Who Will Win Madurai Panthers vs VB Kanchi Veerans Eliminator, TNPL 2019?
Defending champions Siechem Madurai Panthers will bid to keep their Tamil Nadu Premier League title defence alive when they face VB Kanchi Veerans in the eliminator play-off at Tirunelveli on August 11. The live action begins at 19:15 local time.
The Madurai Panthers won five group games, including their last three in a row (four including the super-over win against Ruby Trichy Warriors). They have excellent momentum and start this game as favourites.
VB Kanchi Veerans, who had to win their final game to seal their place in this tie, have already beaten the Madurai Panthers this season, however, with R Silambarasan in excellent form.
MAD vs VKV, TNPL 2019: Where to watch/Live streaming
TV channels: Star Sports
Live streaming: Hotstar
MAD vs VKV Toss Prediction
Though not the case in either of these team’s most recent fixtures, the trend still tends to be that Tiruneveli is better for batting first on. Siechem Madurai Panthers won the toss and did that when these teams last met. This time, they will hope to make better use of it if they do win the toss again.
MAD vs VKV Weather Report
There may be more cloud around for this later game, but the temperatures are still set to be close to 30 degrees Celsius and there is still very little chance of rain forecast.
MAD vs VKV Pitch Condition
Tirunelveli has definitely been a ground that has favoured bowling, particularly in the second innings. This will be the second match of the day and the pitch could turn by the end of the evening.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds and match prediction for MAD vs VKV Eliminator, TNPL 2019.....
Madurai Panthers Team News & Playing 11
MAD Team News
The Madurai Panthers made just one change last time out – MS Promoth replacing R Karthikeyan. That change could be reversed this time out though as the Madurai Panthers look to book their place in the final.
MAD Key Players
KB Arun Karthik: Led by his century against Lyca Kovai Kings, the Panthers’ captain has scored 281 runs so far with a strike rate of 146.35.
L Kiran Akash: Leading the Panthers’ wicket-taking charts with 14 from the seven group games That includes taking 3-23 in each of the last two games.
Rahil Shah: Took 3-13 in the final group game to move to ten wickets in six innings, with an economy rate of five runs per over so far in this year’s tournament.
MAD Team Form
Siechem Madurai Panthers finished the group stage with three outright wins in a row, as well as the super-over win against Ruby Trichy Warriors that preceded that. Their final two wins in achieved in very different circumstances. First they posted 172/7 and then restricted Chepauk Super Gillies to 139/8.
The Panthers then finished by bowling Karaikudi Kaalai out for 93 and scoring 97/8 in 18.1 overs to claim a two-wicket win in a low-scoring thriller.
Madurai Panthers Predicted Playing 11
Arun Karthik, Sarath Raj, Nilesh Subramanian (wk), Shijit Chandran (c), Jagatheesan Kousik, R Karthikeyan, Selva Kumaran, Abhishek Tanwar, R Mithun, Kiran Akash, Rahil Shah
VB Kanchi Veerans Team News & Playing 11
VKV Team News
The Kanchi Veerans made several tweaks to their starting line-up for the match against Ruby Trichy Warriors, which they won to book their place in this fixture of TNPL 2019. Suresh Lokeshwar was pushed up the order, R Silambarasan returned and P Sugendhran also came into the team. S Arun and Gowtham Thamarai were the two to make way. After winning that game with a tidy bowling performance and solid batting response, it is hard to see any changes for this match.
VKV Key Players
Baba Aparajith: His unbeaten half-century in the win against Ruby Trichy Warriors was his second of the tournament and moved him to 229 runs so far.
Rajagopal Sathish: The all-rounder has scored 161 runs at a strike rate of 182.95 so far, while also taking seven wickets with the ball with an economy rate of 5.87 runs per over.
R Silambarasan: Took five of his six wickets in this tournament when these two teams last met, posting figures of 5-17 to lead the Kanchi Veerans to victory.
VKV Team Form
Consecutive defeats to Chepauk Super Gillies and Dindigul Dragons had left the VB Kanchi Veerans needing to win their final game, against Ruby Trichy Warriors, to qualify for the play-offs.
The restricted the Trichy Warriors to 121/7 from their 20 overs, before captain Baba Aparajith’s unbeaten 50 from 39 balls – including four sixes – saw them claim a seven-wicket win with five balls to spare.
VB Kanchi Veerans Predicted Playing 11
K Vishal Vaidhya, Suresh Lokeshwar (wk), P Sugendhran, Baba Aparajith (c), R Sanjay Yadav, Rajagopal Sathish, P Francis Rokins, R Silimbarasan, NS Harish, Rangaraj Suthesh, R Aushik Srinivas
Madurai Panthers vs VB Kanchi Veerans Head to Head
Siechem Madurai Panthers have only beaten VB Kanchi Veerans once in four previous attempts – that win came last year. This year’s match between the teams saw the Panthers restricted to 138/9 as R Silambarasan claimed 5-17 with the ball. In reply, Suresh Lokeshwar’s unbeaten half-century led the Kanchi Veerans to a seven-wicket win.
MAD vs VKV Head to Head Stats
| Matches Played |
MAD Won |
VKV Won |
Tie |
No Result |
| 4 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
Madurai Panthers vs VB Kanchi Veerans Betting Odds
Siechem Madurai Panthers are 1.80 favourites to beat the VB Kanchi Veerans with Bet365. The Kanchi Veerans are 2.00 to win with Bet365.
🏆 Madurai Panthers vs VB Kanchi Veerans Prediction
Siechem Madurai Panthers finished the group stage in good form, bouncing back well from their defeat to the Kanchi Veerans, and they can carry that momentum into these play-offs too.
Aug 11, 2019
19:15 IST / 13:45 GMT
Indian Cement Company Ground - Tirunelveli, India
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