Match Details:
The 24th match of the Odisha Cricket League 2020/21 will be played between Odisha Tigers and Odisha Jaguars at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack on Thursday.
This match is scheduled to start at 07:30 PM Local Time and IST and it will be streamed live on FanCode.
Preview:
Odisha Tigers and Odisha Jaguars are all set to face each other for the second time in the ongoing competition. In their first meeting, Odisha Tigers beat Odisha Jaguars by defending the total of 128 runs in the allotted 20 overs. And till now, the Jaguars have won only one game in this competition and have been rooted on the points table with only two points in their bag.
Odisha Tigers, on the other hand, managed to win 2 out of their last five matches and will look forward to winning this game as well as it will increase their chances of getting qualified for the playoffs. Both the teams have played seven games each and would have enough stuff about the pitch conditions.
ODT vs ODJ Weather Report for Match 24:
The weather on Thursday is expected to remain fine throughout the day. The temperatures will hover around 21-24 Degrees mark and humidity levels are high at 84 percent.
Pitch Condition/Report:
The track at this venue is bowling-friendly as it favoured the bowlers throughout this tournament. So, anything above 130 might be a difficult one for the chasing side.
Average first innings score:
120 (Out of last five matches played at this venue)
Record of chasing teams:
Won – 4; Lost – 1; Tied – 0
Injury and Availability News:
(Will be added when there is an update)
ODJ vs ODJ Today’s Probable Playing XIs:
Odisha Tigers:
Rupak Pradhan, Amin Khan, Debasish Ashok Samantray (c), Dibyashakti Chakrabarty, Rakesh Gochhayat (wk), B Shiva, Harshit Rathod, Rajkishan Patel, Sanjay Das, Shekhar Majhi, Girjia Sankar Barik, Minal Parida.
Bench:
Uttsab Bhoi, Samir Mandal, Sangram Majhi, Sanjay Das, Ayush Naik.
Odisha Jaguars:
Lagnajit Samal, Girija Rout (c), Rashmi Sahoo, Shamsul Khan, Sandeep Chauhan, Manoj Kashyap, Nirbishankar Barik, Kshyama Bal (wk), Rahul Choudhary, Abhijit Barik, Dibya Das.
Bench:
Anwesh Das, Sunil Sahoo, G Chandrasekhar, Nihar Bhuyan, Bibhu Mallick.
ODT vs ODJ Top picks for Today’s Dream11 Match:
The skipper of the side, Girija Rout is the leading run-getter for Odisha Jaguars who has scored 191 runs that he played at an average of around 28.
Manoj Kashyap has picked up 11 wickets from seven matches which is the most by any player from his team.
Following him, Nirbishankar Barik has plucked 9 wickets in the league and has scored 75 runs with the bat as well.
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Amin Khan has been decent with the willow as he scored 146 runs from seven games at an average of around 21.
Shekhar Majhi is the third highest wicket-taker of the competition who has bagged 12 scalps at an economy-rate of well below 6.
B Shiva will be the other player to be picked up from Odisha Tigers side. The latter has picked up 9 wickets and will be handy in the slog overs.
Captain and Vice-Captain Selection:
Captain Options – Nirbishankar Barik, Shekhar Majhi
Vice-Captain Options – Manoj Kashyap, Nirbishankar Barik
Suggested Playing XI No.1 for ODT vs ODJ Dream11 Fantasy Cricket:
Keeper – Dibyashakti Chakrabarty
Batters – Debasish Ashok Samantray, Rupak Pradhan, Rashmi Sahoo, Shamsul Khan
All-Rounders – Nirbishankar Barik (C), Girija Rout
Bowlers – B Shiva, Shekhar Majhi, Manoj Kashyap (VC), Lagnajit Samal
Suggested Playing XI No.2 for ODT vs ODJ Dream11 Fantasy Cricket:
Keeper – Dibyashakti Chakrabarty
Batters – Rashmi Sahoo, Abhijit Barik, Rupak Pradhan
All-Rounders – Amin Khan, Nirbishankar Barik (VC)
Bowlers – Harshit Rathod, B Shiva, Shekhar Majhi (C), Manoj Kashyap, Lagnajit Samal
Expert Advice
Nirbishankar Barik is having a dream run in this tournament with his all-round performances. Try to pick at least four bowlers in your team as this pitch will mostly favour the bowlers.
Today’s ODT vs ODJ Probable Winners:
Odisha Tigers are expected to win this match.
