New Delhi: The Final Match of the Bihar Cricket League 2021 has begun between Patna Pilots and Darbhanga Diamonds at the Urja Stadium in Patna.
The Bihar Cricket League tournament will see Patna Pilots taking on Darbhanga Diamonds in the final on Friday. Patna Pilots will go into the fixture after a winning their last match against Angika Avengers. Batting first, Pilots scored a towering 167 and their bowlers performed brilliantly to restrict the Avengers within 150 runs. The most impressive part of the bowling unit was that they managed to pick up wickets at regular intervals.
On the other hand, Darbhanga Diamonds also displayed commanding display in their previous encounter and this will be a clash of titans.
League stage clash
(Result of the league stage clash)
When the two sides faced off in the league stage, the Darbhanga Diamonds won by a narrow margin of just one run. Patna Pilots were sitting at fourth position at the end of league stage, winning two of their four matches. Whereas, Darbhanga Diamonds secured the the second spot by winning three of their four league stage matches.
PP vs DD Weather Report for Final:
It will be a hot afternoon in Patna, with the temperature reaching 32 degrees Celsius along with 22 per cent humidity. There is no chance of precipitation during this match.
Pitch Report
The pitch is more preferable for batting but it has something for the bowlers as well. While the five games were won by teams batting first, seven matches ended with chasing teams’ victories. With the stakes high, both teams will look to bat first upon winning the toss.
Overall, 175-180 will be a good competitive score at this venue.
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PP vs DD Today’s Probable Playing XIs:
Patna Pilots
Sakibul Gani, Vijay Bharti, Mangal Mahrour (c), Sraman Nigrodh (wk), Shaseem Rathore, Akash Raj, Surya Vansham, Mohit Kumar, Animesh Kumar, Himanshu Singh, Samar Quadri
Bench:
Ankush Raj, Shishir Saket, Abhishek Kumar, Divyansh Raj, Pawan Kumar, Baljeet Singh, Sachin Kumar, Ashwani Kumar, Bhaskar Dubey, Rashmikant Ranjan, Khalid
Darbhanga Diamonds
Arnav Kishore, Bipin Saurabh (wk), Babul Kumar (c), Kumar Rajnish, Harsh Raj, Imtiaz Alam, Kundan Sharma, Paramjeet Singh, Prakash Babu, Shabbir Khan, Vipul Krishna
Bench:
Indrajit Kumar, Suraj Yadav, Kamaludin, Vikrant Singh, Dhiraj Singh, Suraj Chauhan, Rohit Kumar, Rahul Ratan
Today’s PP vs DD Probable Winners :
Patna Pilots are expected to win the match.
