The Kolhapur Tuskers (KT) will lock horns towards the Ratnagiri Jets (RJ) within the 4th match of the Maharashtra Premier League (MPL) 2023 at Maharashtra Cricket Affiliation Stadium in Pune on Saturday (June 17). The sport will happen at 8 PM IST.  The Tuskers will probably be captained by Kedar Jadhav, whereas Azim Kazi will lead the Jets.

Tuskers had a disappointing begin to the event, failing to defend the 144-run complete towards Puneri Bappa (PB) on Thursday, June 15. Opting to bowl first, the Pune-based franchise restricted Kolhapur to 144, with Ankit Bawne top-scoring for the aspect with 72 off 57. In reply, Puneri Bappa opener Ruturaj Gaikwad was on full present as he took the rival bowling unit to the cleaners together with his aggressive batting and helped his staff to a snug eight-wicket win in a mere 14.1 overs.

However, the Jets had a profitable begin, chasing down 146 towards Solapur Royals (SR) with relative ease. The Solapur staff obtained the prospect to bat first. Nonetheless, aside from opener Praveen Deshetty (39) and Rishabh Rathore (44 not out), different batsmen didn’t make large innings. Vijay Pavle was the best wicket taker for the Jets with three wickets. Chasing these runs, opener Tushar Srivastava performed an vital innings of 44 runs. Lastly, Nikhil Naik scored  aggressive 19 runs to information his staff to victory.

Pitch Report

The pitch on the Maharashtra Cricket Affiliation Stadium in Pune is mostly good for batting, with some motion and first rate bounce early on. Based mostly on the historic information, staff successful the toss opts to bowl first. Typically, the primary innings complete at this venue ranges from 160-165.

Possible XIs:

Kolhapur Tuskers: Kedar Jadhav (c), Ankit Bawne, Naushad Shaikh, Sahil Autade (wk), Kirtiraj Wadekar, Taranjit Singh, Sachin Dhas, Akshay Darekar, Nihal Tusamad, Manoj Yadav, Shreyash Chavan, Vidya Tiwari.

Ratnagiri Jets: Tushar Srivastav, Dhiraj Phatangare, Azim Kazi, Kiran Chormale, Rohit Patil, Nikhil Naik (wk), Divyang Hinganekar, Pradeep Dadhe, Nikit Dhumal, Kunal Thorat, Vijay Pawale, Preetam Patil.

Dream11 Prediction:

• Wicketkeeper: Kedhar Jadhav (vc)
• Batters: Ankit Bawne, Preetam Patil, Sachin Dhas, Tushar Srivastav.
• All-rounders: Azim Kazi (c), Naushad Shaikh.
• Bowlers: Taranjit Singh, Nihal Tusamad, Kunal Thorat, Pradeep Dadhe.