Salem Spartans vs Lyca Kovai Kings T20 Match Prediction & Betting Tips, TNPL 2023
Match 19 of the 2023 Tamil Nadu Premier League brings Salem Spartans and Lyca Kovai Kings together at the Salem Cricket Foundation Stadium on Tuesday evening. The Spartans have won only one game so far whereas the Kovai Kings are top of the table with four wins from five matches. Read on as we preview this fixture. The game gets underway in Salem at 19:15 local time.
In their last game, Salem Spartans were easily beaten by Siechem Madurai Panthers who had previously not won a match. Their opponents in this match are a much stronger side than the Panthers.
Lyca Kovai Kings have played the best and most consistent cricket of all the teams in this year’s TNPL. They will be very confident of adding another win to their season in this game.
Salem Spartans vs Lyca Kovai Kings T20 Live Streaming
Live Streaming: This match can be live streamed on FanCode.
SS vs LKK Match Toss Prediction
Both of Sunday’s games in Salem were easily won by the teams batting first so we are predicting that both skippers will choose to bat first in this match.
SS vs LKK Pitch Report
Batters are getting more used to playing on this surface and we have seen totals increasing. A par score in the first innings of this game will be over 185.
Salem Weather Report
The forecast is for cloudy conditions with some sunny spells early on in the game. The temperature will drop no lower than 28 degrees although the humidity level with be high throughout.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds, and match prediction for Salem Spartans vs Lyca Kovai Kings, TNPL 2023
Salem Spartans Team News & Playing 11
SS Team News
The Siechem Madurai Panthers beat Salem Spartans with 42 balls remaining on Saturday and we would be very surprised if there are no changes ahead of this match. We expect Akash Sumra, who opened the batting in the last game, to lose his place in the side.
SS Key Players
- Amit Sathvik - The keeper-batter hit three boundaries on this pitch in the last game. He hit the highest total of all the eight top order batters for Salem Spartans.
- Sunny Sandhu - The 19 year old all-rounder has impressed with both bat and ball so far in the tournament. He took 1-13 and his 16 runs in the last game.
- Abhishiek Tanwar - The skipper top scored with 29 runs from 18 balls from number nine in the batting order line-up. He is also the most consistent bowler in the side.
SS Team Form
Although the Spartans beat Ba11sy Trichy by 5 wickets earlier in the campaign, they have since lost by 5 wickets and 7 wickets in their last two games.
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Salem Spartans Predicted Playing 11
Amit Sathvik (wk), Kaushik Gandhi, Maan Bafna, S Abishiek, J Gowri Sankar, Muhammed Adnan Khan, Sunny Sandhu, Ganesh Moorthi, Abhishiek Tanwar (c), Sachin Rathi, Rajendran Karthikeyan
Lyca Kovai Kings Team News & Playing 11
LKK Team News
The winning record of Lyca Kovai Kings has been very impressive but equally so has been their margin of victory. Even in their only defeat of the season, they were only beaten from the final ball of the game. There are no injuries in the squad ahead of this game.
LKK Key Players
- Sai Sudharsan - The exciting young left-hander has made scores of between 64 and 90 in four of his five innings in this tournament. Most bowlers have had no answer to his talent.
- Manimaran Siddharth - The left arm spinner had a slow start to the tournament but has now picked up five wickets from his last two appearances.
- Gowtham Thamarai Kannan - The 29 year old medium-fast bowler only bowled 19 balls in the last game but proved to be the major threat in this side.
LKK Team Form
Lyca Kovai Kings come into this game in brilliant form and a victory in this match will make it four successive victories in the TNPL 2023.
Lyca Kovai Kings Predicted Playing 11
S Sujay, Suresh Kumar (wk), Sai Sudharsan, Ram Arvindh, U Mukilesh, M Shahrukh Khan (c), M Mohammed, Manimaran Siddharth, Valliapan Yudheeswaran, Jhatavedh Subramanyan, Gowtham Thamarai Kannan
Salem Spartans vs Lyca Kovai Kings Head to Head
Lyca Kovai Kings won last year’s match between the sides by 8 wickets with 21 balls remaining. However, this was their first victory in this head to head fixture over the last five years.
SS vs LKK Head to Head Stats in T20's
| |
Matches Played |
SS Won |
LKK Won |
Tie |
NR |
| Overall |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Last 5 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Salem Spartans vs Lyca Kovai Kings Betting Odds
According to the bookies, Salem Spartans are the underdogs and can be backed at 3.25 ahead of this match. Lyca Kovai Kings are favourites at 1.30.
Who will win Salem Spartans vs Lyca Kovai Kings T20 Match?
Lyca Kovai Kings have produced excellent performances with both bat and ball so far this campaign. Player for player they look to be much stronger than Salem Spartans.
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🏆 Salem Spartans vs Lyca Kovai Kings Prediction
Looking at the players available for both sides and their records in the season so far, this looks like being a very one-sided game. Lyca Kovai Kings have strength in depth in both their batting and bowling departments and in Sai Sudharsan have the player of the tournament so far. Our prediction is for Lyca Kovai Kings to win.
Jun 27, 2023
19:15 IST / 13:45 GMT
SCF Cricket Ground - Salem, India
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