Japan Premier League, 2020: West Kanto Hurricanes vs South Kanto Super Kings – 11Wickets Fantasy Cricket Tips – Playing XI, Pitch Report & Injury Update

Match Details:

The match between West Kanto Hurricanes and South Kanto Super Kings in the Japan Premier League, 2020 will be played at the Sano International Cricket Ground – 1.

The match starts at 10:30 AM local time (7:00 AM IST) (1:30 AM GMT).

Preview:

West Kanto Hurricanes and South Kanto Super Kings will face off in the Japan Premier League match on Friday after starting the tournament with victories in respective matches. Both the matches that took place on Friday were reduced to six overs per team. The West Kanto team posted 66/3 and later limited the North Kanto Lions to 54/3. In the other game, South Kanto Super Kings posted just 48/5 in six overs but bounced back with the ball as East Kanto Sunrisers could only make 41/5.

Weather Condition/Report:

The match between West Kanto Hurricanes and South Kanto Super Kings is likely to be played under clouds.

Pitch Condition/Report:

Overcast conditions at the Sano International Cricket Ground 1 on Friday morning could help the pacers extract some swing early on. The venue anyways is not guaranteed of big totals if we considered 2019 edition.

Average first innings score: 122 (During JPL 2019)

Record of chasing teams: Won – 5, Lost – 2

Injury and Availability News:

(Will be added when there is an update)

Probable Playing XIs:

West Kanto Hurricanes:

Tomoki Ota (C), Wataru Miyauchi, Raheel Kano, Nozomi Tomizawa, Supun Nawarathna, Naotsune Miyaji, Rajan Karki, Oshantha Nanayakkara, Kakeru Ebisui, Takurou Hagihara, Masaomi Kobayashi,

Bench – Masato Morita, Asala Wickrama Arachchige, Takuya Ono, Arjun Gautam, Yoshitaka Uehara, Koji Iwasaki, Shogo Kimura.

South Kanto Super Kings:

Sabaorish Ravichandran (C), Vinay Iyer, Alex Patmore, Nikhil Chhajed, Gurman Singh (VC), Karthick Vellingiri, Manoj Bhardwaj, Raman Tanwar, Prashanth Kale, Kohei Kubota, Ankush Mahasaheb.

Bench – Piyush Kumbhare, Raj Kamal, Rohit Kesari, Daniel Mee, Mohamed Yusry, Hiroshige Murakawa, Rasika Chandimal.

Top Picks:

Nozomi Tomizawa claimed a total of 35 wickets from 20 domestic T20s where he also scored 166 runs with help of one fifty.

Nikhil Chhajed has picked up 27 wickets from 19 domestic T20 matches and also smashed 154 runs at a strike rate close to 150.

Raheel Kano has taken 29 wickets in the 24 domestic T20s he played thus far and also chipped in 459 runs at a decent strike rate.

Supun Nawarathna struck three fifties in the nine domestic T20 innings while scoring 268 runs at 44.67 average.

Captain and Vice-Captain Selection:

Captain options – Vinay Iyer, Sabaorish Ravichandran

Vice-Captain options – Raheel Kano, Alex Patmore, Nikhil Chhajed

Suggested Playing XI for Head to Head/Small Leagues:

Keeper – Alex Patmore

Batsmen – Tomoki Ota, Raheel Kano, Masaomi Kobayashi, Prashanth Kale

All-Rounders – Sabaorish Ravichandran (VC), Naotsune Miyaji (C), Nikhil Chhajed

Bowlers – Takurou Hagihara, Gurman Singh, Nozomi Tomizawa

12th Man – Vinay Iyer

Suggested Playing XI for Grand Leagues/Mega Leagues:

Keeper – Supun Nawarathna

Batsmen – Raheel Kano (VC), Vinay Iyer (C), Prashanth Kale

All-Rounders – Sabaorish Ravichandran, Naotsune Miyaji, Karthick Vellingiri

Bowlers – Oshantha Nanayakkara, Kakeru Ebisui, Gurman Singh, Nozomi Tomizawa

12th Man – Alex Patmore

Expert Advice:

Some of the big names of Japan cricket went missing from the playing XI in the two matches that took place on Thursday. The probable XIs we made for this game is based on the merit of the player and expect them to get their chance and prove themselves.

Probable Winners:

West Kanto Hurricanes could be seen registering their second straight win of the tournament.

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Disclaimer: This team is based on the understanding, analysis, and instinct of the author. While selecting your team, consider the points mentioned and make your own decision.