Preview:
Gibraltar and the Czech Republic will play the 5th match of Valleta Cup 2022 on Wednesday. Gibraltar played the opening game against Malta and lost the match by 5 wickets. They lost the second game against Hungary by 4 wickets. They would be hoping for a different result in this match.
The Czech Republic would be playing their first match of the tournament. They last played a T20I against Bulgaria in September 2021 and won that game by 7 wickets.
Match Details:
Gibraltor vs Czech Republic, Match 5
Venue: Marsa Sports Club, Marsa
Date & Time: 11th May, at 3:30 PM IST and 12:00 PM Local Time
Live Streaming: Fancode
GIB vs CZR, Match 5 Pitch Report:
The batters will have to play cautiously during the initial part of a match to put a decent total on the board. Bowlers are likely to dominate the match.
Injury News:
(will be added when there is an update)
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GIB vs CZR, Match 5 Probable Playing XIs:
Gibraltar
Kieron Ferrary (wk), Joseph Marples, Matthew Whelan, Nikhil Advani, Louis Bruce, Balaji Avinash Pai (c), Marc Gouws, Kenroy Nestor, Samarth Bodha, Andrew Reyes, Richard Hatchman
Czech Republic
Divyendra Singh, Sudesh Wickramasekara, Vyshakh Jagannivasan, Dylan Steyn, Sabawoon Davizi, Arun Ashokan, Aakash Parmar, Satyajit Sengupta, Naveed Ahmed, Sharan Sundareswaran Ramakrishnan, Neeraj Tyagi
Top Picks for GIB vs CZR Dream11 Match:
Top Picks – Gibraltar
Balaji Avinash Pai made 42 runs off 39 deliveries in the first game against Malta. He also picked one wicket in the match. Balaji is the captain of Gibraltar and has played only 11 T20Is. He has a lot of experience of playing ECN T10 games and is likely to play a key role in this game.
Samarth Bodha made his T20I against Malta in this tournament. He has played 18 T10 matches and has taken 14 wickets at an average of 17.
Top Picks – Czech Republic
Sudesh Wickramasekara holds the record for scoring the fastest century in T20Is. He took 35 wickets to reach this mark against Turkey in August 2019. He has played 37 T10 matches and has made 1035 runs at an average of 39.80. Wickramasekara has picked 21 wickets as well at an average of 20.28 in T10 cricket.
Suggested Playing XI No.1 for GIB vs CZR Dream11 Fantasy Cricket:
Kieron Ferrary, Sudesh Wickramasekara (c), Dylan Steyn, Marc Gouws, Balaji Avinash Pai (vc), Arun Ashokan, Aakash Parmar, Louis Bruce, Kenroy Nestor, Satyajit Sengupta, Samarth Bodha
Suggested Playing XI No.2 for GIB vs CZR Dream11 Fantasy Cricket:
Divyendra Singh, Kieron Ferrary, Sudesh Wickramasekara, Vyshakh Jagannivasan, Andrew Reyes, Marc Gouws (vc), Balaji Avinash Pai, Sabawoon Davizi (c), Kenroy Nestor, Sharan Sundareswaran Ramakrishnan, Naveed Ahmed
Today’s GIB vs CZR Probable Winners:
The Czech Republic are expected to win this match.
