T20 Mumbai League 2019, Match 1: Aakash Tigers MWS vs Triumphs Knights MNE - Fantain Fantasy Cricket Tips

Formed in 2018, the Mumbai Premier League was formed by the Mumbai Cricket Association n 2018. It consists of 8 teams – North Mumbai Panthers, Triumphs Knights MNE, NaMo Bandra Blasters, ARCS Andheri, Shivaji Park Lions, SoBo SuperSonics, Eagle Thane Strikers, Aakash Tigers MWS Today, Aakash Tigers MWS take on Triumphs Knights MNE. Here is all you need to read for both the teams before picking your Fantain XI.

Team News:

Aakash Tigers MWS:

The Tigers are keen to unearth the next generation of cricketing talent through their franchise.

Squad: Ajay Pandey, Doraiswamy Subramanian, Kaustubh Pawar, Suryansh Shedge, Y Pawar, Aakarshit Gomel, Arjun Tendulkar, Bhavin Thakkar, Nehal Katakdhond, Shams Mulani, Siddharth Akre, Akash Anand, Mehboob Shaikh, Anjdeep Lad, Dhawal Kulkarni, Minad Manjrekar, Salman Khan, Sylvester Dsouza

The team make their debut in season 2.

The biggest pick of the team was Tendulkar Jr. A lot of hope is riding on the son of the legend. Dhawal is another player who will be looked at as a key player. He was picked for Rajasthan at the Indian T20 League.

Likely Playing XI: Ajay Pandey, K Pawar, B Thakkar, Dhawal Kulkarni, Minad Manjrekar/Nehal Katakdhon, Arjun Tendulkar, Yogesh Pawar, M Shaikh, Gomel, Akre, Anjdeep  Lad

Triumphs Knights MNE:

Squad: Gaurav Chavan, Karan More, Suryakumar Yadav, Bharat Patil, Kalpesh Sawant, Karan Shah, Mohit Avasthi, Parikshit Valasangkar, Prasad Patil, Puneet Tripathi, Shivam Nirupam, Umesh Gurjar, Vinayak Bhoir, Yash Dicholkar, Shikhar Thakur, Siddhant Adhatrao, Sumit Ghadigaonkar, Royston Dias, Vaibhav Singh

SK Yadav is the shining player of the squad. He has done fabulous at the Indian T20 League and the team hopes to see more of such performance here. R Dias is another player on whom the team will look up to.

Likely Playing XI: SK Yadav, Umesh Gurjar, Gaurav Chavan, Dias, Avasthi, Singh, Parkar, Patil, Ghadigaon, Shah, Vaibhav Singh

Top Picks

SK Yadav: Attacking right-hand batsman and occasional right arm medium pace; he was rated as one of the best players of spin. He did very well at the Indian Premier League recently and will look to take his team at the Mumbai premier league to greater heights.

Akash Parkar: He is a power hitter to watch out for. Can contribute with both bat and ball. He took a fifer last year in the DY Patil T20 Tournament 2019

Arjun Tendulkar: He is capable of getting the ball to swing late and at a significant pace for his age. Also, a capable lower order batsman giving depth to the batting order.

Akre: Would be ineligible for the next under 19 world cup, Akre has a batting average of 54 and strike rate of 58. He has the potential to play hard for his team this season.

Fantain Fantasy XI

Batsmen – Gurjar, Chavan, Pandey, SK Yadav

Bowlers – Kulkarni, Dias, Mandjrekar

All-Rounders Arjun Tendulkar, Pawar,

WK – Ghadigaon, Shaikh

This is our Fantain Fantasy XI but you’re the real expert.