In the fifth match of the ongoing European Cricket Series (ECS) Malta 2020 tournament, American University of Malta (AUM) is going to clash against Atlas UTC Knights CC (AUK) . The match is scheduled on 25th November, 2020 and it will be streamed live on FanCode at 12:30 PM Local Time (5:00 PM IST) onwards.
The two teams are all set to face each for the second time during the same day of the league at Marsa Sports Club. Both the teams would be eager to win on a winning note as it’ll be their second game.
A new side in the European Cricket Network, American University of Malta first played Maltese cricket earlier this year. The well-balanced team led by Jitesh Kumar Patel will be trying to start with a win in the ECs.
Having started to play hard-ball cricket in 2019, Atlas UTC Knights CC won the Malta T20 tournament earlier this year. In that tournament, the team led by Sujesh K Appu were unbeaten and is likely to have a good start in the ECS.
Both teams have a good line-up of players, AUM having effective all-rounders in their ranks and AUK boasting of some quality players in their ranks. Here is our attempt to look at the probable AUK vs AUM playing 11 and AUK vs AUM Dream 11.
AUK vs AUM Squads to choose from:
AUK Squad:
Samuel Mangat Stanislaus, Sujesh K Appu, Alameen Begham, Bose Paul, Avinash Dileep, Justin Shaju, Ciril Mathew, Asif Sha, Niyas Pullariyil Muhammed, Muhanned Jameel Subair, Eldhose Mathew, Nithin K Babu, Nithin Sunny, Manoj Salikumar Panicker, Basil George, Ajay John, Akash Lal Remesan.
AUM Squad:
Zoheb Malek, Jitesh Kumar Patel, Shubham Patel, Darshanik Gohil, Tarak Shah, Amandeep Ralhan, Darshit Patankar, Abhishek Prajapati, Saneesh Kumar, Nishit Bhatt, Prithvi Chauhan, Rammohan Gardas, Girish Bapathu, Mittul Patel, Asif Ali Khan, Akhil Konda.
Predicted Playing XI:
AUK:
Basil George, Eldhose Mathew, Samuel Mangat Stanslaus, Alameen Begham, Avinash Dileep (wk), Sujesh K Appu (c), Bose Paul, Ciril Mathew, Asif Shah, justin Shaju, Nithin K Babu
AUM:
Saneesh kumar, Darshit Patankar (wk), abhishek Prajapati, Zoheb Malek, Prithvi Chahuhan, Amandep Ralhan, Jitesh Kumar Patel (c), Mittul Patel, Darshanik Gohil, Shubham Patel, Girish Bapathu.
AUM vs AUK Weather Report for Match 5:
During the course of the match, the skies will remain cloudy and there are chances of rainfall at Malta with around 40% precipitation. Temperature is expected to be around 18 degree Celsius.
Pitch Condition:
At this venue, the pitch is a batting paradise as the batsmen enjoy dominating the bowlers on the track.
