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Toss Winner - Pruthvi Panthers won the toss and choose to bowl first
Diamond Dazzlers beat Pruthvi Panthers by 3 runs
Can Pruthvi Panthers settle scores with the Dazzlers?
Diamond Dazzlers to win
| Tournament: | Baroda Premier League, 2026 |
| Format: | t20 |
| Venue: | Kotambi Cricket Stadium, Vadodara, India |
| Toss Prediction: | To Bowl |
| Weather: | 34.7°C|Sunny |
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Diamond Dazzlers will take on a struggling and inconsistent Pruthvi Panthers in the 17th match of the Baroda Premier League at the Kotambi Stadium. Dazzlers are third in the points table while Panthers are a place below with 4 points.
After two consecutive losses, the Diamond Dazzlers beat the bottom-placed Ami Super Avengers in their last game. The opening batter, Shashwat Rawat, was back at it again, leading the team from the front. It was the second time in the last three games that the Dazzlers posted a 200+ run total while batting first.
Pruthvi Panthers have won just one of their last 3 matches. The last time they played Diamond Dazzlers, the Panthers were bowled out for 97 runs while batting first. The side has been struggling with its batting form since the start of the season.
They lost their opening game by 19 runs, and while chasing a 169-run target, lost 6 wickets on their way to a small target of 126 runs in the second game. In their last outing, Pruthvi Panthers once again suffered a defeat while chasing a below-200-run total.
DDZ
202/5 in 19.3 10.36
201/3 in 20.0 10.05
97/10 in 18.5 5.15
99/1 in 12.1 8.14
118/10 in 20.0 5.9
119/4 in 15.4 7.6
155/4 in 17.4 8.77
151/9 in 20.0 7.55
PRP
218/4 in 20.0 10.9
144/10 in 17.5 8.07
97/10 in 18.5 5.15
99/1 in 12.1 8.14
126/5 in 19.4 6.41
125/10 in 19.4 6.36
Diamond Dazzlers have been just as inconsistent as the opposition. They have won 3 of their 6 matches in the BPL 2026 so far. In the last 3 games, they have posted a 200+ run total on two occasions. In their last game, the Dazzlers scored 202 batting first and won by 33 runs.
However, on the other occasion when they scored 201 runs batting first, they lost to the A4 Power Strikers by 5 wickets. We expect a strong bowling performance from the Dazzlers in this match. They are taking on a struggling Panthers side that lacks in-form and consistent batters.
The last time these two teams went head-to-head, Dazzlers outplayed the Panthers, bowling them out for 97 runs and winning by 9 wickets. Abhimanyusingh Rajput and Kartik Kakade were among the top performers with the ball in that game.
The two were once again crucial with their bowling performances as Dazzlers beat the Avengers by 33 runs in the last match. In addition to these two, Vishal Yadav stepped up and delivered a match-winning spell. He will be one to watch out for alongside Sanket Agrawal.
While skipper Shashwat Rawat continues to deliver with the bat, he will expect some consistency from his middle-order batters like Pavan Patel and Abhimanysingh Rajput. Agrawal is also handy with the bat and scored an unbeaten 20 off 11 balls in their previous encounter against the Panthers. Bhanu Pania has played a crucial role in the middle order when Dazzlers scored 200+ in recent outings.
Pania scored 36 off 13 and 46 off 19 and stayed unbeaten on both occasions as Dazzlers posted 201 and 202 runs, respectively.
Rawat scored 64 off 39 and 101 off 63 in the two matches, with the side scoring 200+ in two of the last 3 outings.
Deep Patel hasn’t been wicketless once in the last three matches while being very economical against the Panthers.
Shashwat Rawat (c), Mitesh Patel (wk), Sukirt Pandey, Deep Patel, Abhimanyusingh Rajput, Bhanu Pania, Kartik Kakade, Sanket Agrawal, Ashutosh Das, Nisarg Patel, Kartik Bharwad
Mitesh Patel, Shashwat Rawat, Vishal Yadav, Pavan Patel, Abhimanyusingh Rajput, Deep Patel, Abhishek Swaminathan, Kartik Kakade, Bhanu Pania, Devesh Pandey, Najim Patel, Sanket Agrawal
Pruthvi Panthers finished with 158 for 9 in their last outing, falling 17 runs short of the A4 Power Strikers’ total. This performance came right after their win in the previous match, where they chased down 171 runs against the table toppers with 8 wickets in hand.
It was only their second win of BPL 2026, and both these wins came while chasing a total. Their first win saw them chase down 126 runs, but it wasn’t a convincing one. The recent win over Alembic Warriors was led by Narayan Karikey, who scored an unbeaten 62 off 33 balls at number 3.
In the next game, however, Kartikey was out for 15 off 12 balls, and though opener Priyanshu Moliya scored 40 off 23 to get the Panthers off to a start, no one else in the middle order rose to the occasion. Both openers scored at a strike rate of 170+ for the first time in a long while.
The strike rates of Pruthvi Panthers’ batters have been poor and have hurt their chances of winning this season. Nitya Pandya has a strike rate of 118.31 in 6 matches, while his opening partner Priyanshu Moliya has scored at 113.28 in 6 games so far.
Narayan Kartikeya and Mohit Mongia showed great hope with their quickfire knocks against Almebic Warriors and will be the ones to watch out for. Another thing working for the Panthers is their bowling. They have restricted the opposition to under 200 runs quite often this season, which is quite an achievement considering the number of high-scoring games this year.
Skipper Bhargav Bhatt will lead the bowling attack for the Panthers and is a key wicket-taker alongside Jaypal Chad and Vishal Solanki. Both Solanki and Chad have been among the top wicket-takers in recent outings for the Panthers.
Chad and Solanki have picked up 6 wickets each in the last 3 matches.
Panthers have bowled first on 5 occasions so far, and on 4 of those, they restricted the opposition to below 180 runs.
Nitya Pandya, Priyanshu Moliya, Keyur Solanki (wk), Mohit Mongia, Parth Kohli, Narayan Kartikey, Krish Patel, Mahesh Virambhai Pithiya, Arjun Parekh, Jaypal Chad, Bhargav Bhatt (c)
Vishv Chaudhary, Parth Sachin Kohli, Het Patel, Tasmay Bedade, Bhargav Bhatt, Krish Patel, Priyanshu Moliya, Mahesh Pithiya, Nitya Pandya, Narayan Kartikey, Jaypal Chad, Vishal solanki
It will be sunny and clear in Vadodara with a high of 39 degrees Celsius. It will be very hot and humid during the match time with no signs of clouds or thunderstorms that would affect the match outcome. We expect an uninterrupted T20 game with no particular advantage for either batting or bowling, as far as the weather conditions are concerned. However, we can expect cracks on the pitch with this summer heat.
There could be some help for the spin bowlers on this wicket, with the pitch possibly showing cracks as time goes on. It has been a very hot summer, and the wicket could be cracking up, allowing for some turn. It has been a batting-friendly wicket, but lately we’ve also seen bowlers make a huge impact. The average first innings score in the last 5 matches played at the Kotambi Stadium is 188 runs. However, it is not a very safe score on this wicket, and the team batting first should aim to post 205+ runs to be in a winning position.
The toss hasn’t been crucial at this venue in 2026, considering how teams have not only chased down 200+ runs but also successfully defended totals less than 180 runs on this wicket. As such, the toss will not play a key role, and though the team batting first has had greater success in recent matches, winning 3 of the last 5 games, we still think bowling first is the better choice in this match.
It can be a competitive match, but the Dazzlers seem to have a much stronger edge in this contest. Our analysis finds the Panthers on the back foot, with no reliable batters in the side capable of posting a highly competitive total. They are dependent on the bowlers, while the home team has a few handy batters who’ve been quite impactful in recent games. Their bowlers are also on a roll. Diamond Dazzlers will start as favourites in our match prediction.
Diamond Dazzlers to win
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