Helsinki Cricket Club vs Helsinki Gymkhana, Finnish Premier League, Today Match Prediction 19 Aug 2020

hccc vs hgym Match Prediction & Analysis

Finnish Premier League`s group phase has come to an end after 56 games with 4 teams going into the qualifiers round. The first match of the qualifiers is the Elimination match between Helsinki CC and GYM Helsinki Gymkhana. Both teams had contrasting fortunes coming ahead into this knockout match.

Helsinki CC ended in the third position in the points table with 6 wins in their last seven matches. They even bettered the top 2 ranked teams in the process and are the only team to do so. GYM Helsinki squeezed into the fourth position despite losing their last three group games with the help of other results.  GYM Helsinki is down on confidence and will look for their players to lift up the morale.

TEAMS PREVIEW

Helsinki Cricket Club Preview

Helsinki CC scored 169/5 against SKK Stadin with their top-3 contributing handsomely. Adnan Qureshi scored 64 runs while Ghulam Butt and Ankith Pushthey came up identical scores of 32 in contrasting fashion. They have a strong batting line-up that has scored 150+ runs every time they batted first recently.

Zakiullah Kamal bowled superbly and took 3 wickets to restrict the opposition to just 149 runs. Adnan Syed, Aniketh Pushthay, Ghulam Butt, and Maneesh Chauhan have bowled in tandem helping the team to win consistently.

Top players to bet on:

Adnan Qureshi – 332 runs at a strike rate of 135 with 2 fifties (Second highest run-scorer) & an effective bowler with 5 wickets so far.

Ankith Pushthay – 294 runs at a strike rate of 110 with 2 fifties & an effective bowler with 6 wickets so far.

Zakiullah Kamal – Right-arm off-spinner with 14 wickets at an economy rate of 7.5 RPO.

 

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

Helsinki Gymkhana Preview

GYM Helsinki suffered yet another batting collapse with their scorecard reading 40/4 in 8 overs. Faisal Shahzad (22 runs) and Muhammed Ghuwas (30 runs) steadied the ship and led their team to a respectable total of 119 runs in 20 overs. Saif Ur Rehman and Pankaj Saharan are their prolific run-scorers and feature in the top-10 run-scorers in the tournament.

The duo of Faisal Shahzad and Muhammed Ghuwas stitched yet another effective partnership with the ball this time to strangle the opposition to 28/3 in the powerplay. The other bowlers failed to make an impact and the opposition won the match easily by 7 wickets. Their bowling unit failed to defend the score for the third consecutive time.

Top players to bet on:

Saif Ur Rehman – Opening batsman with 327 runs at a strike rate of 115 with 4 fifties in just 9 matches (Third highest run-scorer).

Muhammed Ghuwas – 20 wickets at an economy rate of 5.5 RPO and effective middle-order batsmen (100+ runs so far). 

Faisal Shahzad – 20 wickets at an economy rate of 6.5 RPO and effective middle-order batsmen (nearly 100 runs so far). 

Helsinki Gymkhana Predicted Playing XI:

Shahid Irshad, Pankaj Saharan, Simaranjit Brar, Atti Ur Rehman, Faisal Shazad, Javed jan, Muhammed Guwas, Saif Ur Rehman, Ali Masood, Jaleel Ahmed, Bilal Masud

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

Kerava weather looks bright and sunny with just 10% chances of rain on the match day. We expect no weather interruptions in this match.

Venue Details

Kerava pitch is expected to play better after no games for the last 4-5 days on it. We can see scores in the range of 140-150 runs but the pitch might slow down as the match progresses.  

Toss: To Bat

Batting first is the best option in the big matches as chasing pressure tends to play a big role. Both teams won against each other chasing in the tournament so far.