Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions: Tuskers XI vs Lions XI – Byju’s Pondicherry T20 2021- 27th T20 – 20 August

The 27th T20 of the Byju’s Pondicherry T20 2021 will take place between Tuskers XI and Lions XI at the Cricket Association Puducherry Siechem Ground, Puducherry.

LIVE SCORE - Tuskers XI vs Lions XI 

Lions XI Current Form:

Lions XI lost their last match to Bulls XI by 10 wickets.

Lions XI won the toss and elected to field first. Sheeraj Anant Gharat made a good looking 37 off 28 balls while Nitish Manik Salekar smashed 46 off 32 deliveries. Apart from these two special knocks, there were no fireworks on offer by the Lions XI batters and they got restricted to 143 for 8 in 20 overs.

Chasing 143, Bulls XI openers looked in a very positive and aggressive mood. Both of them carted the Lions XI bowlers to all parts of the ground and stitched an unbeaten partnership of 147 runs to win the match for their team by 10 wickets. A S Govindaraajan made 79 off 57 deliveries and S Karthik-II played well for his 65 run knock.


Top Run Scorer for Lions XI:

Kamaleeshwaran A is the top run scorer for Lions XI with 218 runs under his belt.

Top Wicket Taker for Lions XI:

Kannan Vignesh is the top wicket taker for Lions XI with 12 scalps to his name.


  Current Form Tuskers XI:

Tuskers XI won their last game against the table toppers, Panthers XI by 5 wickets.

Tuskers XI won the toss and elected to field first. For Panthers XI, Damodaran Rohit made 30 off 27 balls at the top of the order. The man in form Ameer Zeeshan N failed this time as he failed to convert the start he got and was dismissed after he made 19 runs. By the end of the 20th over, Panthers XI could only manage 137 for 8.

Chasing 137, Tuskers XI lost P Kumar early on in the innings. Ankit Agarwal in the top order made 32 off 22 balls. The power packed innings of 42 runs, played by Aravind K made all the difference to the game. Tuskers XI chased the total in the 19th over with 5 wickets in hand.


Top Run Scorer for Tuskers XI:

Aravind K is the top run scorer for Tuskers XI with 213 runs under his belt.

Top Wicket Taker for Tuskers XI:

Aravindaraj A is the top wicket taker for Tuskers XI with 7 scalps to his name so far.


Let’s have a look at the squads:

Tuskers XI Squad

Rohan S, Satyanarayana Raju, Ankit Agarwal, Aravind K, Janarthanan N, Kaladi Nagur Babu, Karthik Reddy, Kumar P, Parandaman Thamaraikannan, Sanjay Kansal, Palani R, Sharadh Kishan A, Venkadesan S, Fabid Ahmed, Malladi Subrahmanyam, Yash Jadhav

Lions XI Squad

Kannan Vignesh, Parameeswaran S, Ajithkumar A, Shreeraj Anant Gharat, Thennavan N, Magadevan Mathan, Murugan P, Rajaram S, Santhamoorthy S, Kamaleeshwaran A, Nitish Salekar, SatishJangir B, Baskaran Surendar, ShriSivagunal S, Ayyanar R, MuhammedSalmanul Faris


Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions* - PrePlay

Who will win the toss? – Lions XI

Who will win? Lions XI

Top Batsman (Runs Scored) – K Aravind (Tuskers XI), Kamaleeshwaran A (Lions XI)

Top Bowler (Wickets taken) – Aravindaraj A (Tuskers XI), Kannan Vignesh (Lions XI)

Most Sixes – K Aravind (Tuskers XI), Kamaleeshwaran A (Lions XI)

Player of the Match- Kannan Vignesh (Lions XI)

Team Scores Batting first – Lions XI 150+, Tuskers XI 130+

Match Handicap: Lions XI

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*NB these predictions may be changed nearer the start of the match once the final starting teams have been announced and we will be running ‘In-Play’ features, so stay tuned.

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