Cochin Hurricanes are in the sixth spot in the tournament’s points table, with two wins and three defeats in the five matches they have played so far. They have four points to their name.
Preview
Two ‘struggling’ teams in the bottom half of the points table, Cochin Hurricanes and AFG-XI will take on each other in the 29th match of the ongoing KCC T10 Summer Challengers Cup 2024. The game will be played at the Sulaibiya Cricket Ground in Kuwait. It will be an all-important and must-win clash for both teams to keep their hopes alive in the tournament.
Cochin Hurricanes are in the sixth spot in the tournament’s points table, with two wins and three defeats in the five matches they have played so far. They have four points to their name and a win in this match will help them improve their rank in the standings.
On the other hand, AFG-X are struggling in the eighth spot of the table, with only two wins and four defeats in the six matches they have played. They’re coming off two successive defeats in the last two matches they played.
Match Information
Cochin Hurricanes vs Afghan XI, Match 29
KCC T10 Summer Challengers Cup, 28 Aug 2024, Wed, 12:45 AM IST, Kuwait
Probable PlayingXI
Cochin Hurricanes
Jouhar Muhammed, Vasudev Datla, Naiju Devassy Kutty, Finny Cheriyan, Arunkumar Kazhikkattil, Yadhu Krishnan, Joji Raju, Sreejith Prabhakaran Nair(C), MSB Sajjad, Venkata Babu, M Thahir
Bench: Thomas Varghese, Prasanth Prasannan, Delishous John, Ashif Hassan, Arunraj Ramakrishnan, Radheesh Trivikrama Rao, John Peter, Praveen Cletus, S Malayappan, Jestin Varghese, Jijo Thottiyil, Joyal Jose, Mobin Joseph, Nishad Abdulla, Aneesh Mathew, Gigi Mathew, MM Ahmed, P Pereira, Shiburaj Ramachandran, D Thankaraj, Nouman Fakhar,
Afghan XI
K Wali, Irfanullah Sultanzai, NZ-Khan, Imran Nawaz, Krunal Patil, S Anwar, Z Ansari, Rabinsha Salam, Wasim Qureshi(C), Fahimuddin Shareef, Alim Ahmed Fahim
Bench: F Sultan, A Sherkhil, S-M Nabi, MHA Jabbar, SA-Rahman, Abdul Qadir, Abdul Hanan, MY-Khan, AS-Khan, A-S Ali, KS-Karim, Mohammad Zahid, BK-Mohammad, MF-Haq, Waleed Khan, A-H Karamat, G-W Pestak, Saddam Allah, Vinoth Mathiyalagan, Z Bismilah, F Ullah, Vasim Shaikh, M Nazir, M Abrahim.
Injury News- Will be added when there is an update.
Weather Report- Clear Sky
Win Prediction- Cochin Hurricanes
Pitch Condition- Balanced
Avg 1st Inning Score- 95
Pitch Report
Captains- 8
Joji Raju COH | wk
COH wicketkeeper-batter Joji Raju has scored 136 runs in five innings with an average of 27.20, hitting a half-century [80 runs in a match], and having a strike rate of 230.51. He is also the leading run-scorer for his side in the ongoing KCC T10 Summer Challengers Cup 2024.
AFG-XI’s Irfanullah Sultanzai has scalped 7 wickets in six innings, including the best performance of ‘4 wickets at the cost of 8 runs in a match’. He can also be selected as one of the top picks in the fantasy team for this game.
Avoid Player Message- 7
Jestin Varghese- COH | ALL- 8.5
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