KAR vs TN Dream11 Match Preview | Karnataka vs Tamil Nadu, Vijay Hazare Trophy 2019
Karnataka and Tamil Nadu will lock horns at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru for the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2019 final.
A full-strength Karnataka side registered a nine-wicket victory over Chattisgarh in the semi-final 1 while Tamil Nadu emerged victorious against Gujarat in the semi-final 2 to seal a spot in the final.
Karnataka has sealed a final spot for the fourth time in the history of the tournament while Tamil Nadu has entered the finals for the sixth time.
Semi-final 1:
Karnataka (229-1) beat Chhattisgarh (223-10) by 9 wickets
Semi-final 2:
Tamil Nadu (181-5) beat Gujarat (177-9) by 5 wickets in a match reduced to 40 overs
Match Details:
Karnataka vs Tamil Nadu, Final
Saturday, October 12 at 09:00 AM IST
M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Karnataka Team News
- Karnataka might not tinker the combination after securing a thumping 9 wickets win in the previous encounter
- KL Rahul and D Paddikkal put up a 150+ run opening stand and will open the innings once again
- Mayank Agarwal scored an unbeaten 47 after returning from India test squad and will bat at number 3
- Skipper Manish Pandey, Karun Nair and Rohan Kadam will form the middle order
- V Koushik will open the attack alongside Abhimanyu Mithun, K Gotham
- Ronit More replaced the injured P Krishna but returned wicketless. Prasidh Krishna can return to the set up after missing out against Chattisgarh due to muscle spasm
- One of Shreyas Gopal and Karun Nair will play. K Nair is having an ordinary season with the bat and might lose his spot to S Gopal who was dropped to accommodate Mayank Agarwal
Tamil Nadu Team News
- Tamil Nadu has no reason to tweak the winning combination
- Abhinav Mukund, Murali Vijay and Baba Aparajith will form the top order
- Skipper Dinesh Karthik, Vijay Shankar, Washington Sundar and Shahrukh Khan will form the middle order
- T Natarajan, W Sundar, R Ashwin, M Ashwin and M Mohammed will form the attack
- R Ashwin featured in the semi-final after the Freedom series against South Africa and is set to appear in the final too
KAR vs TN Possible Playing11
Karnataka-
Manish Pandey (c), Rohan Kadam, Praveen Dubey, Mayank Agarwal, Lokesh Rahul (wk), Devdutt Padikkal, Karun Nair/S Gopal, Krishnappa Gowtham, Abhimanyu Mithun, V Koushik, Ronit More/P Krishna
Tamil Nadu-
Dinesh Karthik (c & wk), Washington Sundar, Shahrukh Khan, Abhinav Mukund, Murali Vijay, Baba Aparajith, Vijay Shankar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Murugan Ashwin, M Mohammed, T Natarajan
KAR vs TN Fantasy Picks
Karnataka:
- The top-order comprising of KL Rahul, D Padikkal and Manish Pandey has been the driving force with the bat
- D Padikkal has smashed 598 runs in 10 innings at an average of 74.75 and is the leading run-getter for the side
- KL Rahul has scored 546 runs in 10 innings so far, including four fifties and a hundred
- Manish Pandey has amassed 525 runs in 9 innings at an average of 105.00 with a strike rate of 108.02
- Prasidh Krishna, Abhimanyu Mithun and K Gowtham are amongst the leading wicket-takers for the side with 17, 15 and 14 scalps respectively
Tamil Nadu:
- Baba Aparajith and Dinesh Karthik have been doing the talking with the bat. Karthik has scored 407 runs in 8 innings with a strike rate of 124.16 at an average of 67.83
- Baba Aparajith has amassed 532 runs in 11 innings at an impressive average of 66.50 with a strike rate of 80.00
- M Mohammed is the leading wicket-taker in the side with 16 scalps
- M Ashwin has picked 14 scalps while T Natarajan has 12 wickets in the bag
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