Plus Infinity Tigers vs Highfy Warriors, Hapur Premier League, Today Match Prediction 21 May 2020

pit vs hfw Match Prediction & Analysis

Hapur Premier League is one of the competitive cricket tournaments across the Indian local circuit currently. They have garnered attention due to the absence of other cricketing events across the nation because of the pandemic lockdown. The league is entering the last stages of the group stages with just 6 matches remaining.

Highfy Warriors have a great chance to enter the top 4 with good performances in their last two remaining matches. Plus Infinity Tigers are almost out of the tournament and will look to put some impressive showing to end the season on a high.

TEAMS PREVIEW

Plus Infinity Tigers Preview

Tigers are having a bad season so far with 5 losses of their 6 matches and a walk-over loss. Their batting unit failed to cross the 100-run mark last they played the match. Faisal Ansari, Skipper Budesh Sharma, and Sumit Aneja failed to give good performances with the bat to take their team to a competitive total.

Pacers Sumit Aneja and Bilal Saifi have scalped 5 & 4 wickets respectively at an economy rate of 6.5 RPO. The other bowlers have failed to get wickets consistently and leak too many runs to put pressure on the opposition.

Key Players:

Faisal Ansari – has scored 90 runs in five matches with a fifty till now. He is a crafty player capable of finding the gaps and can score some big sixes too easily

Bilal Saifi – is their most valuable player so far with 92 runs and 7 wickets. His all-round ability will be an X-factor for the team in both departments

Plus Infinity Tigers Predicted Playing XI:

Pravesh, Ankit Kukreja, Faisal Ansari, Budesh Sharma(C), Sumit Aneja, Bilal Saifi, Ravinder Singh, Ranjeet Singh, Cintu, Bhavesh Yadav, Shamsad Saifi

Highfy Warriors Preview

Skipper Amandeep Singh, Bhinder, and Kapil Kumar came up with crucial 30+ scores to give a good start to their team`s innings. Shaan Saini and Nikki Saini can score quick runs down the order and boost the morale of their batting unit.

Their bowling unit came back strongly despite the opposition putting a 100+ opening partnership to restrict fewer than 165 runs. Nikki Saini, Shaan Saini, and Kamal Preet Singh bowled a combined spell of 10-0-55-4 to restrict the batsmen in middle overs. Vishal Kumar, Ashok Tyagi, and Manish Kumar chipped in with a wicket each.

Key Players:

Nikki Saini – is one of their most consistent batsmen with 192 runs so far with two fifties at a strike rate of 112. He can also give some handy overs in the middle phase of the match

Shaan Saini – has been their best all-rounder this season with 98 runs and 6 wickets at an economy of less than 6 RPO. He lends great balance to the depth of the team

Highfy Warriors Predicted Playing XI:

Kapil Kumar, Bhinder, Amandeep Singh (C), Nikki Saini, Shaan Saini, Kamal preet Singh, Vishal kumar, Ashok Tyagi, Manish Kumar, Ansh balyan, Muzabir Rahman

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

Hapur is expected to have a bright and hot sunny with temperatures in early 40 degrees Celsius on the match day. No rain forecast whatsoever on the match day for sure.

Venue Details

Hapur Stadium is a good pitch with a proper balance between the bat and ball with some spice in it. We can expect average scores in the range of 150-160 runs in this match.

Toss: To Bowl

Chasing teams have won 8 out of the 9 last matches and teams will be aware of this stat. The pitch eases down a little in the second innings and hot weather may make bowlers toil hard for wickets.