Cricket Free Tips | Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021, Semi-Final 2: Punjab vs Baroda

The semi-final 2 of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021 will be held at the Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad, played between Punjab and Baroda . The match will be kicked off on 29th January (Friday) at 19:30 (GMT+6). 

On Tuesday, Punjab won the first quarter-final against Karnataka. After winning the toss, they decided to field and, thanks to the likes of Arshdeep Singh, Sandeep Sharma and Ramandeep Singh, they went through Karnataka’s batting line-up. Punjab chased down the target of 88 runs with 9 wickets and more than seven overs in hand in the 2nd innings.

Baroda, one of the league’s consistent performers, has been at their best in the league. In the 3rd quarter-final of the season, they had a memorable win against Haryana. Baroda needed 18 runs from the last over and the Vishnu Solanki who is in good form finished the match in style in the last 3 deliveries by hitting 6, 4, 6. Both sides are in good form when they come to this match and aim to capitalise on their momentum to secure a spot in the finals.

Weather
Late in the night, there are chances of rainfall, but during the day it will be very hot. The temperature is going to hover about 35°C.

Pitch
It is expected that the weather on Friday will stay clear throughout the day. Temperatures will stay around 18 Degrees Celsius.

Average first innings score: 134 (Out of the 4 games played at this venue)
Chasing Teams Records: 3 Wins, 1 Lost, 0 Tied

Probable Playing XIs

Punjab:
Mandeep Singh (c), Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Anmolpreet Singh, Ramandeep Singh,  Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Siddarth Kaul, Abhishek Sharma, Harpreet Brar, Mayank Markande, Arshdeep Singh, Sandeep Sharma.

Baroda:
Kedar Devdhar (c), Abhimanyusingh Rajput, Smit Patel (wk), Vishnu Solanki,  Ninad Rathva, Bhanu Pania, Babashafi Pathan, Atit Sheth, Karthik Kakade, Bhargav Bhatt, Lukman Meriwala.

Punjab vs Baroda Dream11:
Kedar Devdhar (C), Siddarth Kaul (VC), Prabhsimran Singh, Smit Patel, Abhimanyusingh Rajput, Vishnu Solanki, Anmolpreet Singh, Ninad Rathva, Abhishek Sharma, Sandeep Sharma, Arshdeep Singh

Siddarth Kaul looks in excellent form with the ball and can deliver the breakthrough whenever the side needs it. It is advisable to select him as your Dream11 team’s Vice-Captain. It’s predicted Punjab will win this game！