Both the Madurai Panthers and the Royal Kings will seek a fresh and turnaround in fortunes when they will come off against each other in the 17th game of the ongoing edition of the Tamil Nadu Premier League.
Both the sides have tasted just one success in this edition of the tournament out of the three games each played this season.
The Panthers will be reliant on Arun Karthik and Jagatheesan Kousik while the Royal Kings will be banking on Baba Aparajith and Sanjay Yadav.
The sides have not enjoyed prolonged domination over each other with the Royals Kings having won three of the last five games between the sides while the Panthers have won two.
Match Details
Match: SMP vs NRK, 17th Match, Tamil Nadu Premier League 2021
Date: Friday, July 31, 2021
Time: 7:30 PM
Venue: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Pitch report
The surface at the MA Chidambaram Stadium is conducive for spinners but the onset of due in the latter part of the game can spoil the party. The team winning the toss should bowl first and reap all the advantages of the pitch before dew sets in should be the go-to mantra for the sides.
Probable XI
Madurai Panthers
Arun Karthik (wk), K Rajkumar, B Anirudh Sita Ram, NS Chaturved (c), Jagatheesan Kousik, M Shajahan, R Mithun, Ramalingam Rohit, R Silambarasan, Kiran Akash, Aushik Srinivas
Royal Kings
Baba Aparajith (c), Laxmesha Suryaprakash, Pradosh Ranjan Paul, Baba Indrajith (wk), Sanjay Yadav, NS Harish, Mohan Abhinav, Arjun Murthy, Sharun Kumar, T Ajith Kumar, V Athisayaraj Davidson
Fantasy XI
Baba Aparajith(C), Pradosh Ranjan Paul, Baba Indrajith, Arun Karthik(VC), Sanjay Yadav, Ramalingam Rohit, Jagatheesan Kousik, Athisayaraj Davidson, NS Harish, Aushik Srinivas, Kiran Akash