Southern Spartans will lock horns with Northern Challengers in the opening game of Big Cricket League 2024 (BCL 2024) at 7.30 PM on Thursday. The star studded Spartans line-up comprising of veteran Suresh Raina, Herschelle Gibbs, Abhimanyu Mithun will take on the Challengers whose line-up features Shikhar Dhawan, Darren Bravo, Upul Tharanga among other aspiring cricketers. The match is set to take place at Lalbhai Contractor Stadium, Vesu in Surat.
SS vs NC, pitch report and weather report
The pitch at Lalbhai Contractor Stadium in Surat is expected to heavily favour the batters, making stroke play easier. Bowlers are expected to get least assistance from the surface. The team batting first at the venue has won 55% of the matches.
SS vs NC, Dream11 prediction
Wicketkeepers: Upul Tharanga
Batters: Suresh Raina, Shikhar Dhawan, Darren Bravo, Herchelle Gibbs
All-rounders: Solomon Mire, Bipul Sharma, Ashish Tiwari
Bowlers: Abhishek Sakuja and Anureet Singh, Karthik RK
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SS vs NC, Big Cricket League squads
Southern Spartans: Suresh Raina, Solomon Mire, Abhimanyu Mithun, Faiz Fazal, Phil Mustard, Herchelle Gibbs, Abhishek Sakuja, Paul Valthaty, Asmut Fayaz, Abhishek Kumar Yadav, Milin Yadav, Santosh Yadav, Abdul Rehman, Aman Khan, Dinesh Chandrakant Bhunu, Sher Singh, Karthik RK, Shrestha
Northern Challengers: Shikhar Dhawan, Gurkeerat Singh, Dane Vilas, Upul Tharanga, Samiullah Shinwari, Darren Bravo, Anureet Singh, Bipul Sharma, Babar Ali, Sandeep Chauhan, Prakash Naskar, Mahaveer Singh Rathore, Bhuneshwar Pratap Singh, Rajat Singh, Vishal Prasad, Ashish Kumar Tiwari, Kundan Kumar, Srujan Shetty
