Nellai Royal Kings vs Madurai Panthers T20 Match Prediction & Betting Tips, TNPL 2023
Nellai Royal Kings and Siechem Madurai Panthers go head to head in the Eliminator of the 2023 Tamil Nadu Premier League on Saturday evening in Salem. The Royal Kings finished in third place in the group stage with 10 points. The Madurai Panthers finished two points behind in fourth spot. Read on as we preview this game. This clash begins at the Salem Cricket Foundation Ground at 19:15 local time.
Nellai Royal Kings come into this game off the back of a big win and finished only two points behind the top two sides in the group stage. They will fancy their chances of progressing in the competition in this fixture.
Siechem Madurai Panthers came through a close match with a win on Tuesday and their players will feel that they are playing at a high level. This will be another tough contest for the side.
Nellai Royal Kings vs Madurai Panthers T20 Live Streaming
Live Streaming: This match can be live streamed on FanCode.
NRK vs SMP Match Toss Prediction
The humidity levels are forecast to rise across this game so we predict that neither team will want to field in the most humid part of the match. We expect both skippers to choose to field first if they win the toss.
NRK vs SMP Pitch Report
We expect to see a surface which offers a good battle between bat and ball in this game. A team total of 170 will be very hard to chase down in the second innings of this Eliminator.
Salem Weather Report
There will be some clouds throughout this game but we also expect sunny spells in the earlier part of the match. Humidity levels will rise to almost 80% by the end of the fixture.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds, and match prediction for Nellai Royal Kings vs Madurai Panthers, Elimiator TNPL 2023
Nellai Royal Kings Team News & Playing 11
NRK Team News
Confidence is high in the Nellai Royal Kings after the side returned to winning ways as they closed off the group stage with an impressive 8 wicket win with 25 balls remaining. No injuries have been reported ahead of this knockout game.
NRK Key Players
- Guruswamy Ajitesh - The number three batter hit five fours and four sixes in Wednesday’s match. He has scored 261 runs across this year’s tournament so far.
- Arun Karthik - The skipper is one of only two players to have hit a century in the TNPL 2023. He struck 32 runs from only 12 balls in the last head to head game.
- M Poiyamozhi - The 32 year old returned his most expensive figures of the tournament in the last match but still picked up 2 wickets. He took 3-25 in his only appearance in Salem earlier in the competition.
NRK Team Form
Nellai Royal Kings have won three of their last four games with their last two victories by the margin of 8 wickets.
Recommended: Place bets on Cricket with Dafabet Mobile App
Nellai Royal Kings Predicted Playing 11
Arun Karthik (c), Laxmesha Suryaprakash, Guruswamy Ajitesh, Nidhish Rajagopal, Rithik Easwaran (wk), Sonu Yadav, T Veeramani, NS Harish, M Poiyamozhi, Mohan Prasath, Sandeep Warrier.
Madurai Panthers Team News & Playing 11
SMP Team News
When they last played at this venue, Siechem Madurai Panthers ran out as easy winners by 7 wickets with 18 balls remaining. We expect to see a very similar side picked for this game as who played in that fixture in Match 21. The Panthers have a fully fit squad to select from.
SMP Key Players
- Suresh Lokeshwar - The reliable keeper batter struck 44 runs in his last innings. He rarely throws his wicket away and allows other players to bat aggressively around him.
- Ajay Krishna - The pace bowler has excellent memories of playing in Salem. Earlier in the competition he took 4-18 and 2-6 at this venue.
- Gurjapneet Singh - The medium fast bowler has proven himself to be a very consistent wicket taker in the tournament. He has picked up 2 wickets in each of the last three matches.
SMP Team Form
Siechem Madurai Panthers lost their penultimate group stage game by 44 runs but got over the line with a 4 run victory against Tiruppur on Tuesday.
Madurai Panthers Predicted Playing 11
Suresh Lokeshwar (wk), Hari Nishaanth (c), V Aaditya, Swapnil Singh, Jagatheesan Kousik, Sri Abisek, P Saravanan, Andrew Subikshan, Murugan Ashwin, Gurjapneet Singh, Ajay Krishna
Nellai Royal Kings vs Madurai Panthers Head to Head
You have to go back to August 2019 to find the last time that Siechem Madurai Panthers beat Nellai Royal Kings. When the sides met earlier in this campaign, the Royal Kings won by 6 wickets with 38 balls remaining.
NRK vs SMP Head to Head Stats in T20's
| |
Matches Played |
NRK Won |
SMP Won |
Tie |
NR |
| Overall |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Last 5 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Nellai Royal Kings vs Madurai Panthers Betting Odds
The bookies are predicting a very close contest between the sides with Nellai Royal Kings the narrow favourites at 1.8. Siechem Madurai Panthers are the outsiders at 1.91.
Who will win Nellai Royal Kings vs Madurai Panthers T20 Match?
The group stage final placings showed that there is very little difference in talent between these sides. Both come into this match in good form but we think that Nellai Royal Kings have more match winners in their side.
Recommended: Best Cricket betting odds to place your bets with top online betting sites
🏆 Nellai Royal Kings vs Madurai Panthers Prediction
With the losing side knocked out of the tournament, this Eliminator on Saturday evening promises to be a game filled with entertainment and some nerves for the supporters of both teams. The Kings and the Panthers are both in strong form so we expect the match to come down to a brilliant individual performance on either side. Overall, we are backing Nellai Royal Kings to win as they have produced more match winning moments so far in the tournament.
Jul 08, 2023
19:15 IST / 13:45 GMT
SCF Cricket Ground - Salem, India
Leave Your Comment
We do our best to give you most accurate & useful match predictions and would love to hear from you. Let us know if we need to improve. Share your own predictions for the matches. Let's talk: