The local T20 competition sorted out by Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) will come full circle with the grand finale at Mysore (Srikantadatta Narasimha Raja Wadiyar Ground) on September 6. Upwards of seven teams will fight it out among each other in the T20 alliance.
The three matches has been already played and outcomes were not much surprising. Bengaluru blasters, Hubli Tigers and --- shown good cricket and won their first matches. Now time of another interesting match i.e. Hubli Tigers Vs Shivamogga which is going to be held at Hubli on 19th august.
Hubli Tigers
The Tigers have had a decent last couple of seasons as they completed sprinters up and semi-finalists in 2016 and 2017 respectively. Hubli Tigers had a good performance and has won their first match against Bijapur Bulls, Tigers win by four wickets and with 7 balls to spare. If we look at the team tiger’s last season performance they played the finals and were at the second position in table. Now, again they have to play against Shivamogga Lions who defeated them in season 6 finale. Hubli Tigers will be in mood to take the revenge of their previous defeat, Captain R Vinay Kumar has dependably been a key figure for them and he has contributed enormously with both bat and ball. They've held Abhishek Sakuja, who was the most elevated wicket-taker for them a year ago and the mix of Vinay Kumar and Sakhuja will be imperative for them. They have picked Abhishek Reddy from the closeout, who scored 154 runs last season.
Squad :
Vinay Kumar(c), Abhishek Reddy, Abhishek Sakuja, Praveen Dubey, Kranthi Kumar, Mayank Agarwal, Mohammed Taha, Nitin Bhille, Anil I G, Rahul Naik, Sunil Kumar Jain, AM Kiran , Vidyadhar Patil, Vidhwath Kaverappa, Ram Sarikh Yadav, Suraj Seshadri, Sujit N Gowda, Shivraj S
Shivamogga Lions
Shivamogga Lions the winner of Season 6 2017, are going to play their first match of edition 7 against the Hubli Tigers, the team who they defeated last year in finals. Shivamogga have their plans in place, their playing philosophy well ingrained. If they can put them into action, there can be no stopping them. They give off an impression of being a decent side on paper and will look keep on building on their last year's performance.
Squad: Aniruddha Joshi (c), Mohammad Sarfraz Ashraf, Nihal Ullal, Liyan Khan, Abhimanyu Mithun, BR Sharath, Jonathan Rongsen, Kishore Kamath, Bharath Duri, Prithviraj Shekhawat, Sankalp Shailendra Shettennavar, Nishant Shekawat, Syed Moinuddin, Aditya Somanna, Rohit K, Sharath Srinivas, Hoysala K, Abilash Shetty.
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