advice:
Since it’s a complete bowling track, it is suggested to pick the most number of bowlers and bowling all-rounders in your Dream11 fantasy team.
Today’s ODL vs ODJ Probable Winners:
Odisha Lions are expected to win this match.
