Salem Spartans vs Ruby Trichy Warriors, TNPL T20 2022, Today Match Prediction

sms vs rtw Match Prediction & Analysis

TNPL2022 has come to the final stages of league phase and teams are fighting very hard for their qualification in the top 4. Every match and every win matters for every team for their qualification. But this match will have no insignificance in the qualification race as both teams Salem Spartans and Ruby Trichy Warriors are set to finish in the league phase itself. Ruby Trichy Warriors after their win in the opening match went onto lose their remaining matches while Salem Spartans is yet to register their first points this season.

TEAMS PREVIEW

Salem Spartans Preview

Salem Spartans struggled their way to 113/6 in their last game against Chepauk Super Gillies. Gopinath put on a hard-working 45-ball 42 runs on board in the last game. Their batters D Ferrario, A Srinivasan, R Karthikeyan, and Jafar Jamal need to stand up with the bat in this match as they are yet to cross the 100-run tally this season.

Murugan Ashwin and Ravi Karthikeyan bowled economically and chipped with a wicket in the last game. G Kishoor is their leading wicket taker with 6 wickets so far. Ganesh Moorthi, DS Ferrario, and Periyasamy have bowled decently in terms of economy rate but lack wickets to their name this season.

Key Players: H Gopinath, DS Ferrario, Murugan Ashwin

Salem Spartans Predicted Playing XI:

Gopinath, S Ganesh (wk), Daryl Ferrario, Jafar Jamal, Ravi Karthikeyan, Akshay Srinivasan, Murugan Ashwin (c), S Abishiek, G Kishoor, G Periyaswamy, M Ganesh Moorthi

Salem Spartans Actual Playing XI:

Rajendran Karthikeyan, Ravi Karthikeyan, G Periyaswamy, TD Lokesh Raj, S Boopalan, Hari Gopinath, Akshay V Srinivasan, S Ganesh, Daryl S Ferrario, S Abishiek, Murugan Ashwin

Ruby Trichy Warriors Preview

Ruby Trichy Warriors failed in a daunting task of chasing a massive total of 237 runs and lost by 66 runs. Murali Vijay played a sublime knock scoring 121 runs off 66 balls with 7 boundaries and 12 sixes. He did not get support from other end as the next highest score was just 13 runs from their batters. Their batting unit has been very inconsistent barring experienced M Vijay.

Their bowlers were carted all over the park in the last game. Saravana Kumar and Rahil Shah picked up a wicket each in the match. Ajay Krishna has been their best bowler this season with 6 scalps at an economy rate of 8.10 RPO. Their bowlers have been guilty of leaking runs at an higher economy rate many times.

Key Players: M Vijay, Ajay Krishna, Anthony Dhas

Ruby Trichy Warriors Predicted Playing XI:

Amit Sathvik, Murali Vijay, Santosh Shiv, Nidhish Rajagopal, Adithya Ganesh (wk), Antony Dhas, Rahil Shah (c), P Saravana Kumar, S Gokul Moorthi, Ajay Krishna, R Ganesh/ME Yazh mozhi

Ruby Trichy Warriors Actual Playing XI:

Adithya Ganesh, V P Amith Sathvik, M Mathivannan, Saravana Kumar P, Rahil Shah, S Santosh Shiv, Ajay K Krishna, Nidhish Rajagopal, Atheeq Ur Rahman, MS Sanjay, P Sugendhran

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

Salem will have bright and breezy weather on the match day with every less to no chances of rain. Dew might settle down and cause trouble to bowlers in second innings.

Venue Details

Salem pitch ahs been on the slower side and the batters are struggling to time the ball fluently here. Bowlers will have an upper hand on this track, and we expect the average scores to be around 140-150 runs on this pitch.

Toss: To Bowl

Teams will look to bowl first in this match as the pitch will ease out as the match progresses and the early moisture might help the bowlers. Chasing is the best option in the T20 matches off late.