Baba Indrajith, R Sai Kishore, and Cheteshwar Pujara are decent multiplier choices.
Preview
Tamil Nadu and Saurashtra will clash against each other in the third quarter-final of the Ranji Trophy 2023-24 at SNR College Cricket Ground in Coimbatore, starting on Friday, February 23. In the last five games between these two sides, Tamil Nadu bagged a win and the other four encounters ended in a draw.
Tamil Nadu, led by R Sai Kishore, topped the points table in Group C with four wins, one loss, and two drawn games in the group stage, bagging 28 points. They will be heavily relied on their all-round unit in this knockout encounter. Narayan Jagadeesan is the team’s leading run-scorer with 775 runs from 10 innings while R Sai Kishore is leading the wickets column, scalping 38 wickets.
Saurashtra, on the other hand, finished the group phase with the second rank in Group A, registering four wins, suffering one loss, and drawing two games, racking up 28 points. They will be led by batter Arpit Vasavada. Cheteshwar Pujara, who has been axed from the Indian team, is the side’s leading run-scorer with 781 runs from 11 innings while D Jadeja scalped 39 wickets to top the bowling standings for his team.
Match Information
Tamil Nadu vs Saurashtra, 1st Quarter Final
Probable PlayingXI
Tamil Nadu
S Lokeshwar, B Indrajith, S Mohamed Ali, RS Mokit Hariharan, Vijay Shankar, Narayan Jagadeesan, P Ranjan Paul, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore(C), M Mohammed, S Ajith Ram, S Sandeep Warrier
Bench: Sai Sudharsan, Vimal Khumar, B Sachin, Washington Sundar, T Natarajan, H Trilok Nag, B Sachin, S Lokeshwar, Boopathi Kumar, Ajay Krishna, KR Sen, R Vimal Khumar, S Mohammed Ali
Saurashtra
Yuvrajsinh Dodiya, Kevin Jivrajani, AV Vasavada(C), CA Pujara, PN Mankad, CS Jani, HM Desai, SP Jackson, DA Jadeja, Parth Bhut, Jaydev Unadkat
Bench: SS Patel, Aditya Jadeja, VM Jadeja, Devang Karamta, SB Vyas, Jay Gohil, KD Patel, Ankur Panwar, C Sakariya
Injury News
Weather Report: Scattered Clouds
Win Prediction: Tamil Nadu
Pitch Condition: Batting
Avg 1st Inning Score: 292
Pitch Report
Captains