The Elite Group D match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2020-21 will be played between Himachal Pradesh and Mumbai on 1st March at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur.
Himachal Pradesh Team Updates:
Himachal Pradesh are already eliminated from the tournament with one game left for them in the group fixture.
It wasn’t a good start for them in this competition as they lost against Maharashtra by 59 runs, but made a promising comeback with a 4 -wicket victory over Rajasthan.
However, two back-to-back defeats have lost their chances of making it to the next round.
Prashant Chopra and RI Thakur will probably open the inning for the HIM team.
Amit Kumar, Nikhil Gangta, Rishi Dhawan (c) will form the middle order.
Ankush Bains (wk), Digvijay Rangi will take care of the lower order.
Rishi Dhawan will lead the HIM team as a Captain. He is also good Alrounder.
Prashant Chopra will do the wicket keeping for HIM team.
Mayank Dagar and Ayush Jamwal will take care of the spin bowling of the team.
Pankaj Jaiswal and Vaibhav Arora will lead the pace attack of the team.
Mumbai Team Updates:
Mumbai are the only team that hasn’t lost a match among the Elite Group D teams in this competition.
Their batting unit has been phenomenal throughout the competition.
Prithvi Shaw, Shreyas Iyer, and Suryakumar Yadav are in extraordinary forms at the moment with the bat.
With 4 wins in 4 matches, they are at the top of the table in the Elite Group D standings with 16 points.
Prithvi Shaw and Yashasvi Jaiswal will probably open the inning for the Mumbai team. Both are well known inning openers.
Shreyas Iyer, Surya Yadav and Sarfraz Ahmed will take care of the middle order.
Shreyas Iyer will lead the Mumbai team as a Captain. He is also a good Batsman.
Aditya Tare will do the Wicket Keeping duty for his Mumbai team.
Tushar Deshpande and Shardul Thakur will take care of the pace attack for his team.
Last 5 Head to Head:
Himachal Pradesh: 1 Won Mumbai: 4 Won
Top Picks
Rishi Dhawan is the key all-rounder in the Himachal Pradesh line-up. He is the leading wicket-taker for his side with 12 wickets in 4 matches. Dhawan also has scored 132 runs.
Prithvi Shaw has scored 402 runs in just 4 matches at an average of 201 and a double ton as well.
Shreyas Iyer has scored 258 runs in 3 matches at an average of 129, with the highest score of 116.
Suryakumar Yadav is justifying his selection in the Indian team in almost every match of this tournament. He has scored 241 runs in 4 matches.
Dhawal Kulkarni has picked up 11 wickets in 3 matches at an excellent economy of 3.84 runs per over, with the best figures of 5/44.
Fantasy Tips
In wicket keeping, both the wicket keepers are good. However Ankush Bains will be better choice.