TN vs SAU Dream11 Prediction, Fantasy Cricket Tips, Playing XI, Pitch Report & Injury Updates For Quarter Final 3 of Ranji Trophy 2024

Baba Indrajith, R Sai Kishore, and Cheteshwar Pujara are decent multiplier choices.

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Updated - 22 Feb 2024, 19:38 IST

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Tamil Nadu and Saurashtra will clash against each other in the third quarter-final of the Ranji Trophy 2023-24 at SNR College Cricket Ground in Coimbatore, starting on Friday, February 23. In the last five games between these two sides, Tamil Nadu bagged a win and the other four encounters ended in a draw.

Tamil Nadu, led by R Sai Kishore, topped the points table in Group C with four wins, one loss, and two drawn games in the group stage, bagging 28 points. They will be heavily relied on their all-round unit in this knockout encounter. Narayan Jagadeesan is the team's leading run-scorer with 775 runs from 10 innings while R Sai Kishore is leading the wickets column, scalping 38 wickets.

Saurashtra, on the other hand, finished the group phase with the second rank in Group A, registering four wins, suffering one loss, and drawing two games, racking up 28 points. They will be led by batter Arpit Vasavada. Cheteshwar Pujara, who has been axed from the Indian team, is the side's leading run-scorer with 781 runs from 11 innings while D Jadeja scalped 39 wickets to top the bowling standings for his team.

Match Information

Tamil Nadu vs Saurashtra, 3rd quarter final

Ranji Trophy, 23 Feb 2024, Fri, 9:30 AM IST ,Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai

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Weather Report

Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai

Haze

24.0Ā°C

64% (Humidity)

Team Form (Last 5 matches)

Tamil Nadu

W
T
W
W
W

Saurashtra

W
W
W
T
W

Players Stats in current Series

832 Runs

8Ā Matches

816 Runs

9Ā Matches

767 Runs

9Ā Matches

4

Prerak Mankad

SAU - all

541 Runs

7Ā Matches

5

502 Runs

8Ā Matches

6

Pradosh Ranjan Paul

TN - wk

482 Runs

7Ā Matches

1

RS Mokit Hariharan

TN - bat

100.00

1Ā Match

53 Wkts

9Ā Matches

46 Wkts

8Ā Matches

3

S Ajith Ram

TN - bowl

41 Wkts

8Ā Matches

4

Yuvrajsinh Dodiya

SAU -

28 Wkts

6Ā Matches

5

Parth Bhut

SAU - bowl

27 Wkts

5Ā Matches

6

24 Wkts

9Ā Matches

1

2.73

2Ā Matches

2

Aditya Jadeja

SAU - bat

2.83

2Ā Matches

3

S Mohammed Ali

TN - bowl

2.93

2Ā Matches

4

Chetan Sakariya

SAU - bowl

3.00

1Ā Match

3.20

2Ā Matches

3.42

9Ā Matches

Probable Playing XI

Tamil Nadu

S Lokeshwar, Narayan Jagadeesan (wk), P Ranjan Paul, B Indrajith, S Mohamed Ali, Vijay Shankar, RS Mokit Hariharan, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore (C), M Mohammed, S Ajith Ram, S Sandeep Warrier

Bench : Sai Sudharsan, Vimal Khumar, B Sachin, Washington Sundar, T Natarajan, H Trilok Nag, B Sachin, S Lokeshwar, Boopathi Kumar, Ajay Krishna, KR Sen, R Vimal Khumar, S Mohammed Ali

Saurashtra

Kevin Jivrajani, HM Desai (wk), SP Jackson, AV Vasavada (C), PN Mankad, CA Pujara, CS Jani, DA Jadeja, Yuvrajsinh Dodiya, Parth Bhut, Jaydev Unadkat

Bench : SS Patel, Aditya Jadeja, VM Jadeja, Devang Karamta, SB Vyas, Jay Gohil, KD Patel, Ankur Panwar, C Sakariya

Injury and availability news

It would be interesting to see if Sai Sudharsan and Washington Sundar make it to the TN's XI.

Pitch Report

The surface at the SNR College Cricket Ground in Coimbatore is expected to be a pretty good batting track initially with pacers getting good enough lateral movement. On the other hand, spinners will have their fair share in the latter stages of the game.

40%

Pace Bowling

50%

Spin Bowling

60%

Batting Pitch

292

Average Score

40%

Bowling Pitch

Player Picks

9
C

Baba Indrajith TN | BAT

Tamil Nadu's veteran batter Baba Indrajith has accumulated 606 runs from 10 innings at an average of 75.75 with two centuries and two fifties.

8.5
VC

Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore TN | BOWL

R Sai Kishore, the left-arm spinner, has scalped 38 wickets from 12 innings at an average of 20.78 with five four-wicket hauls and a fifer.

9

Cheteshwar Pujara SAU | BAT

Cheteshwar Pujara is Saurashtra's leading run-scorer, amassing 781 runs from 11 innings at an average of 78.1 with three centuries and two fifties.

9

Dharmendrasinh Jadeja SAU | BOWL

Jadeja is Saurashtra's leading wicket-taker, scalping 39 wickets from 12 innings. He has claimed three four-wicket hauls and as many fifers.

8

S Ajith Ram TN | BOWL

Left-arm spinner S Ajith Ram has picked up 36 wickets from 10 innings at an average of 13.52 with three four-wicket hauls and two fifers.

7.5

Yuvrajsinh Dodiya SAU |

Saurashtra's off-spinner Yuvrajsinh Dodiya has claimed 22 wickets from only 10 innings with his best figures being 4/55. His bowling would be crucial for his side in this big game.

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7.5

Washington Sundar

TN | ALL

Washington Sundar is currently a part of the Indian team set-up. It would be interesting if he would be released from the squad.

8

T Natarajan

TN | BOWL

T Natarajan wasn't part of the team's XI of late and he can be skipped from your team's XI.

Last Updated On - Feb 22 2024 7:38 PM

Players
11/11

Team 1

TN

7 : 4

SAU

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7.5/100

Head To Head
Narayan Jagadeesan

8.5

Cheteshwar Pujara

9

Baba Indrajith
C

9

Vijay Shankar

9

Parth Bhut

7.5

Pradosh Ranjan Paul

8.5

Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore
VC

8.5

Dharmendrasinh Jadeja

9

Yuvrajsinh Dodiya

7.5

S Ajith Ram

8

M Mohammed

8

Players
11/11

Team 1

TN

5 : 6

SAU

Credits Left
7/100

Grand League
Sheldon Jackson

8

Narayan Jagadeesan

8.5

Cheteshwar Pujara

9

Arpit Vasavada
C

8.5

Baba Indrajith

9

Prerak Mankad
VC

8.5

Parth Bhut

7.5

Pradosh Ranjan Paul

8.5

Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore

8.5

Dharmendrasinh Jadeja

9

S Ajith Ram

8

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