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CLAIM NOWToss Winner - Saudi Arabia won the toss and choose to bowl first
Saudi Arabia beat Cambodia by 5 wickets
Cambodia look for their first win
Saudi Arabia to win
Tournament: | ICC Men's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier B, 2024 |
Format: | t20 |
Venue: | University of Doha for Science and Technology - UDST, Qatar, Qatar |
Toss Prediction: | To Bat |
Weather: | 25.4°C|Sunny |
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Saudi Arabia will be keen on carrying their winning momentum ahead and clinching another victory against a struggling Cambodia. After two back-to-back defeats, Saudi Arabia finally ed their first win of the tournament.
There are many positives for Saudi Arabia coming into this match. After their 3-run defeat in the opening match, the bowlers bounced back well and have been on top of their game. The batters are also back in form with the skipper scoring a fifty in the middle-order.
Cambodia’s batting graph has dropped considerably after a good start to the tournament. They fell 16 runs short of the 178-run total in the first T20I and finished with 132 for 5 in the next outing.
In their recent and third straight loss, Cambodia finished with 122 for 8 while chasing 171 runs. They haven’t got many reliable batters in the side with only Luqman Butt and Sahaj Chadha delivering consistently.
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Thailand beat Cambodia by 16 runs
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It will be very crucial to win this match for Saudi Arabia if they wish to stay in the race to qualify for the Men’s T20 World Cup. They are at number 4 right now trailing behind Thailand and Qatar both of whom have 4 points.
Skipper Waji Ul Hasan will be expecting his bowlers to deliver another impressive performance and put Cambodia on the back foot early on. He’s got a fifty to his name in the recent outing against Bhutan and will be confident at number 4.
He’s got Faizal Khan at the top going at an impressive strike rate and delivering consistently. While the centurion from the opening match Abdul Waheed Gaffar hasn’t looked in great touch recently, he is one to watch out for.
Though Saudi Arabia scored 170 and more twice in their last 3 outings, it has been only a few players who managed to make an impact for the side. They need others like Usman Khalid and Abdul Wahid to also rise to the occasion and make a significant contribution with the bat.
Manan Ali is another key player in the middle-order who looks promising and can deliver a handy knock for Saudi Arabia. In the bowling department, the in-form Ishtiaq Ahmed will be leading the attack with his medium-pace bowling. Usman Khalid and Shazaib are among other promising bowlers in this squad who can make a big impact.
Abdul Waheed Ghaffar, Faisal Khan, Usman Khalid, Waji Ul Hassan (c), Ishtiaq Ahmad, Shahzaib, Sidharth Sankar (wk), Abdul Wahid, Usman Najeeb, Abdul Manan Ali, Zain Ul Abidin
Shahzaib , Waji UI Hassan, Abdul Waheed, Zain ul Abidin, Usman Najeeb, Abdul Manan Ali, Faisal Khan, Ishtiaq Ahmad, Abdul Wahid, Sidharth Sankar, Usman Khalid
Cambodia’s batting is in deep trouble and with 3 straight losses, their chances of reaching the next round of the T20 World Cup Qualifier have diminished greatly.
Sahaj Chadha and Luqman Butt are their key batters at 4 and 6 respectively. Butt has looked promising throughout but the lack of contributions from the rest has put a serious dent in the team’s overall batting performance.
After successive failures, opening batter Lakshit Gupta was finally in good rhythm as he scored 49 off 46 balls against Qatar. Cambodia have been trying a few variations in the middle order by changing the positions of their batters like Uday Hathinjar and Shah Abrar Hussain.
However, nothing has worked for them with neither of these two batters making a significant impact at any position in the middle or lower middle order. Skipper Gulam Chughtai has a huge challenge at hand as they take on an in-form Saudi Arabia.
Cambodia will need a stronger bowling performance to restrict Saudi Arabia’s batting. The skipper himself is the key bowler and will lead the bowling attack for the team.
There are other wicket-takers in the side too and that makes Saudi Arabia look promising on the paper at least as far as the bowling is concerned. Utkarsh Jain and Sahaj Chadha are other key bowlers to watch out for in this squad.
Salvin Stanly, Lakshit Gupta, Sahaj Chadha, Uday Hathinjar (wk), Luqman Butt, Etienne Beukes, Shah Abrar Hussain, Gulam Murtaza (c), Utkarsh Jain, Phon Bunthean, Nived Gireesh
Etienne Beukes, Lakshit Gupta, Phon Bunthean, Salvin Stanly, Luqman Butt, Nived Gireesh, Sha Hussain, Mahaj Midda Sahaj Chadha, Uday Hathinjar, Gulam Murtaza, Utkarsh Jain
It will be clear and mostly sunny on the match day in Doha around the game time. There are no predictions for rain or clouds and we should have a complete, uninterrupted T20 game between two teams desperate for a win.
It is a bowling-friendly pitch that has seen some good batting performances but is mostly dominated by pacers. Having runs on the board is a good strategy on this pitch since chasing down a competitive score will be a tough ask for any side. The average 1st innings score in T20Is at this venue is 151 runs. For a match-winning total, we reckon the team batting first will be looking for something over 170-175 runs.
Teams batting first have won 4 of the 6 matches in this tournament played at this venue so far. Saudi Arabia have recently defended a total at this exact venue against Bhutan winning the match by a huge margin and should consider batting first if they win the toss.
Things have taken a bad turn for Cambodia and it doesn’t look like they are anywhere closer to their first victory. Saudi Arabia, on the other hand, have momentum and good batting form on their side, and with the recent bowling effort that led them to their first win, they will have the upper hand coming into this match. Saudi Arabia will start as favorites in our match prediction.
Saudi Arabia to win
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