Challengers finished in first place last season of the tournament with five wins in five matches.
Preview
CHG vs KT will face off in the first match of RCA Men’s T10 League 2024 on Sunday (February 4) at the Gahanga International Cricket Stadium in Kigali.
Challengers finished in first place last season of the tournament with five wins in five matches. Kutchi Sports Club finished in third place in the second division of RCA T10 last year and won three out of five matches.
Challengers played the final of the last season against IPRC Kigali CC and elected to field after winning the toss. IPRC scored 82 runs for the loss of four wickets in 10 overs. Mustaq Mohammed was the pick of the bowlers for the Challengers and took two wickets for 18 runs. In reply, Challengers managed to score 71 runs for the loss of seven wickets and lost the match by 11 runs.
Kutchi Sports CC faced Spartans CC in their last match in 2023 and elected to bat after winning the toss. They scored 62 runs for the loss of six wickets in 10 overs and only two batters managed to make a double-digit score. Spartans reached the target of 63 runs on the last delivery of their innings with one wicket in hand.
Match Information
Challengers vs Kutchi Tigers, Match 1
RCA Men’s T10 League, 4 Feb 2024, Sun, 1:15 PM IST ,Kigali City
Probable PlayingXI
Challengers
DDD Mugisha, Didier Ndikubwimana, Mohammed Mustaq, S Vardhineni(C), Zappy Bimenyimana, Eric Niyomugabo, Martin Akayezu, Nganji Abdallah, Muhammad Nadir, S Nsubuga, Mohammad Rahimuddin
Bench: S Gopalan, Hamza Khan, Evode Mutuyimana, Joel Tuyikorere, Bob Bashir Songa, S Samal, Yuvan Vardhineni, Debasis Samal, Harikrishnan Ramamoorthy, Fidele Dusabimana, B Mugisha, Prakash Kalavagadda
Kutchi Tigers
M Patel, K Lad, Kishan Dabasiya, Yvan Mitari, Pankaj Vekaria(C), Prince Mwizerwa, Dinesh Kara, Kalpesh Bhanderi, Nirav Shah-I, Pratik Vora, S Vekariya
Bench: J P Ndatimana, Haresh Bhuva, Gopal Halai, Dhavalsinh Gohel, P Kumar, Premji Hirani, S Manishimwe, Dilip Vekariya, Manoj Chauhan, Shantilal Bhanderi, V Bhuva, Arvind Bhuva
Injury News
(Will be added when there is an update)
Weather Report: Clear Sky
Win Prediction: Challengers
Pitch Condition: Bowling
Avg 1st Inning Score: 77
Pitch Report
Captains: 8.5
Martin Akayezu: CHG BOWL
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