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Global T20: Surrey’s Last Hope of Survival

August 6, 2024

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The 2024 Global T20 League is at the fag end of its league stages and each time will be looking to strengthen their position for the playoffs. Match 16 of the competition will feature the Surrey Jaguars and the Bangla Tigers Mississauga at the CAA Centre, Brampton.

The Bangla Tigers have played five matches and earned six points with three wins. With a couple of matches left, they’re positioned fourth in the league table. Meanwhile, the Jaguars are positioned just below their upcoming opposition with three points from five matches. They will have to win their next two games to increase their chances for the Global T20 knockouts.

Ahead of the clash, let us quickly look at the probable playing, match prediction, pitch report and top players for the particular Global T20 encounter.

CAA Centre, Brampton Pitch Report

The batting first team usually has a better advantage in the venue. However, the teams batting second have earned victory in three out of the last four games. The wicket tends to be slower, so attacking inside the powerplay is one method to score quickly. The pacers are getting a lot of wickets while there is assistance for the spinners too. Batting isn’t quite easy here.

CAA Centre, Brampton Pitch Stats

Total Matches: 17 (GT20 2024)
Matches won batting first: 8
Matches won bowling first: 7
N/A: 2
Average 1st innings Score: 148
Average 2nd innings Score: 119

SJ vs BTM Probable Playing XI

Surrey Jaguars: Kyle Mayers, Mansab Gill, Shreyas Movva (wk), Brandon McMullen, Marcus Stoinis (c), Mohammad Nabi, Sunil Narine, Hamza Tariq, Harmeet Singh, Logan van Beek, Ben Lister

Bangla Tigers Mississauga: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Hazratullah Zazai, Muhammad Waseem, Shakib Al Hasan (c), Iftikhar Ahmed, Rayyan Pathan, David Wiese, Gurpal Sidhu, Ali Khan, Shoriful Islam, Dillon Heyliger

SJ vs BTM Top Players Predictions

Marcus Stoinis (SJ): The Australian all-rounder has developed into an excellent player in this format. Stoinis performed key game-changing roles for his country during the recently concluded T20 World Cup in the West Indies and the United States of America. He has bashed 132 runs in four innings at an impressive average of 44.0. The three-dimensional player scored 57 in their recent game and is the fourth-highest run-getter in the Global T20.

David Wiese (BTM): The Nambian retired professional has been doing all the tricks with the bat and ball in the ongoing Global T20. Wiese has bagged eight wickets in the tournament and has the ability to mix deceptive slower ones with the pace-don deliveries. He has also contributed with the bat on various occasions.

Rahmanullah Gurbaz (BTM): The wicketkeeper-batter has scored 96 runs in the tournament so far and is their second-highest run-getter in the ensuing Global T20. He was splendid with the bat for Afghanistan during the recently concluded T20 World Cup 2024 and would look to transcend his good form in the franchise tourney.

SJ vs BTM Hit or Miss Prediction

Sunil Narine (SJ): The pack’s leader has bagged eight wickets from five matches so far. He has a bowling average of 13.38 in the Global T20. Despite an off form with the bat, he would like to pinch hit lower down the order and play cameos.

SJ vs BTM Conditions-based Predictions

Teams chasing have started to win more matches in recent times.
Batting is extremely difficult.
Both pacers and spinners get purchase off the wicket.

SJ vs BTM Match Predictions

According to the betting odds, both teams have a fragile top order. The Surrey side are likely to get an early setback before 15.5 runs (1.85) while the Tigers are likely to have an opening stand less than 18.5 runs (1.85). Also, the total wickets in the game are likely to be over 13.5(1.70).

SJ vs BTM Winner Prediction

Despite losing a couple of games, the Tigers have been a force to reckon with. They stand as favourites against the Jaguars in the upcoming Global T20 clash.