India Legends vs South Africa Legends, RSWS T20 2022, Today Match Prediction 14 September 2022

indl vs rsal Match Prediction & Analysis

India Legends will take on West Indies Legends in the 6th match of the Road Safety World Series 2022. Both teams will face each other at Green Park in Kanpur on the 14th of September. India Legends are playing to defend the title whereas West Indies Legends would like to take the trophy home this year.

Both teams have played 1 match so far in the series and both could manage to win their first game. With 2 points and a better net run rate, India Legends are at the top of the table in the league. West Indies Legends, on the other side, are in 3rd place with 2 points as well.

India Legends defeated West Indies Legends in the semi-final of the last edition by 12 runs and West Indies Legends would like to revert that this year in the upcoming match at Kanpur. India Legends on the other end are looking super confident and have won 4 out of their last 5 matches in recent times.

TEAMS PREVIEW

India Legends Preview

Defending champions India Legends have started their campaign on a good note by defeating South Africa Legends in the first match. Now to continue that momentum, they will face West Indies Legends in the 6th match of the Road Safety World Series on Wednesday.

After deciding to bat first against South Africa, opener Sachin Tendulkar, and Naman Ojha put 46 runs for the first wicket in 5 overs. After the departure of the opening pair, Stuart Binny took the charge of the innings in the middle overs and scored fiery 82 runs from 42 balls. Yusuf Pathan thrashed bowlers in the lower order to score 35 runs from 15 balls only. With the help of these quick innings, India Legends scored 217 runs in 20 overs.

While defending 218 runs, a spinning duo of Rahul Sharma (picked up 3 wickets) and Pragyan Ojha (picked up 2 wickets), in combined sent half of the opponent’s team to the pavilion. Munaf Patel also contributed with his 2 wickets and India Legends secured a 61-runs win over the South Africa Legends. Now they will try to maintain good form in the next match against WI-L.

Key players:
Sachin Tendulkar, Suresh Raina, Irfan Pathan, Rahul Sharma.

India Legends Predicted Playing XI:

Sachin Tendulkar (c), Naman Ojha (wk), Suresh Raina, Stuart Binny, Yuvraj Singh, Yusuf Pathan, Manpreet Gony, Irfan Pathan, Munaf Patel, Rahul Sharma, Pragyan Ojha.

South Africa Legends Preview

West Indies legends celebrated the first win of the league against Bangladesh Legends. They will face India Legends in the next match at Kanpur where they will be eying to secure a win to take revenge for the last season’s result in the semi-final.

While bowling first against Bangladesh Legends, Krishmar Santokie could manage to put pressure on opponents with his brilliant spell of 3 wickets for 7 runs in 3 overs. Dave Mohammed and Sulieman Benn also picked up 2 wickets each and West Indies Legends bowled out Bangladesh Legends to just 98 runs.

Dwayne Smith’s 51 runs from 42 balls and Kirk Edwards’ not-out 22 runs from 19 balls, were enough to beat the Bangladesh Legends during a chase. West Indies Legends registered a 6-wicket win over the Bangladesh Legends to start their campaign of the new season. Now a big challenge of tackling India Legend is ahead for them in the next match.

Key players:
Dwayne Smith, Dave Mohammed, Krishmar Santokie, Daren Powell.

South Africa Legends Predicted Playing XI:

Dwayne Smith, Dave Mohammed, Narsingh Deonarine, Danza Hyatt, Kirk Edwards (c), William Perkins(wk), Marlon Black, Devendra Bishoo, Krishmar Santokie, Sulieman Benn, Daren Powell.

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

The weather will be rainy on match day with 60-70% chances of rain on Wednesday. The maximum and minimum temperatures will be in the 28°C - 16°C range. The pitch offers an equal advantage to batsmen as well as bowlers.

Venue Details

Green Park from Kanpur will host this match. This ground has a capacity of 45000 and has conducted a few international as well as domestic games so far. 

Toss: To Bowl

The ground has conducted just 1 T20I game so far and the chasing team could manage to win that game. Here the general trend is the winning captain chooses to bowl first and prefers to chase.