Belagavi Panthers vs Bengaluru Blasters, Karnataka Premier League 2019, Today Match Prediction 23 Aug 2019

bp vs blb Match Prediction & Analysis

Both teams Belagavi Panthers and Bengaluru Blasters are currently placed in the bottom half of the table and they will need to win more matches to stay in contention for playoffs. Every loss will reduce their chances of qualification to the next stages of the tournament. 

Belagavi Panthers team is yet to register their first win and is languishing at the bottom of the points table with just 1 point. Belagavi panthers suffered a heart-breaking loss against the Hubli Tigers in their last match. Skipper Manish Pandey returned to the team and set the stage on fire with a brilliant century. No other batsmen crossed the 20-run mark and Manish single-handedly took the total to 180 runs. Their bowling unit failed in the crucial moments of the chase and allowed the opposition to chase down the target in the last ball. Zahoor Farooqui had a bad day and gave away 45 runs in his 4 overs and failed to take even a single wicket. Shubang Hedge and Stalin Hoover bowled well to get wickets in the middle overs and never allowed opposition any momentum in the chase. Avinash D had a good outing until the last over where he failed to defend 11 runs. He made a big error of bowling a no-ball in the last over and it was dispatched for a six by Praveen Dubey which turned to be a decisive moment in the match. 

Bengaluru Blasters has been the most affected team by the rain gods as their entire four-match results are impacted by the VJD method. Their batting unit is struggling big time and they are yet to put a big score on board. They never had chance to bat their entire 20 overs in this season so far. Sharath BR, Rohan Kadam, and Nikin Jose have played small cameos of the 20s and 30s but are yet to score a fifty till now. They scored just 93 runs in their last match against Bellary Tuskers in 16 overs. Their bowling unit made the chase tough for the opposition to reeling at 55/5 before rain interrupted the match. Bharath Dhuri and Manoj Bhandage took 2 wickets each and kept their team in the hunt in the chase of a meager total of just 93 runs. Anand D built pressure with dot balls and had an excellent bowling spell of 3-0-8-1 and maintained the scoring pressure consistently. They were lucky to win the match by one run as per the VJD method the last match. 

TEAMS PREVIEW

Belagavi Panthers Preview

Key Players:

Manish Pandey – Manish Pandey came after the completion of 5 overs and still scored a century last match scoring 102 runs in just 50 balls. He smashed 7 boundaries and 7 sixes on his en route to the century.

Zahoor Farooqui – Farooqui was taken for runs in the last match after his impressive showing in the first two matches. He will look to return to his best and take wickets consistently at the top to help his team win. 

Belagavi Panthers Predicted Playing XI:

Manish Pandey (c), Ravikumar Samarth, Stallin Hoover, Abhinav Manohar, Mir Kaunain Abbas (wk), Ritesh Bhatkal, Dikshanshu Negi, Arshdeep Singh Brar, Zahoor Farooqui, Shubang Hegde, Avinash D

Belagavi Panthers Actual Playing XI:

Ravikumar Samarth, Abhinav Manohar, Ritesh Bhatkal, Kaunain Abbas, AS Brar, Manish Pandey, Zahoor Farooqui, Shubang Hegde, MB Darshan, D Avinash, Dikshanshu Negi

Bengaluru Blasters Preview

Key Players:

Rohan Kadam – Rohan Kadam has 20+ scores in three of the four matches played so far but failed to capitalize on the start and make a big score for his team. He was the leading run-scorer In the Syed Ali Mustaq trophy played this year. 

Anand Doddamani – Anand Doddamnai is their main wicket-taker with 4 wickets at an economy rate less than 5 RPO this season. He has figures of 1/15, 2/20 & 1/8 in the three matches played till now. 

Bengaluru Blasters Predicted Playing XI:

Sharath BR (wk), Rohan Kadam, Rongsen Jonathan (c), Nikin Jose, KN Bharath, Rohan Raju, Manoj S Bhandage, V Koushik, Bharath Dhuri, Anand Doddamani, Bharath Devaraj

Bengaluru Blasters Actual Playing XI:

V Koushik, Anand Doddamani, KN Bharath, Rohan Kadam, Bharath Devraj, Nikin Jose, Bharath Dhuri, Manoj Bhandge, Rongsen Jonathan, BR Sharath, Rohan Raju

Weather Conditions

The last match produced just 148 runs for the loss of 13 wickets and spinners were troubling the batsmen with the slow nature of the pitch. The rain made an appearance in the 3 PM matches too last time. We expect scattered thunderstorms on the match day and VJD equation to play a role in match result.

Toss: To Bowl

Three out of last 4 matches have been won by teams batting second and we hope the trend to continue in this match too. Rain interruption may further tilt the match in the favor of chasing team.