Helsinki Cricket Club vs Greater Helsinki Cricket, Finnish Premier League, Today Match Prediction 27 Jul 2020

hccc vs ghc Match Prediction & Analysis

The Finnish Premier League has reached the crucial stage of group phase with just 4 matches remaining for each team. Both Helsinki CC & Greater Helsinki CC are currently placed in the bottom half of the points table. Helsinki CC is placed in the fifth position and has a close battle between Bengal Tigers & GYM Helsinki separated by only 2 points. Greater Helsinki CC is currently at the last position and they need to win all their remaining matches and hope the other results go their way to qualify for knockouts. We can expect a closely fought contest between these teams with a lot at stake in this match.

TEAMS PREVIEW

Helsinki Cricket Club Preview

Helsinki CC scored a massive 189/7 in their last match despite both openers being dismissed cheaply.  Ankith Pushthay (51 runs) and Adnan Qureshi (58 runs) shared a 108-run partnership to set the platform for the team. Zakiullah Kamal scored 40 runs off just 17 balls to finish the innings on a good note.

On the bowling front, Ghulam Butt, Ankith Pushthey, and Amrik Bhatia took 2 wickets each to restrict the opposition for just 130 runs. Adnan Syed and Maneesh Chauhan chipped in with disciplined bowling to aid good support to them.

Key Players:

Ankith Pusthay – Ankith Pushthay has scores of 46 & 58 in the last two matches and has shared vital partnerships at the top to help his team build an innings.  He has scored 186 runs at a strike rate of 110 this season so far.

Adnan Syed – Adnan Syed has superb bowling figures of 3-1-13-0 & 4-0-17-1 in the last two matches giving runs at just 3.5 RPO. We hope he will continue his good form and take more wickets in this match.

Helsinki Cricket Club Predicted Playing XI:

Ghulam Abbas Butt, Khalid Rahman Mangal, Faheem Nellancheri , Aniketh Pushthay , Zakiullah Kamal , Adnan Syed , Abdul Ahad Qureshi , Akhil Arjunan , Sapan Mehta, Amrik Bhatia, Maneesh Chauhan

Greater Helsinki Cricket Preview

Greater Helsinki CC ended up with just 80 runs chasing 148 runs and they have scores of 80/9, 104/7, & 116/9 in the last three matches. Muhammed Ziaur Rehman, Ghulam Nazir, and Naveen Shahid have scored over 150 runs but failed to cross the 20-run mark in the last three matches.

Their bowling unit gave away 147 runs giving away too many runs in the final four overs. Ali Waris, Sohail Amin, and Muhammed Kashif picked up a wicket each giving runs at less than 7 RPO. Naveen Shahid and Ziaur Rehman are the top wicket-takers for the team currently.

 

Key Players:

Naveen Shahid – Naveen Shahid have been lackluster in the last three matches scoring just 46 runs and claiming just a single wicket. He will look to regain form in this match with his all-round performance.

Ali Waris – Ali Waris has been in superb form in the last three matches with figures of 1/23, 1/20, 0/16 respectively. He will look to continue his superb rhythm with the ball and trouble the batsmen in this match too.

Greater Helsinki Cricket Predicted Playing XI:

Muhammed Ziaur Rehman, Ali Waris, Gulfam Nazir, Hamza Mukhtar, Naveen Shahid, Kashif Muhammed, Kamran Waheed, Adnan Ahmad, Rizwan Ali, Abdullah Attique, Peter Garhwal

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

Kerava weather is expected to have bright and sunny weather on the match day with just 10% chances of the rain and we expect no rain interruption in this match.   

 

Venue Details

Kerava pitch has a good balance between the bat and ball with a slight advantage to bowlers due to its slow nature. We expect scores in the range of 130-150 runs in this match.

Toss: To Bat

Teams batting first and chasing ahs 50-50 winning ratio in the last 8 matches but no team has chased totals over 130 runs in those matches. Moreover Helsinki CC has two 180+ scores batting first in last two matches.