Pitch Report:
Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground
Wicket should be batting friendly as per the last season.
Average score in the last season: 116
UNITED Team Preview:
They are a good team and are the runner ups of the last season.
Team Preview as per European cricket website:
United, runners-up last term, will be led by Romania skipper Ramesh Satheesan who recently broke Yuvraj Singh’s T20 record for the highest strike rate in an innings for a 50+ score in international cricket.
Formed in 2011, United started with a bang by winning their first of four Romania national T20 titles in their debut season.
United are the most successful club in the history of Romanian cricket in terms of silverware.
Captain: Ramesh Satheesan
Regular WK: Rohit Kumar
Likely Top 4 Batting Order: Ramesh Satheesan, Rohit Kumar, Shantanu Vashisht, Stan Ahuja/Dharmendra Manani
Likely Opening Bowlers: Shantanu Vashisht and Rajesh Kumar
Spin Option(s): Syed Ali Zain, Ali Hussain, Ramesh Satheesan
KEY PLAYERS
Ramesh Satheesan, captain and hard hitting opening batsman who racked up 158 runs at a SR of 208 last summer. Can also bowl spin to great effect.
Rajesh Kumar, one of the best bowlers in Romania. A genuine wicket taker, who can swing the new ball both ways and is excellent in the death overs with yorkers and slower balls. Scored 97 runs in four innings last summer and picked up five wickets as well.
Stan Ahuja , recent winning experience for Royal Tigers in Hungary. Safe pair of hands behind the stumps and contributes valuable runs.
Probable11 of the team:
Ramesh Satheeshan:
Rohit Kumar: (Opened in the recent T20 matches and was in very good form)
Shantanu Vashistha(Played from the national team):
Sudeep Thakur:
Ali Hussain:
Dharmendra Manani:
Stan Ahuja:
Rajesh Kumar:
Aftab Kayani(Played from the national team):
Syed Ali Zain:
Ali Zawwar:
Full Stats and Analysis of the players(Last Season and Overall T20):
Jawad Ali: 14 M, 13 I, 109 R, 9.91 A, 75.69 SR+ 1 I, 1 O, 0 W, (T20)
Lalit Panjabi: 4 M, 1 I, 7 R, 7.0 A, 140.0 SR(L.S) and 13 M, 7 I, 55 R, 11.0 A, 88.71 SR+ 1 I, 1 O, 0 W, (T20)
Stan Ahuja: 4 M, 2 I, 43 R ( ECS Hungary T10)
Ali Hussain(1-3D): 5 M, 4 I, 105 R, 35.0 A, 143.84 SR+ 5 I, 14.2 O, 3 W, (T20)
Ramesh Satheesan(Opener, Captain of national team):
LS: 5 M, 5 I, 158 R, 39.50 A, 207.89 SR+ 5 I, 9 O, 6 W,
T20: 26 M, 26 I, 991 R, 43.09 A, 154.60 SR+ 18 I, 36 O, 11 W,
T20I: 13 M, 11 I, 417 R + 9 I, 9 W
Laurentiu Gherasim: 2 M, 2 I, 9 R, 4.50 A, 128.57 SR+ 3 I, 7.5 O, 1 W, (T20)
Dharmendra Manani:
LS: 5 M, 4 I, 21 R, 7.0 A, 210.0 SR+ 5 I, 7 O, 2 W,
Kautubh Chavan:
L.S: 1 M, 1 I, 1 R
T20: 16 M, 11 I, 152 R, 15.20 A, 74.88 SR+ 4 I, 5.4 O, 3 W,
Shantanu Vashisht:
L.S: 5 M, 5 I, 74 R, 14.80 A, 168.18 SR+ 5 I, 9.1 O, 2 W
Rajesh Kumar:
L.S: 5 M, 4 I, 97 R, 24.25 A, 194.0 SR+ 5 I, 9 O, 5 W,
T20: 14 M, 12 I, 210 R, 21.0 A, 119.32 SR+ 14 I, 46 O, 11 W,
Divakharr Sundarajan:
Sudeep Thakur(Open-2D):
T20: 12 M, 12 I, 240 R, 21.4 A + 10 I, 25 O, 8 W
T20(International): 3 M, 3 I, 98 R, 98 A + 2 I, 4 O, 2 W
Kahavita RovinakaRansilu:
T20: 2 M, 2 I, 16 R, 16.0 A, 55.17 SR+ 1 I, 1 O, 0 W,
Syed Ali Zain:(Good bowler but had not bowled in the last season)
LS: 3 M, 1 I, 2 R
T20: 21 M, 8 I, 22 R, 7.33 A, 81.48 SR+ 20 I, 57.2 O, 24 W,
Hammad Ahmed Kayani:
Aftab Ahmed Kayani:
L.S: 5 M, 4 I, 13 R + 6 O, 2 W
T20I: 4 M, 4 I, 12 O, 4 W
Marian Gherasim:
T20: 5 M, 4 I, 13 R, 6.50 A, 52.0 SR+ 3 I, 6 O, 4 W,
Ali Zawwar:
T20: 4 M, 3 I, 20 R, 10.0 A, 80.0 SR+ 4 I, 11 O, 3 W,
Rohit Kumar:
L.S: 3 M, 3 I, 1 R + 1 I, 1 O, 0 W
T20:21 M, 20 I, 472 R, 26.22 A, 133.71 SR+ 2 I, 1.1 O, 0 W,
BUG Team Preview:
This will be the first season of this team but they have many experienced players.
Team Preview as per European cricket website:
Led by Romania stalwart Cosmin Zăvoiu, Bucharest Gladiators will also feature one of Europe’s most well-known players, the man, the myth Pavel Florin.
Cosmin Zavoiu, Imran Haider, Moiz Mohammed have all moved from United to form a new club in the capital and will be joined by Romanian legend Pavel Florin.
KEY PLAYERS
Pavel Florin – the Romanian superstar boasts the third best strike rate in international cricket for bowlers with at least 10 wickets, picking up 13 wickets in 19.3 overs. Just finished leading wicket taker for Romania in the recently concluded Sofia Twenty20 snaring seven wickets.
Regular Captain: Cosmin Zăvoiu
Regular WK: Imran Haider, Shalita Prabath
Likely Top 4 Batting Order: Muhammad Moiz; Shalita Prabath; Shajeel; Imran Haider
Likely Opening Bowlers: Muhammad Moiz; Patras Masih
Spin option(s): Esanka Rumesh Priyadharshana; Pavel Florin; Cosmin Zăvoiu; Jesudhasan Francis Regan
Probable11 of the team:
M Moiz:
Shalita Prabath:
Shajeel Arshad:
Manmeet Koli:
Patras Masih:
Imran Haider:
Cosmin Zavoiu:
Zameer Mushtaq:
P Florin:
Kokulan Subramaniyam
Binod Nepali:
Full Stats and Analysis of the players:
Imran Haider:
T10: 5 M, 5 I, 51 R, 10.2 A and 19 M, 15 I, 256 R, 18.29 A, 111.79 SR+ 1 I, 1 O, 0 W,
Shalitha Prabhat: 12 M, 12 I, 234 R, 23.40 A, 105.41 SR+ 2 I, 6 O, 3 W,
Sharat Kishore: 2 M, 2 I, 3 R, 3.0 A, 60.0 SR
Moiz Muhammad:
T10: 5 M, 5 I, 170 R, 34.0 A, 274.19 SR + 7 O, 1 W
T20: 22 M, 22 I, 536 R, 31.53 A, 168.03 SR+ 21 I, 56 O, 23 W,
Zameer Mushtaq:
T20: 19 M, 16 I, 101 R, 7.77 A, 61.59 SR+ 12 I, 21 O, 6 W,
Esanka Rumesh :
Binod Nepali:
T20: 8 M, 5 I, 45 R, 11.25 A, 88.24 SR+ 6 I, 8 O, 2 W,
Mahesh Barve(Opener):
T20: 7 M, 6 I, 97 R, 16.17 A, 110.23 SR
Rayapati Satish Kumar:
Cosmin Zavoiu(Played from the national team but has very poor record):
T10: 4 M, 1 I, 1 R
T20: 23 M, 18 I, 144 R, 9.0 A, 87.80 SR+ 10 I, 17.5 O, 7 W,
Pavel Florin(Main bowler of the national team, Took 7 wickets for the Romania team in the Sofia T20 and was the highest wicket taker):
T10: 4 M, 2 O, 0 W
Patras Masih(1-3 D):
T20: 19 M, 14 I, 200 R, 15.38 A, 136.05 SR+ 19 I, 55.4 O, 17 W,
Shajeel Muhammad(1-3 D):
T20: 7 M, 6 I, 125 R, 25 A + 7 I, 16 O, 9 W
Vimalraj Poosanam:
Manmeet Koli:
T20: 10 M, 8 I, 137 R, 34.25 A, 118.10 SR+ 8 I, 21.5 O, 7 W,
Kokulan Subramaniyam: 4 M, 3 I, 4 O, 3 W,
Mihai Achim:
Regan Francis: 2 M, 2 I, 11 R, 5.50 A, 40.74 SR+ 2 I, 4 O, 0 W,
