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In the 14th game of the tournament, the Southern Super Stars will be pitted against the Gujarat Giants in what is a high-stakes encounter for the former as they are languishing at the bottom of the table. They desperately need a win while the Giants are on the other end of the spectrum, comfortably placed in 2nd position. This will be the penultimate game of the league stage following which the knockouts will commence.
Match: Gujarat Giants vs Southern Super Stars, 14th match
Venue: Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam
Date & Time: 3rd December, 03:00 PM IST
Streaming Details: Star Sports Network and Hotstar
10 T20 internationals have been played at the Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam with the team batting second winning on 7 occasions which indicates that chasing is a good option on the surface.
The average first innings score is 128 while the number falls to 116 in the second innings. A glance at this stat gives the impression that this is a tough pitch to bat on. However, in the recent T20 International between India and Australia that was played at this ground, Australia made 208 which India chased down with a ball to spare. Owing to which, it should not come as a surprise if tomorrow’s encounter is a high-scoring one.
Today, the India Capitals will be up against the Manipal Tigers at this very ground, a game that the Stars and Giants might want to follow closely for a cue on how the surface will behave.
Southern Super Stars: Dilshan Munaweera, Upul Tharanga (wk), Srivatsa Goswami, Ross Taylor (c), Chaturanga de Silva, Rajesh Bishnoi, Pawan Negi, Bipul Sharma, Suranga Lakmal, Hamid Hasan, Ashok Dinda
Gujarat Giants Playing XI: Chris Gayle, Jacques Kallis (C), Kevin O’Brien, Elton Chingumbra, Chirag Khurana, Parthiv Patel (WK), Dishant Yagnik, Liam Plunkett, S Sreesanth, Rayad Emrit, Sarabjit Ladda
Wicketkeepers: Upul Tharanga
Batters: Chris Gayle, Jacques Kallis
Allrounders: Rajat Bhatia (c), Seekugge Prasanna, Chaturanga de Silva, Pawan Negi (vc),
Bowlers: S. Sreesanth, Johan Botha, Ashok Dinda, Suranga Lakmal
Wicketkeepers: Sreevats Goswami
Batters: Chris Gayle (c), Jacques Kallis, Ross Taylor
Allrounders: Rajat Bhatia, Seekugge Prasanna, Chaturanga de Silva (vc)
Bowlers: S. Sreesanth, Johan Botha, Ashok Dinda, Suranga Lakmal