Preview:
Romania will take on Greece in the 2nd match of the Sofia T20 2021. Romania had last played a T20I was in October 2020 where they won the Balkan Cup Series by 3-1 against Bulgaria. They will look forward to starting this tournament on a winning note.
Meanwhile, Greece are playing a T20I for the first time after their debut in 2019. They had lost to Bulgaria in the final by 18 runs in the Tri-Nations series, which was held in Corfu. It will be interesting how they approach this tournament.
Match Details:
Romania vs Greece, Match 2
Venue: National Sports Academy Vasil Levski, Sofia
Date & Time: 24th June at 8:00 PM IST and 5:30 PM Local Time
Pitch Report:
It’s a batters-friendly surface, where the run-flow will be hard to control for the bowlers. Since it’s the 2nd match of the tournament both the teams will know the conditions, and depending on their strengths, they need to decide whether to bowl first or bat.
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Probable Playing XIs for ROM vs GRE:
Romania
Ramesh Satheesan (c), Waqar Abbasi / Ijaz Hussain, Shantanu Vashisht, Pavel Florin, Sivakumar Periyalwar, Gohar Manan, Abdul Shakoor, Vasu Saini, Patras Masih, Cosmin Zavoiu, Satwik Nadigotla
Greece
Anastasios Manousis (c), Asrar Ahmed, Arslan-Ahmed, Nikolaos Katechis, Amarpreet Mehmi, Spiros Siriotis, Amanullah Syed, Spiros Tsirigotis, Georgios Galanis, Thomas Zotos, Aslam Mohammad
Top Picks for ROM vs GRE Dream11 Match:
Top Picks – Romania
Ramesh Satheesan has played 8 T20I matches and has scored 220 runs at an average of 55, with the highest score of 92*. With the ball, he has picked up 9 wickets at an economy of 3.94.
Vasu Saini is a good buy for your fantasy teams. He has played 4 T20Is, where he has scored 65 runs at an average of 32.5 and has also picked up 3 wickets at an economy of 5.76.
Top Picks – Greece
Skipper Anastasios Manousis has played 3 T20Is and has managed to score 52 runs at an average of 26, with the highest score of 23.
Amarpreet Mehmi got a decent start to his T20I career. He has scored 31 runs in 2 T20I innings at a strike rate of 106.89, with the highest score of 21*.
ROM vs GRE Must Picks for Dream11 Fantasy Cricket:
| Player | Statistics (Career T20I Stats) |
| Ramesh Satheesan | 220 runs and 9 wickets |
| Vasu Saini | 65 runs and 3 wickets |
| Shantanu Vashisht | 6 wickets and 13 runs |
| Anastasios Manousis | 52 runs |
| Amarpreet Mehmi | 31 runs |
Suggested Playing XI No.1 for ROM vs GRE Dream11 Fantasy Cricket:
Abdul Shakoor, Sivakumar Periyalwar, Ramesh Satheesan (c), Anastasios Manousis (vc), Amarpreet Mehmi, Vasu Saini, Patras Masih, Asrar Ahmed, Shantanu Vashisht, Spiros Tsirigotis, Georgios Galanis
Suggested Playing XI No.2 for ROM vs GRE Dream11 Fantasy Cricket:
Satwik Nadigotla (vc), Spiros Siriotis, Ramesh Satheesan, Anastasios Manousis, Amarpreet Mehmi (c), Vasu Saini, Patras Masih, Arslan-Ahmed, Pavel Florin, Shantanu Vashisht, Spiros Tsirigotis
Today’s ROM vs GRE Probable Winners:
Greece are expected to win this match.
