Published on: Aug 18, 2019 9:13 am IST|Updated on: Aug 17, 2019 3:34 pm IST
Bengaluru, August 18 at 07:00 PM IST
The reigning champions Bijapur Bulls will take on Bengaluru Blasters at Bengaluru tonight to get their Karnataka Premier League 2019 campaign underway.
This will be the opening fixture for Bijapur Bulls whilst second fixture for Bengaluru Blasters. Their opening game against Mysuru Warriors ended in a no-result after rain played the spoilsport.
So, with both the teams eyeing the two crucial points to open the account, an exciting contest is expected down the line.
Last meeting:
Both the teams met in last year’s final.
Bijapur Bulls (106/3) beat Bengaluru Bulls (101/10) by 7 wickets
Bijapur Bulls Squad:
Bharath Chipli (c), Naveen MG, Prateek Jain, Raju Bhatkal, Santhebennur Akshay, Bhareth NP, Suneel Raju, Gonnabattula Chiranjeevi, KC Cariappa, Liyan Khan, Pranav Bhatia, Jashwanth Acharya, Swapnil Yelave, Suraj Kamath, Shimon Luiz, Samarth Ooty, R Praveen Kumar, Mohit BA
Bengaluru Blasters Squad:
Rongsen Jonathan (c), Kuldeep Kumar, Rishi Bopanna, Rohan Kadam, KN Bharath, V Koushik, Bharath Dhuri, Anand Doddamani, Nikin Jose , Kishore Kamat, Rohan Raju, Anurag Bajpai, Manoj S Bhandage, Bharath Devaraj, Muthanna Chandrashekhar, Nishant Shekhawat, Sharath BR, Anil I G, Aditya Goyal
Read more: Karnataka Premier League 2019: Squads, Fixtures and Key Players
Bijapur Bulls Probable 11
KP Appanna, Bharath Chipli (c), Suneel Raju, KC Cariappa, Naveen MG, KN Bharath, Mohith BA/Chiranjeevi GS, Suraj Kamath, Raju Bhatkal
Bengaluru Blasters Probable 11
V Koushik, Anand Doddamani, Rohan Kadam, Rongsen Jonathan (c), Sharath BR (wk), KN Bharath, Manoj S Bhandage, Nikin Jose, Bharath Dhuri, Bharath Devaraj, Rohan Raju
Read more: DULEEP TROPHY 2019: Squads, Fixtures & Key Players
Team 1& 2: We expect Bijapur Bulls to win the contest. Here, we will be going with 7-4 and a 6-5 ratio
WK: M BA
Batsmen: B Chipli, R Bhatkal, R Kadam, N Jose
All-rounder: K Cariappa, S Raju, G Naveen
Bowlers: P Jain, A Doddamani, R Raju
Captain choices- G Naveen/ B Chipli
WK: B S Sharath
Captain choices- K Cariappa/B Chipli/S Raju
Team3 & 4: We expect Bengaluru Blasters to win the contest. Here, we will be going with 7-4 and a 6-5 ratio
WK: B Sharath
Batsmen: B Chipli, R Bhatkal, R Kadam, R Jonathan
All-rounder: K Cariappa, M Bhandage, B Devraj
Captain choices- R Kadam/B Sharath
Bowlers: P Jain, A Doddamani, S Akshay
Captain choices- R Kadam/M Bhandage
Team 5 & 6: We expect it to be a close encounter. Here, we will be picking a captain and vice-captain from both the teams
All-rounder: K Cariappa, M Bhandage, S Raju
Captain choices- KC Cariappa/R Kadam
Batsmen: B Chipli, Liyan Khan, R Kadam, R Jonathan
All-rounder: G Naveen, M Bhandage, S Raju
Captain choices- G Naveen/M Bhandage