India Capitals will lock horns against Bhilwara Kings in the final of the Legends League Cricket at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur on Wednesday. Both of these teams won three matches in the league stage. Both of them lost two games while one of their matches ended in a no result.
They have faced each other twice in the tournament and on both occasions, India Capitals have come out on top. The Capitals had won the first match by a huge margin of 78 runs while they won the second, which was the first qualifier, by four wickets.
Thus, the Gautam Gambhir-led will look to continue the good show against the Bhilwara Kings whereas the latter will aim to bounce back stronger.
For Bhilwara Kings, Yusuf Pathan has been in sublime form as he has scored 272 runs in eight matches and he is going to hold the key for the team. Furthermore, Fidel Edwards has taken 11 wickets in eight games for the Irfan Pathan-led team.
On the other hand, Hamilton Mazakadza has scored 261 runs for India Capitals in seven matches and he will aim to deliver for the team.
Match Prediction: India Capitals will enter the contest as favorites after having beaten the Bhilwara Kings on two occasions.
India Capitals Predicted XI: Dwayne Smith, Gautam Gambhir (c), Hamilton Masakadza, Ross Taylor, Dinesh Ramdin (wk), Ashley Nurse, Pankaj Singh, Liam Plunkett, Mitchell Johnson, Pravin Tambe, Pawan Suyal.
Bhilwara Kings Predicted XI: Morne Van Wyk (wk), William Porterfield, Shane Watson, Jesal Karia, Yusuf Pathan, Rajesh Bishnoi, Irfan Pathan (c), S Sreesanth, Fidel Edwards, Monty Panesar, Sudeep Tyagi.
India Capitals squad: Gautam Gambhir (C), Liam Plunkett, Rajat Bhatia, Hamilton Masakadza, Mashrafe Mortaza, John Mooney, Ravi Bopara, Pravin Tambe, Denesh Ramdin, Asghar Afghan, Mitchell Johnson, Prosper Utseya, Ross Taylor, Jacques Kallis, Ajantha Mendis and Pankaj Singh.
Bhilwara Kings Squad: Irfan Pathan (C), Yusuf Pathan, Monty Panesar, Naman Ojha (wicket-keeper), William Porterfield, Samit Patel, Fidel Edwards, Matt Prior (wicket-keeper), Nick Compton, Sreesanth, Tim Bresnan, Owais Shah, Tino Best, Sudeep Tyagi.
