Nagaland vs Madhya Pradesh, Vijay Hazare Trophy 2023-24, Today Match Prediction 25 November 2023

naga vs mp Match Prediction & Analysis

Madhya Pradesh has started their Vijay Hazare 2023 in style after an emphatic win in the first match. The team will look to continue this start and gain momentum by winning their upcoming match as well against Nagaland.

Nagaland on the other hand have not had an ideal beginning to their campaign. They lost their first match in the competition by a massive margin which now sees them bottom of the table. Nagaland will look to punch above their weight against Madhya Pradesh in their upcoming match.

TEAMS PREVIEW

Nagaland Preview

Madhya Pradesh won their previous match by 7 wickets. The team bowled first in this match and restricted the opposition batsmen to 272 runs while picking up 9 wickets. Arshad Khan was the pick of the bowlers as he took 3 wickets in the match. he led this fine bowling charge at the batsmen to keep them at bay.

The chase was made to look very simple by the MP batters. They chased down the score with 10 overs and 7 wickets to spare. Himanshu Mantri was the star batsmen for the team as he scored a wonderful 127 runs. He was assisted by Rajat Patidar who scored 64 runs as well.

Key players: Rajat Patidar, Himanshu Mantri, Arshad Khan 

Nagaland Predicted Playing XI:

Venkatesh Iyer, Akshat Raghuwanshi, Rajat Patidar, Shubham Sharma (c), Himanshu Mantri (wk), Yash Dubey, Kulwant Khejroliya, Kumar Kartikeya, Arshad Khan, Rahul Batham, Saransh Jain

Madhya Pradesh Preview

Nagaland lost their previous match by 9 wickets. Nagaland batted first in this match and could only manage 139 runs. This was a feeble and a weak batting performance by the team. Sumit Kumar was the top scorer of the innings with his 36 run contribution.

This target was chased down rather comfortably by the opposition batsmen. Nagaland managed to pick up only 1 wickets in the entire chase which was taken by Jaganath Sinivas. Nagaland will need to improve their all round performance if they want to make a dent in this competition.

Key players: Jaganath Sinivas, Sumit Kumar

Madhya Pradesh Predicted Playing XI:

Rongsen Jonathan, Sumit Kumar, Jaganath Sinivas, Imliwati Lemtur, Oren Ngullie, Sedezhalie Rupero, Tahmeed Rahman, Shamwang Wangnao, Nagaho Chishi, Joshua Ozukum, Karan Tewatiya

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

The pitch at the Mumbai site hasn't seen many matches. Scores in the 250-280 range are to be expected. The captain who wins the toss should choose to field first as mentioned earlier.

The weather will be humid in the city of Mumbai during the match. Temperatures in the 30s Celsius are forecast to make for good playing conditions. There will be no cloud cover, thus there will be no rain for the time being.

Venue Details

The match between Madhya Pradesh and Nagaland will take place at the Sharad Pawar cricket academy in Mumbai.

Toss: To Bowl

The ideal decision here by any captain will be to win the toss and bowl first. It will be easier to chase down totals in this ground.