Gujrat have been in rampant form in the Ranji Trophy this season as they are yet to taste defeat. As a result of their impressive run, Gujrat has entered the quarter-finals where they will be taking on another undefeated team, which is Goa at the Sardar Vallabhai Stadium in Valsad. Goa has won seven and drawn two from their last nine games in the Ranji Trophy. Gujrat on the other end came out on top in a more challenging group, Elite A and B with five wins and three draws from the eight matches.
Match Details
Date- Thursday, February 20
Time- 9:30 AM (IST)
Venue- Sardar Vallabhai Patel Stadium
Gujrat
Samit Gohel and Priyank Patel should be opening the innings with the bat for Gujrat, which could be followed by Bhargav Merai, Parthiv Patel and Manpreet Juneja. Axar Patel’s all-round abilities can come in handy, while, Arzan Nagwaswalla, Tejas Patel and Siddharth Desai will have the onus of picking up wickets with the ball in hand.
Squad
Parthiv Patel (c & wk), Bhargav Merai, Samit Gohel, Chirag Gandhi, Kshitij Patel, Siddharth Desai, Yash Gardharia, Roosh Kalaria, Axar Patel, Priyank Panchal, Rujul Bhatt, Dhruv Raval, Chintan Gaja, Urvil Patel, Arzan Nagwaswalla, Tejas Patel, Manprit Juneja, Kathan Patel
Goa
Sumiran Amonekar and Vaibhav Govekar are in line to open the innings for the away side, which should be followed by Smit Patel and the captain Amit Verma to add further solidity. Lakshay Garg, Vijesh Prabhudesai and Amulya Panderekar should be in charge of picking up wickets for their side.
Squad
Amit Verma (c), Smit Patel, Darshan Misal, Amulya Pandrekar, Suyash Prabhudessai, Vaibhav Govekar, Snehal Suhas Kauthankar, Rajashekhar Harikant, Heramb Parab, Vijesh Prabhudessai, Lakshay Garg, Malliksab Sirur, Felix Alemao, Sumiran Amonkar, Prathamesh Gawas, Aditya Kaushik
GUJ (Expected Playing 11)- Axar Patel, Siddharth Desai, Priyank Panchal, Bhargav Merai, Parthiv Patel, Manprit Juneja, Samit Gohel, Yash Gardharia, Chirag Gandhi, Arzan Nagwaswalla, Tejas Patel (Doubt: Roosh Kalaria)
GOA (Expected Playing 11)- Smit Patel, Darshan Misal, Amulya Pandrekar, Amit Verma, Suyash Prabhudessai, Vaibhav Govekar, Snehal Suhas Kauthankar, Vijesh Prabhudessai, Lakshay Garg, Felix Alemao, Sumiran Amonkar
Bhargav Merai is one of the standouts with the bat for Gujrat and has scored 487 runs from 14 innings with an average of 40.58
For Goa, Amit Verma has been an absolute asset as he’s scored 791 runs from his last 12 innings with an average of 71.90 while bagging 41 wickets in the process as well.
Axar Patel has scalped 24 wickets from his last four matches and has also scored 123 runs from innings so far for Gujrat.
Wicket-Keeper batsman, Smit Patel has been lethal with the bat and has scored 751 runs from the last 12 innings with an average of 75.10
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