Lyca Kovai Kings vs TUTI Patriots, Tamil Nadu Premier League 2019, Today Match Prediction 25 Jul 2019

lkk vs tp Match Prediction & Analysis

Kovai Kings had a massive win in their first match against VB Kanchi Veerans by 8 wickets. Skipper Abhinav Mukund led the charge in the chase and scored an unbeaten 70 runs in the process. Shahrukh Khan provided an early burst with his knock of 40 runs in just 21 balls. Their opening partnership of 84 runs almost sealed the match in their favor.

Earlier, their bowling unit restricted the opposition team to an average score of just 150 runs. S Manigandan and T Natarajan kept taking wickets at regular intervals and kept the run rate under control. Anthony Dhas and K Vignesh bowled economically and helped to build pressure on the batsmen. Kovai Kings bowling unit performed as a team and restricted the opposition team`s batting.

TUTI Patriots have a poor start to the season losing their first match by 9 wickets against the Madurai Panthers team. A Srinivasan played responsibly and scored a vital score of 55 runs which helped their team to a respectable total of 124 runs. Subramania Siva had a good 74-run partnership with Srinivasan where he scored 28 runs. After his wicket, Patriots slumped from 79/2 in 10 overs to 124/8 in 20 overs.

Their middle order failed miserably and no batsmen to able to build a partnership. Their bowlers were unable to build any pressure in defending the meager total. M Ganesh Moorthi tried his best and had decent bowling figures of 4-0-29-1 while the rest of bowlers gave runs at over 9 RPO. The chase was completed in just 12.2 overs with 46 balls & 9 wickets remaining which is a massive margin by T20 standards.  

TEAMS PREVIEW

Lyca Kovai Kings Preview

Key Players:

Abhinav Mukund– Skipper Abhinav Mukund scored a brilliant 70* off 44 balls opening the batting and helped his team chase down the target with ease. He smashed 12 boundaries in his knock. 

T Natarajan – T Natarajan is one of the impressive youngsters in the TNPL circuit. The batsmen were not able to score against him in the death overs the last match and he had brilliant figures of 4-0-21-2. He is the strike bowler for their team and his ability to deceive the batsmen makes him a wicket-taker.

Recent Stats

A Mukund - 70* runs (44 balls), 12X4s

S Manigandan - 4-0-40-3

Lyca Kovai Kings Predicted Playing XI:

Abhinav Mukund (c), Malolan Rangarajan, T Natarajan, Shahrukh Khan, Antony Dhas, S Ajith Ram, B Anirudh Sita Ram, Akkil Srinaath, Krishnamoorthy Vignesh, Pradosh Ranjan Paul (wk), S Manigandan

Lyca Kovai Kings Actual Playing XI:

Shahrukh Khan, RS Jaganath Sinivas, Krishnamoorthy Vignesh, S Manigandan, T Natarajan, N Mohammed Ashik, Malolan Rangarajan, B Anirudh Sita Ram, Abhinav Mukund, Akkil Srinaath, Antony Dhas

TUTI Patriots Preview

Key Players:

Subramania Siva– Subramania Siva is one of the talented batsmen in the TNPL circuit and he can play big knocks consistently. He scored 28 runs last match and build a crucial partnership with Akshay Srinivasan. He will be hoping to make a big score in this match.

V Narayanan – Vasanth Narayanan had a forgetful match with both bat and ball in hand. He scored just 11 runs and leaked 17 runs in his single over. He must look to prove his all-round credentials in this match.

Recent Stats:

A Srinivasan - 55 runs (41 balls), 3X6s, 3X4s

M Ganesh Moorthi - 4-0-29-1

TUTI Patriots Predicted Playing XI:

Tamil Kumaran, Vasanth Saravanan, V Subramania Siva (c), Wilkins Victor (wk), M Ganesh Moorthi, Akshay Srinivasan, S Abishiek, S Boopalan, Shubham Mehta, M Sathya Raj, Karthikeyan R

TUTI Patriots Actual Playing XI:

M Ganesh Moorthi, SP Nathan, Sathiamoorty Vasanth Saravanan, V Athisayaraj Davidson, Dakshinamoorthy Kumaran, Nidhish Rajagopal, Murugesan Kamlesh, Subramania Siva, Akshay V Srinivasan, Sivagnanan Senthilnathan, S Abishiek

Weather Conditions

Dindigul pitch has aided batsmen this season but has also some help for the bowlers if they bowl in good areas. The average first innings score here is 157 runs. The weather forecast looks cloudy and rainy with nearly 40% chances of rain. The DL equation and match interruptions may come into picture in this match. 

Toss: WIN the toss, BOWL First

Chasing team has won 2 out of 4 matches played here this season and one more match ended as a tie. Teams are unsure of the safe target on this pitch.  Both captains will look to chase down the target here.