Helsinki Cricket Club are favourites to win
Helsinki CC will look to get back to winning ways when they take on GYM Helsinki Gymkhana in the Finnish T20 Premier League. The match takes place at the Kerava National Cricket Ground on June 17 and the live action gets underway at 17:30 local time.
Helsinki opened the tournament with two comfortable wins but were bowled out for 124 in pursuit of 162 to beat Greater Helsinki last time out. It was the defending champions’ first defeat of this year’s tournament.
GYM Helsinki Gymkhana were bowled out for 99 in their most recent match, meanwhile, leaving them with one win from three matches so far. Even then, they were bowled out for 107 – which is actually their highest score so far.
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Both teams were asked to bat second last time out and both teams will be keen to bat first this time, given it has generally been the more successful tactic.
There are showers forecast throughout the day, with the chance of rain hovering around 40 per cent into the evening.
The wet weather could slow things down at Kerava again, just as the wicket was starting to favour the batsmen.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds and match prediction for Helsinki CC vs GYM Helsinki Gymkhana, Finnish Premier League
After a poor batting performance last time out, Helsinki CC may revert to the team which won the second game and reverse some of the tweaks made last time out. Both Abdul Ahad Qureshi and Abdul Wahid Qureshi could be pushed up the order.
Khalid Rahman Mangal: Started the tournament in good batting form and continued that with four sixes in a 21-ball 36 last time out. He has now scored 97 runs from 61 balls in this year’s tournament.
Akhil Arjunan: Missed out last time out and his absence with bat and ball seems to have been felt – he has three wickets and some useful runs so far.
Ghulam Abbas Butt: Showed his big-hitting credentials at the top of the batting order with 40 runs in the second match and two sixes in his all-too-brief innings last time out, having earlier claimed 3-28.
Helsinki CC opened the tournament with two fairly comfortable wins, scoring 145/9 against Vantaa CC before restricting them to 110/8 before a 24-run win against Bengal Tigers in a match reduced to five overs per side.
Their batting form ran out last time, however, as they fell to 124 all out in 18 overs as they chased 162 to beat Greater Helsinki CC.
Khalid Rahman Mangal, Ghulam Abbas Butt, Zahidullah Kamal, Aniketh Pusthay (c, wk), Faheem Nellancheri, Abdul Ahad Qureshi, Adnan Syed, Obaidullah Sadiqui, Akhil Arjunan, Karthik Pavan Vurubandi, Abdul Wahid Qureshi
GYM Helsinki Gymkhana have still not struck upon their best batting line-up and after another low score last time out there could be further changes.
Pankaj Saharan: Took 2-12 in the opening game and 2-23 last time out, as well as a decent knock with the bat in the first match too.
Atti Rehman: Moved to five wickets in three games with his return of 1-21 last time out.
Muhammad Ghawas: Key to the win in the second match, with bat and ball, and was economical with his two overs last time out too.
GYM Helsinki Gymkhana have been bowled out for 104, 107 and 99 in their three games so far, though the middle of those turned out to be a winning score. Muhammad Ghawas took 3-14 to bowl them to victory against FPC but they lost to Bengal Tigers CC Thundercats last time out.
Shahid Gondal, Pankaj Saharan, Ahmad Jaleel, Simranjeet Brar (wk), Irfan Yousufzai, Faisal Shahzad (c), Muhammad Hassan, Muhammad Ghawas, Qais Yousufzai, Javed Jan, Atti Rehman
This is the first meeting between these two teams since last year’s league phase. Helsinki CC won the tournament last season, whereas GYM Helsinki Gymkhana just avoided relegation.
Helsinki suffered a first defeat last time out but they can prove it was just a blip.
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