MUM vs SAU Dream11 Team | Mumbai vs Saurashtra Syed Mushtaq T20 Trophy Match Preview | Team News & Fantasy Team
Mumbai take on Saurashtra in a significant match from Group C. The group toppers in Syed Mushtaq T20 Trophy will go against the 3rd placed team, with both the teams focused on winning. Mumbai know that a loss here could knock them off the top and Saurashtra will be aiming to get among the top 2 spots.
Match Details:
Venue – Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore
Date & Time – 28th Feb | 01:30 PM IST
The match between Mumbai and Saurashtra promises to be a fine spectacle. Two of the strongest teams in Group C will battle it out at the top of the group table. Saurashtra have 12 points from 4 games, while Mumbai have 16 points in 5 games so far.
Mumbai were cruising in the tournament when they fumbled against Railways in their last match. The Islanders had won 4 matches in 4, but the last match loss has hit them hard. Even though Mumbai maintain their first position based on Net Run Rate, Railways are a big threat. Having played a game less, Railways have as many points as Mumbai. Thus, Mumbai would go into the match knowing that any slip-ups here could cost them gravely.
The match between Mumbai and Saurashtra will be decided by the superiority in the batting department. Both the teams boast of great batsmen in the likes of Robin Uthappa, Cheteshwar Pujara, Surya Kumar Yadav, Rahane and Iyer. It goes without saying that some of these batsmen will decide the fate of the upcoming game with their quality. Yadav and Iyer, specifically, have been great for Mumbai in the campaign so far.
Head-to-head: (Last five games)
Mumbai – 2, Saurashtra – 3
The Squads
Mumbai – Ajinkya Rahane(c), Prithvi Shaw, Shreyas Iyer, Shardul Thakur, Dhawal Kulkarni, Siddhesh Lad, Aditya Tare, Suryakumar Yadav, Akash Parkar, Eknath Kerkar, Dhrumil Matkar, Shams Mulani, Shubham Ranjane, Tushar Deshpande, Royston Dias
Saurashtra – Aarpit Vasavada, Agnivesh Ayachi, Jay Chauhan, Divyaraj Chauhan, Yuvraj Chudasama, Harvik Desai, Sheldon Jackson, Dharmendrasinh Jadeja, Vishvaraj Jadeja, Chirag Jani, Prerak Mankad, Cheteshwar Pujara, Hardik Rathod, Chetan Sakariya, Jaydev Unadkat(c), Robin Uthappa
Probable Teams –
Mumbai – Shaw, Rahane(C), Iyer, Surya, Lad, Tare(WK), Ranjane, Mulani, Thakur, Dhawal and Deshpande.
Saurashtra – Pujara, Harvik (WK), Uthappa, Jackson, Vasavada, Mankad, Jadeja, Unadkat(C), Sakariya, Jay and Chirag Jani.
Fantasy picks from Mumbai –
Shaw | Iyer | S Yadav | A Rahane
Fantasy Picks from Saurashtra –
Harvik Desai | Robin Uthappa | C Pujara