Helsinki Cricket Club vs Helsinki Gymkhana, Finnish Premier League, Today Match Prediction 17 Jun 2020

hccc vs hgym Match Prediction & Analysis

Finnish Premier League is entering the fourth round of the matches and teams are looking to fix their playing XI that gives them the right balance. Helsinki CC after winning their first two matches lost their previous match against Greater Helsinki CC by 37 runs. Gym Helsinki Gymkhana on the other end is struggling with 2 losses and a win in their 3 matches so far. Both teams will look win this match and gain some momentum going ahead into the middle phase of the tournament. We can expect a cracking contest on cards between two of the oldest teams in FPL.

TEAMS PREVIEW

Helsinki Cricket Club Preview

Helsinki CC batting unit stumbled in a stiff chase of 162 runs against greater Helsinki CC. Opener Khalid Rahman started off in a positive fashion scoring 36 runs off 21 balls with wickets falling in the other end. Other batsmen failed to cross the 20-run mark and they were bowled out for just 124 runs.  

            Ghulam Abbas and Zakiullah Kamal had combined figures of 8-0-60-5 in the match.  Adnan Syed picked up 2 wickets but gave away runs at over 10 RPO. Aqib Qureshi bowled a decent spell of 4-0-22-1 and all the five bowlers had their names in the wickets column last night.

Key Players:

Khalid Rahman – Khalid leads their batting charts with 97 runs in 3 matches with a strike rate of 160. He scores read 44, 17*, & 36 respectively and he will look to score his first fifty in this match.

Zakiullah Kamal – Kamal is very consistent with the ball this season with 2 wickets in each of the three matches he played. His bowling figures read 2/32, 2/20, & 2/4 in the three matches at an economy rate of just 6.2 RPO.

Helsinki Cricket Club Predicted Playing XI:

Ghulam Abbas Butt, Khalid Rahman Mangal, Faheem Nellancheri , Abdul Wahid Qureshi , Aniketh Pushthay , Karthik Pavan Vurubandi , Zakiullah Kamal , Adnan Syed , Abdul Ahad Qureshi , Akhil Arjunan/Sapan Mehta , Obaidullah Sadiqui

Helsinki Gymkhana Preview

GYM Helsinki Gymkhana batting unit has failed to chase down two 120+ totals and are bowled out in all three matches so far. Pankaj Saharan waged a lone battle scoring 41 runs in the last match. Faisal Shahzad, GM Muhammed, and Irfan Yousafzai have come up with a few cameos but lack consistency.

            Bowling is their stronger suit and they have 29 wickets in three matches and restricted the opposition for scores less than 130 in all matches (124/10, 98/9, & 128/10). Atti Ur Rehman and Pankaj Saharan leads the bowling charts for the team with 5 & 4 wickets respectively. Jaleel Ahmed and GM Muhammed have chipped in crucial wickets for the team.

Key Players:

Pankaj Saharan– Pankaj Saharan put on an all-round performance with 2/12 & 41 runs in the last match. His all-round exploits will give great balance & depth to the team composition.

Atti Ur Rehman – Rehman is their best bowler so far with 5 wickets at an economy of less than 5 RPO. His bowling figures read 3/21, 1/17, & 1/21 in the three matches.  His ability to pick wickets in powerplay will derail the opposition.

Helsinki Gymkhana Predicted Playing XI:

Shahid Irshad, Pankaj Saharan, Zubair Tariq, Ahmed Jaleel, Simaranjit Brar, Umair Akhtar, Irfan Yousefzai, Faisal Shazad, Javed jan, Muhammed Guwas, Atti Rehman

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

The weather forecast does not look good with 50-60% chances of rain on the match day. We keep our fingers crossed and hope rain won’t play spoilsport in the match.  

Venue Details

The batsmen are scoring runs more freely in the last 2-3 matches. Teams have posted 150+ scores consistently batting first. The overcast conditions may help faster bowlers early in the match. The pitch is expected to slow down as the match progresses.

Toss: To Bowl

Teams batting first have won almost all the matches so far and batting first is a no-brainer in this pitch.