Saurashtra vs Tamil Nadu, SMAT, Today Match Prediction 03 December 2024

SRT vs TND Match Prediction & Analysis

We really are at the 'business' end of the group stage of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy with Saurashtra well-placed ahead of this clash to finish in the top three places. That said, they are on 16 points, alongside two other teams and they can not afford to slip up in this match or in their final fixture. Tamil Nadu began the campaign with back to back wins but have fallen away and even two wins from their last two games is very unlikely to be enough to see them progress.

Saurasthra have gone up a level over the last week and even became the first team to defeat Baroda in the group on Sunday. Therefore, if this is to be a competitive fixture, it is Tamil Nadu who must find a performance from somewhere to produce an upset of a result!

TEAMS PREVIEW

Saurashtra Preview

When three of your batting line-up hit half-centuries, and one of the openers hits 40 runs from only 15 balls, you know that the team is functioning very well in T20 cricket!

That is exactly what Saurashtra did against the previously unbeaten Baroda and that foundation at the top of the order proved more than enough to inflict a comprehensive defeat.

We expect Harvik Desai, Ruchit Ahir and Jay Gohil to be big scorers once again in this match and they are likely to bat in a very aggressive fashion. With the ball, only Chirag Jani comes into the game after going wicketless on Sunday with the rest of the bowling unit all in strong form.

Saurashtra Predicted Playing XI:

Harvik Desai (wk), Tarang Gohel, Prerak Mankad, Ruchit Ahit, Vishvaraj Jadeja, Jay Gohil, Sammar Gajjar, Ankul Panwar, Chirag Jani, Dharmendrasinh Jadeja, Jaydev Unadkat (c)

Tamil Nadu Preview

Not only are Tamil Nadu on a run of defeats, but their top order is really not functioning to the required standard at the moment! In their last game, which ended as a 7 wicket defeat with 51 balls remaining, only skipper Shahrukh Khan managed to make double figures out of all of the top five batters in the line-up!

The captain is an experienced campaigner though and he can often be relied upon to produce a score but he will also be looking to the opening pair of Babar Indrajith and Narayan Jagadeesan to deliver in this match.

With the ball, Varun Chakravarthy is a real match-winner with the ball and the spinner was the most economical in the last game. If the batters can back him up then he could be the difference in this game.

Tamil Nadu Predicted Playing XI:

Baba Indrajith, Narayan Jagadeesan (wk), Boopathi Kumar, M Shahrukh Khan (c), Vijay Shankar, Mohamed Ali, Rithik Easwaran, Sai Kishore, Varun Chakravarthy, Sandeep Warrier, Gurjapneet Singh

Weather Conditions

The temperature is unlikely to go any higher than 27 degrees in the game and there will be a slight breeze throughout. Mostly sunny conditions with a bit of cloud is what we will see according to the forecast.

SRT vs TND Pitch Report

Although the pitch is not perfect for spin bowlers, if they are good enough then they will be able to cause problems for the opposing batters. The pace bowlers will get good carry and the stroke-makers can trust their shots on this pitch.

Toss: To Bowl

Playing in Indore is never easy for the teams batting first. This is because the pitch tends to dry more as the game progresses so our prediction is that both teams will choose to bowl first.