Who Will Win Karaikudi Kaalai vs TUTI Patriots, TNPL 2019?
Karaikudi Kaalai and TUTI Patriots will both be desperate for a win when they take on each other on the 1st of August. This 17th fixture of the Tamil Nadu Premier League 2019 will be played at the NPR College Ground in Dindigul. Live telecast of the match is scheduled to begin at 7:15 PM local time.
Both the teams are coming into this game on the back of heavy defeats in their last match. Karaikudi Kaalai faced Dindigul Dragons at Tirunelveli last time. Srikkanth Anirudha's magnificent 98 took Karaikudi to a competitive total of 158 but the Dragons needed only their opening pair to reach the target as they ended up winning by 10 wickets. TUTI Patriots were up against VB Kanchi Veerans in their previous match which too was played at Tirunelveli. The Patriots elected to bowl first but could not prevent the Veerans from racking up a big total. In their chase of 194, the Patriots finished at 135/8 to fall short by 58 runs.
KK vs TP, TNPL 2019: Where to watch/Live streaming
TV channels: Star Sports
Live Streaming: Bet365, Hotstar
KK vs TP Weather Report
There will be a full game of 40 overs as no rain is expected on Thursday. However, there could be plenty of cloud cover in the evening. Temperature will range from 27 to 32 degrees Celsius while humidity is likely to be between 42% and 63%.
KK vs TP Pitch Condition
The pitch at Dindigul has been pretty good for batting as there have been several 150+ scores here already. There could be a fair amount of assistance for the seamers due to the cloudy conditions.
KK vs TP Toss Prediction
Since the pitch is unlikely to change after the first-half of the match, the team that wins the toss will probably prefer to chase as it will allow them to pace their innings according to the required run-rate.
Read on for team previews, betting odds, betting tips and predictions for Karaikudi Kaalai vs TUTI Patriots, TNPL 2019...
Karaikudi Kaalai Team News & Playing 11
KK Team News
Karaikudi Kaalai made as many as four changes to their team last time after their big defeat against Chepauk Super Gillies. They dropped wicketkeeper R Kavin and brought in Dinesh Karthik, though he could not make much impact with the bat against Dindigul Dragons. Laxmesha Suryaprakash replaced V Aditya at the opening position while bowlers Yo Mahesh and S Swaminathan were replaced by seamers RD Ashwin Kumar and Velidi Lakshman. Despite being outplayed in the last match, Karaikudi might show faith in the current eleven and go into this game unchanged.
KK Key Players
Srikkanth Anirudha: With 168 runs at an average of 42 and strike-rate of 160, the skipper is one of the leading run-getters of the TNPL 2019. He has struck a couple of half-centuries already - 58 in the first game against Ruby Trichy Warriors and 98 off 59 balls in the last game against Dindigul Dragons.
Dinesh Karthik: The wicketkeeper has a lot of experience of playing at the international level and normally does not consume too many deliveries to get his eye in. Karthik looked promising in his knock of 17 last time and he will be the key man for his side at number three.
Sunil Sam: The pace bowler has so far taken the most wickets for Karaikudi Kaalai this year - six wickets in four matches at an economy of 8.13. He notched up a couple of scalps in each of his first three games and conceded the least runs last time against Dindigul Dragons.
KK Recent Form
Karaikudi Kaalai currently find themselves languishing in the seventh place with two points on the TNPL 2019 points table having won one and lost three out of the four matches that they have played so far this season. Their opening encounter against Ruby Trichy Warriors ended in a tie before they sealed a comfortable win in the Super Over. Karaikudi have since not been able to register a win and have faced defeats in their last three matches on the bounce. Their last match was against Dindigul Dragons which they lost by ten wickets.
Karaikudi Kaalai Predicted Playing 11
Laxmesha Suryaprakash, Srikkanth Anirudha (c), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Maan Bafna, Rajhamany Srinivasan, M Shajahan, R Rajkumar, RD Ashwin Kumar, Sunil Sam, S Mohan Prasath, Velidi Lakshman
TUTI Patriots Team News & Playing 11
TP Team News
Tuti Patriots made only one change in their line-up in the previous game against VB Kanchi Veerans - they brought A Venkatesh in place of Nidish Rajagopal in the middle order. Venkatesh made a four-ball duck in that match but the team could give him another opportunity to stake his claim for a place in the side. Murugesan Kamlesh, who was promoted to the opening spot last time, is likely to open again alongside Akshay Srinivasan which means Sivagnanan Senthilnathan would be batting down the order. The Patriots will probably hand over the new balls to pacers V Athisayaraj Davidson and Tamil Kumaran.
TP Key Players
Akshay Srinivasan: He has been the most consistent performer with the bat for the Tuti Patriots having scored 124 runs in four matches. The opener had cracked a fifty in the first match against Madurai Panthers and the team will be expecting him to replicate that performance and take them off to a good start.
Tamil Kumaran: He has been the pick of the bowlers for the Patriots this season with five wickets. However, he has been a little too expensive at an economy of 9.84. The pacer took two wickets each against Lyca Kovai Kings and Dindigul Dragons. The team will rely heavily on him to pick up wickets in the powerplay.
A Venkatesh: He can make handy contributions with the bat in the middle order in addition to providing breakthroughs with the ball. The all-rounder played his first game of the season last time against VB Kanchi Veerans and snared key scalps of S Siddharth and Sanjay Yadav. He did not trouble the scorers in that game and will look to put on a good show with the bat this time around.
TP Recent Form
Tuti Patriots are lying one place above Karaikudi Kaalai on the TNPL 2019 leaderboard on account of a slightly superior net run-rate. They too have won one and lost three of their first four matches and have a couple of points in their kitty. They started their campaign off with a heavy nine-wicket loss against Madurai Panthers but then secured their first win of the season, beating Lyca Kovai Kings by six runs (VJD method). The Patriots, however, lost their next two fixtures including the most recent encounter against VB Kanchi Veerans by 58 runs.
TUTI Patriots Predicted Playing 11
Akshay Srinivasan, Murugesan Kamlesh (wk), V Subramania Siva (c), S Abishiek, A Venkatesh, Vasanth Saravanan, Sivagnanan Senthilnathan, SP Nathan, M Ganesh Moorthi, Tamil Kumaran, V Athisayaraj Davidson
Karaikudi Kaalai vs TUTI Patriots Head to Head
Karaikudi Kaalai and TUTI Patriots have faced each other thrice in the Tamil Nadu Premier League (once in each of the previous three seasons) with the latter holding a 2-1 advantage.
While the first of those matches in 2016 was won by Karaikudi, the two most recent encounters - in 2017 and 2018 - have been won by the Patriots.
When the two teams met last year at Tirunelveli, Karaikudi Kaalai posted 164/6 on the board after being put into bat first by Tuti Patriots who chased down that total in the final over to win the match by four wickets.
KK vs TP Head to Head Stats
| Matches Played |
KK Won |
TP Won |
Tie |
No Result |
| 3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
🏆 Karaikudi Kaalai vs TUTI Patriots Prediction
Karaikudi Kaalai and TUTI Patriots currently find themselves in a spot of bother and they need to pull up their socks and start winning some games as the tournament enters the second-half of its league phase. The former are coming off three consecutive losses while the latter have suffered defeats in their last two matches. The Patriots have the upper hand in terms of head-to-head count as they beat Karaikudi in their previous two meetings. Karaikudi, however, have a stronger batting line-up with the likes of Dinesh Karthik and Srikkanth Anirudha who was one of the tournament's best batsmen in the previous edition. Though they need to make some improvements in their bowling department, we still feel they have a good chance of beating the Patriots this time around.
Final Verdict: Back Karaikudi Kaalai to beat TUTI Patriots.
Aug 01, 2019
19:15 IST / 13:45 GMT
NPR College Ground - Dindigul, India
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