We recently shifted venues at KPL 2019 after 15 games at the Chinnaswamy, now moving to Mysuru for the latter half of the competition. We’ve had quite a few matches affected by rain so don’t be surprised if the team winning the toss wants to bowl first today. Another double header for 26th August and now, we’re looking into Match 18 – Belagavi Panthers vs Bijapur Bulls.
Being the defending champions, it hasn’t been a great season for the Bulls for far, with just a single victory in 4 games. For Belagavi too, it was 4 games and 1 victory but their smashing 9-wicket win against Shivamogga takes them to 2 wins in 5 games. For now, you can keep reading for our Rotobash (sign-up to get Rs.100 FREE) fantasy preview of the BP vs BIJ game…
Match info
- Series: 2019 Karnataka Premier League.
- Date/Time: 26th August 2019, 3:00pm IST
- Venue: Srikantadatta Narasimha Raja Wadiyar Ground, Mysore.
- Capacity: 15,000+
- Tournament status: Round Robin Stage.
Recent form
- BP: W W L NR L
- BIJ: L W L T W
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Numbers
- Manish Pandey since return to Belagavi – 102*, 58*, 53*.
- Bharat Chipli – 181 runs in 4 games at KPL 2019.
- Raju Bhatkal – 159 runs in 4 games at KPL 2019.
- H2H in last 4 completed games, these teams are tied 2-2.
- KC Cariappa – NO wickets in 4 games in KPL 2019.
Belagavi Panthers
I’m going to be tilting towards a Belagavi victory only because they were boosted by the return of Manish Pandey who scored a century and 2 fifties in his first three games at KPL 2019, yet to be dismissed. He’s a regular part of Team India and he’s way above the rest in this league. This may be his last game with Panthers for the season and if you’re playing one-on-one contests, pick him as your captain. If not, you can choose a more valuable pick.
Belagavi has suffered because of poor batting but their next best after Pandey is now Stalin Hoover thanks mostly to a belligerent 108* in their last victory against Shivamogga. He now has 137 runs to go with 2 wickets in 4 games in KPL 2019. With the ball, Zahoor Farooqui has been their most consistent with 5 wickets in the series, picking a wicket in every game he’s played so far, except for a couple.
Bijapur Bulls
Choose a 6-5 fantasy team in favour of Bijapur or maybe even a 7-4. The first one in that Rotobash (sign-up to get Rs.100 FREE) fantasy team should be the 36-year old Bharat Chipli who has had a fantastic couple of seasons of the Karnataka Premier League. He has a couple of fifties and his last score of 15 became his lowest so far in KPL 2019 and if you remember well, his lowest of 19 in KPL 2018 came in the final. Don’t miss this player.
Raju Bhatkal is close behind him with 159 runs in 4 games and 2 fifties as well. With the ball, Bijapur Bulls have suffered. However, there is a little bit of hope with the introduction of Suraj Kamath who has picked up 4 wickets in just 2 games and has already become their leading wicket-taker in KPL 2019. Also pick all-rounder Gneshwar Naveen who has 54 runs and 3 wickets this season with a best score of 45.
BP vs BIJ Betting
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