Southern Spartans vs MP Tigers , BCL, Today Match Prediction 18 December 2024

SS vs MPT Match Prediction & Analysis

With Southern Spartans, Mumbai Marines, Northern Challengers and UP Brij Stars putting on a festival of cricket in the Big Cricket League on Tuesday, there is plenty of pressure on the two games on Wednesday to deliver some more of the same!

We even saw an opening partnership of 207 between Shikhar Dhawan and Samiullah Shinwari so the top order batters in this Match 12 should also be looking to take advantage of the hard new ball at the start of both innings.

Only Rajasthan Regals are yet to put a point on the board and if Southern Spartans can win this game then the top of the table will suddenly become very congested.

It all promises to be another excellent contest in the 2024 Big Cricket League.

RECENT PERFORMANCE

SS

W L W L

SS

232/1 in 20.0 11.6

BCL

Southern Spartans beat Mumbai Marines by 52 runs 17 Dec 2024

MM

180/9 in 20.0 9

SS

171/10 in 20.0 8.55

BCL

UP Brij Stars beat Southern Spartans by 5 runs 16 Dec 2024

UPBS

176/7 in 20.0 8.8

RR

138/9 in 20.0 6.9

BCL

Southern Spartans beat Rajasthan Regals by 6 wickets 13 Dec 2024

SS

142/4 in 15.4 9.06

SS

203/4 in 20.0 10.15

BCL

Northern Challengers won by 6 wickets 12 Dec 2024

NC

205/4 in 18.4 10.98

MPT

W W W

NC

223/6 in 20.0 11.15

BCL

MP Tigers beat Northern Challengers by 12 runs 16 Dec 2024

MPT

235/3 in 20.0 11.75

UPBS

168/5 in 20.0 8.4

BCL

MP Tigers beat UP Brij Stars by 71 runs 15 Dec 2024

MPT

239/3 in 20.0 11.95

RR

163/9 in 20.0 8.15

BCL

MP Tigers beat Rajasthan Regals by 74 runs 14 Dec 2024

MPT

237/5 in 20.0 11.85

HEAD TO HEAD

TEAMS PREVIEW

Southern Spartans Preview

With Phil Mustard and skipper Suresh Raina in exceptional form, Southern Spartans were simply unstoppable on Tuesday and if the pair produce something similar in this game then MP Tigers could well find their 100% record at risk!

Former Durham keeper-batter Mustard hit a remarkable 24 boundaries (16x fours, 8x sixes) in his 69-ball unbeaten innings against Mumbai Marines and he impressed with his clean striking which saw him finish 140 not out. Raina finished the innings with a higher strike-rate and both will come into this game full of confidence.

With the ball, Milin Yadav stood out with 3/24 from his four overs but the main feature for Southern Spartans was six of their eight bowlers picking up at least one wicket. This team has plenty of match-winners with both bat and ball.

Southern Spartans Predicted Playing XI:

Solomon Mire, Phil Mustard, Suresh Raina (c), Faiz Fazal, Aman Khan, Milin Yadav, Abhimanyu Mithun, Santosh Yadav, Asmut Fayaz, Shrestha, Abdul Rehman

Southern Spartans Actual Playing XI:

Santosh Yadav, Milin Yadav, Shrestha, FY Fazal, Solomon Mire, Suresh Raina, Phil Mustard, Abhimanyu Mithun, Abhishek Sakuja, Aman Khan, Abhishek Yadav, Abdul Rehman

MP Tigers Preview

No team is able to win three in a row and top a T20 league without some significant batting strength and that is certainly the case for MP Tigers who come into this clash after their opening pair of Naman Ojha and Saket Sharma put on 152 in their last game.

Ojha was the top scorer in the fixture and went on to take the Player of the Match Award after hitting 102 not out from 55 balls with an innings which included 7x fours and 8x sixes. Batting at number four and five, skipper Yusuf Pathan (10 from 3 balls) and Pawan Negi (13 not out from 5 balls) also gave the end of the innings some momentum and the whole of the batting unit are strong.

With the ball, Dilshan Munaweera and A Faizal both picked up two wickets each in the last game and they are likely to be the biggest threat in this clash.

MP Tigers Predicted Playing XI:

Naman Ojha, Saket Sharma, Saumil Das, Yusuf Pathan (c), Pawan Negi, Peter Trego, Dilshan Munaweera, Amit Mishra, Sandeep Kumar, A Faizal, Abdul Bari

MP Tigers Actual Playing XI:

Dilshan Munaweera, Saket Sharma, Jatin Saxena, Stuart Binny, Naman Ojha, Pawan Negi, Sandeep Kumar, Daivik Nayak, Faizal A, Saumil Das, Peter Trego, Amit Mishra

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

The forecast remains very settled in Surat with sunny conditions expected throughout this game. The temperature will be up in the high twenties and the low thirties throughout with no expectation of any rain.

SS vs MPT Pitch Report

So far, the ground-staff at the Lalabhai Contractor Stadium have produced an exceptionally strong batting wicket in Surat and we expect more of the same in this game with a par score likely to be 210+.

Toss: To Bat

As the last seven games in the 2024 Big Cricket League have all been won by the team batting first, we anticipate that both captains will go out for the toss with the intention of batting first.