Himachal Pradesh vs Jammu and Kashmir, SMAT, Today Match Prediction 29 November 2024

HPH vs JKR Match Prediction & Analysis

With Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir occupying fifth and sixth places with four points on the board, this really is a must win game! Once this match is completed, both sides will have another two fixtures left and a defeat in this fixture could spell the end in this competition.

Getting the top spot in Group C from Delhi looks like a step too far for either side as they have a 100% record at the top of the table, but the second spot is still up for grabs and a big victory in this game will make that a genuine goal.

Himachal were well beaten in their last game whereas J&K put a marker down with a huge win so there could well be contrasting confidence levels in the two squads ahead of this fixture. 

TEAMS PREVIEW

Himachal Pradesh Preview

Up against Jharkand on Tuesday, Himachal Pradesh let themselves down firstly with the ball in the latter overs and then found the pursuit of 178 to be way out of their reach.

As a result, they will need to up their performance levels with both bat and ball in this game.

With the bat, it can't get much worse for Ekant Sen, Ankush Bains and Sumeet Verma, who, between them, lasted four balls and contributed zero runs batting at numbers two, three and four! They will all be keen to contribute more and help out opener Shubham Arora who saw them all come and go.

Arpit Guleria is their standout bowler and he comes into this clash after returning remarkable figures of 5/19 from four overs.

Himachal Pradesh Predicted Playing XI:

Shubham Arora, Ekant Sen, Ankush Bains (wk), Sumeet Verma, Mukul Negi, Rishi Dhawan (c), Akash Vasisht, Mayank Dagar, Vaibhav Arora, Kanwar Abhinay, Arpit Guleria

Jammu and Kashmir Preview

Jammu & Kashmir will be buzzing ahead of this game and captain Paras Dogra is likely to have his players all desperate to get this match underway after their remarkable showing against Arunachal Pradesh on Wednesday!

They bowled out the opposition for 32, inside 9.1 overs, in that game and did not let any of the opposition batters make a double-figure score. Although it will be very tough to produce exactly the same in this match, Auqib Nabi (3/9) and Abid Mushtaq (4/2) will both be looking to carry on where they left off.

The batting line-up are likely to be challenged more in this game but J&K have an excellent top four of Qamran Iqbal, Yudhvir Singh, Paras Dogra and Abdul Samad.

Jammu and Kashmir Predicted Playing XI:

Qamran Iqbal, Yudhvir Singh, Para Dogra (c), Abdul Samad, Rasikh Salam, Auqib Nabi, Irfan-ul-Haq, Shubham Khajuria (wk), Abid Mushtaq, Vivrant Sharma, Sahil Lotra

Weather Conditions

If there will be any humidity in the air then it will be in the opening half an hour of the game but overall it is set to be a very hot day in Mumbai with the temperature forecast to get up to 30 degrees before the end of the match.

HPH vs JKR Pitch Report

The pitch is not too worn at the Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy BKC, and the bounce can be low but is generally consistent throughout the match. Whoever bats first will be looking to post 155-160 to be competitive.

Toss: To Bowl

There could be some assistance for the pace bowlers from the overhead conditions in the early part of the game so we expect both captains to want to bowl first when they go out for the toss.