Malaysia vs Saudi Arabia, ACC Men's Premier Cup 2023, Today Match Prediction 20 April 2023

mal vs sau Match Prediction & Analysis

ACC Premier league is heating up with teams trying to get their eye in early and getting a lead ahead of the other teams in their groups. Malaysia and Saudi Arabia in the Group A of the league alongside Qatar, Oman, and Nepal. The associate nations usually don’t get much of a game time and they will hope to make use of these tournaments and will look for that elusive chance to play global tournaments alongside big nations. Malaysia lost their opening match against Nepal by 6 wickets while Saudi Arabia will kick start their campaign in this match.

TEAMS PREVIEW

Malaysia Preview

Malaysia posted a competitive total of 235/9 in their opening match against Nepal. Ahmad Faiz top scored with 76 runs while Virandeep Singh gave him good support with 46 runs, and they shared a 116-run partnership for the second wicket. All their batters got starts in double digits but failed to convert it to a big score.

They used 9 bowlers in the last game as they gave 236 runs in the 37th over. Vijay Unni (10-1-40-1) and Virandeep Singh (7-1-37-1) were the pick of the bowlers for their team in the last game. Pacers Rizwan Haider and Muhammed Wafiq hipped in with a wicket each in the match.

Key players: Virandeep Singh, Vijay unni, Ahmad Faiz

Malaysia Predicted Playing XI:

Muhammad Amir Azim, Virandeep Singh, Muhamad Syahadat, Syed Aziz Mubarak (wk), Rizwan Haider, Vijay Unni, Muhammad Wafiq, Syazrul Idrus, Fitri Sham, Ahmad Faiz (c), Khizar Hayat

Saudi Arabia Preview

Saudi Arabia will be led by Hisam Shaikh, and he will come in at No. 3 with openers Abdul Ali and Haseeb Ghafoor starting at the top. The trio of Abdul Wahid, Zainul Abidin, and Zubair Mohammed will form the vital middle order for the team followed by the likes of Usman Najeeb and Saad Khan in their lower middle order.

They have a strong bowling attack with pace trio of Usman Najeeb, Ahmed baladarf, and Hisam Shaikh in their playing XI. Abdul Waheed and Zainib Absas will lead their spin attack in the middle overs with Zubair Mohammed for support at the other end.

Key players: Hisam Shaikh, Abdul Wahid, Ahmed baladarf

Saudi Arabia Predicted Playing XI:

Hisam Shaikh, Abdul Ali, Haseeb Ghafoor, Abdul Wahid, Zainul Abidin, Zubair Mohammed, Usman Najeeb, Saad Khan, Zainib Absas, Ahmed baladarf, Abdul Waheed

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

Mulpani Cricket Ground is a bowling friendly venue here bowlers will enjoy the slowness and uneven bounce on the track. We expect have a bright, sunny, and humid climate throughout the match with no interruptions expected.

Venue Details

Mulpani Cricket Ground is a good venue in the Kathmandu soil, and they have hosted many matches in both men’s and women`s cricket. We expect the average scores to be around 240-260 runs in this match.

Toss: To Bowl

Chasing is the best option in the match with batters nowadays confident of chasing down any target with their attacking mindsets. Both skippers will opt to bowl first if they win the toss.