The final league match of Legends League Cricket 2024 will witness Konark Suryas Odisha take on Gujarat Greats. The match is set to be played on Friday at the Bakshi Stadium in Srinagar. It is a huge game for the Gujarat team who are currently bottom of the table with 3 points from 6 games.
Gujarat lost their last game to India Capitals to slide to the last place in the table. Win over Odisha though can move them into the 4th spot in the table. For that, the Gujarat side has to hope that Hyderabad loses their match to India Capitals by a huge margin since Hyderabad’s run rate is on the positive side.
Win on Friday will also give Gujarat a great chance to knock their opponents out of the tournament. Odisha are sitting 5th in the table with 5 points from six matches with 2 wins and two losses as well 2 games which didn’t yield any result.
Here is the likely Gujarat Greats XI vs Odisha
Top order:
Former India batter Shikhar Dhawan hasn’t had a great time with the bat during his maiden Legends League cricket tournament. The former India star scored just 1 run against India Capitals as he was dismissed by Iqbal Abdulla. Morne Van Wyk has been inconsistent with the bat but has shown sparks of brilliance. Chris Gayle batting at 3 scored 21 off 11 balls in the last game to show his class with the bat.
Middle Order:
Gujarat Greats could post 134 in their last game due to the brilliance of Mohammad Kaif. The right-handed batter scored 40 off 41 balls with 3 fours and 2 sixes and played some electric shots all across the wicket. Manan Sharma may have scored a duck with the bat but picked 4 wickets with the ball in an inspired spell. Yashpal Singh batted well to score 20 runs from 29 balls but Gujarat will look more from his blade in a must-win game.
Lower-order:
Sri Lankan star Prasanna struggled to pick wickets as his 4 overs went for 27 runs. Deba Das scored a quick 20 off 13 balls to help his side end on a high. Gujarat will also hope that former Afghanistan star Asghar Afghan can contribute more with the bat.
Tail enders:
Former Indian seamer Sreesanth went wicketless as he gave just 16 runs from his 3 overs which also included a maiden over. Leverock bowled just like Sreesanth bowled 3 overs for 16 runs while Samar Quadri will look to do well in the spinning conditions on Friday after being smashed for 31 runs from his 3 overs.
Gujarat Greats XI vs India Capitals
Morne Van Wyk, Shikhar Dhawan, Chris Gayle, Mohammad Kaif, Manan Sharma, Yashpal Singh, Deba Das, Sekkuge Prasanna, Asghar Afghan, Kamau Leverock, Sreesanth, and Samar Quadri.
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