Kerala T20 Trophy 2024- Match 19 and 20- Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions - May 17th

Here are the Fantasy Cricket Predictions and Betting Tips for Kerala T20 Trophy matches to be played on the 17th of May at the St Xavier's College Ground, Thumba.

Match 19- Combined Districts vs DCA Kottayam (St Xavier's College Ground, Thumba)


Current Form DCA Kottayam:

DCA Kottayam are currently placed at the bottom most position in Group B points table with 3 losses to their credit.

The top run scorer for DCA Kottayam in Kerala T20 Trophy is Promise Varghese with 93 runs to his name.

The top wicket taker for DCA Kottayam in Kerala T20 Trophy is Ghanashyam A with 5 scalps under his belt.

DCA Kottayam have lost thier previous match against DCA Trivandrum by 39 runs (VJD method).

DCA Trivandrum batted first and they posted a total of 201 for 3 in 20 overs. Krishna Prasad once again played a spectacular knock of 79 runs in 51 balls. Neel Sunny also smashed 59 runs off just 22 balls in the middle order to take DCA Trivandrum to a tall total of 201.

During the chase, DCA Trivandrum bowlers kept to their plans and never gave enough to the DCA Kottayam batters to work with. Vijay S Viswanath picked up 4 wickets for just 8 runs as DCA Kottayam fell short by 39 runs (VJD method).


Current Form Combined Districts:


Combined Districts are currently placed at the 4th position in Group B points table with 1 win to their credit.

The top run scorer for Combined Districts in Kerala T20 Trophy is Rohan Nair with 87 runs to his name.

The top wicket taker for Combined Districts in Kerala T20 Trophy is JS Anuraj with 5 scalps under his belt.

Combined Districts have won their previous match against DCA Kannur by 6 wickets.

DCA Kannur batted first and they posted a total of 106 before being bowled out. The top order struggled and kept losing wickets in quick succession. Arjun Suresh and Salman Nizar played knocks of 20 and 22 runs respectively to help DCA Kannur get past the 100 run mark and finish at 106 before being bowled out.

During the chase, Combined Districts lost both their opening batters quite early into the innings. Rohan Nair and AK Arjun took the responsibility of taking their team over the line. They scored 26 and 25 runs respectively to win the match for Combined Districts with 6 wickets in hand.

Let’s have a look at the squads:

DCA Kottayam

Albin Binu, Christy Biju, Jithu Abraham, Sonu Tomy, Abhinav K V, Akhil Sajeev, Ghanashyam A, Harikrishnan KN, Muthu Prasad, Naresh Nair, Promise Varghese, Kashinath S (wk), Sreejith Sanjeev (wk), Adhi Abhilash, Asif Ali, Deepak Jaimohan, Jaison Peter, Jith Thomas, Sreekanth AU

Combined Districts

Akarsh AK, Akash Babu, Shaun Pacha, Amal Ramesh, Anuraj J S, Mohit Shibu, Niranjan V Dev, Vishnu TM, Arjun AK (wk), Nidhin Kumar (wk), Afrad Nazar, Eden Apple Tom, Gokul Gopinath, Mohammed Shanu, Rohan Nair, Sarath Prasad, Vinay V Varghese, Vishweshwar Suresh


Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions* - PrePlay

Who will win the toss? –  DCA Kottayam

Who will win?-  Combined Districts

Top Batter (Runs Scored) – Mohammad Shanu (Combined Districts), Sreejith Sanjeev (DCA Kottayam)

Top Bowler (Wickets taken) - Eden Apple Tom (Combined Districts), Ghanashyam A (DCA Kottayam)

Most Sixes – Mohammad Shanu (Combined Districts), Sreejith Sanjeev (DCA Kottayam)

Player of the Match- Mohammad Shanu (Combined Districts)

Team Scores Batting first – Combined Districts 160+, DCA Kottayam 155+

Match Handicap:  Combined Districts

Match 20- DCA Trivandrum vs DCA Wayanad (St Xavier's College Ground, Thumba)


Current Form DCA Trivandrum:

DCA Trivandrum are currently placed at the 1st position in Group B points table with 3 wins to their credit.

The top run scorer for DCA Trivandrum in Kerala T20 Trophy is Krishna Prasad with 180 runs to his name.

The top wicket taker for DCA Trivandrum in Kerala T20 Trophy is Abijith Praveen with 5 scalps under his belt.

DCA Trivandrum have won their previous match against DCA Kottayam by 39 runs (VJD method).

DCA Trivandrum batted first and they posted a total of 201 for 3 in 20 overs. Krishna Prasad once again played a spectacular knock of 79 runs in 51 balls. Neel Sunny also smashed 59 runs off just 22 balls in the middle order to take DCA Trivandrum to a tall total of 201.

During the chase, DCA Trivandrum bowlers kept to their plans and never gave enough to the DCA Kottayam batters to work with. Vijay S Viswanath picked up 4 wickets for just 8 runs as DCA Kottayam fell short by 39 runs (VJD method).


Current Form DCA Wayanad:

DCA Wayanad are currently placed at the 2nd position in Group B points table with 2 wins to their credit.

The top run scorer for DCA Wayanad in Kerala T20 Trophy is Ajnas M with 127 runs to his name.

The top wicket taker for DCA Wayanad in Kerala T20 Trophy is VJ Albin with 7 scalps under his belt.

DCA Wayanad have won their previous match against Combined Districts by 41 runs.

DCA Wayanad batted first and they posted a total of 159 for 7 in 20 overs. PS Sai Rehan scored 78 runs in the top order. The rest of the batters failed to perform to their potential and DCA Wayanad had to settle for an ordinary total of 159.

During the chase, Shaun Pacha and Nidhin Kumar started off very well. They scored 34 and 20 runs respectively. Once these two were dismissed, the middle order simply fell like a pack of cards and lost wickets in quick succession. Combined Districts could never stage a comeback from that phase on and were eventually bowled out for 110, losing the match by 41 runs.

Let’s have a look at the squads:

DCA Trivandrum

Abhishek Nair, Abhishek Pratap, Alan Alex, Niranjan GH, Abhijith Praveen, Akshay Shiv, J Ananthakrishnan, Krishna Devan, Krishna Prasad, Sreevardhan Murali, Vaisakh Chandran, Vijay Viswanath, Bharath Surya (wk), Biju Narayanan, Fazil Fanoos, Neel Sunny, Rahul Chandran, Vishnu Dutt

DCA Wayanad

Ajnas M, Arun Variad, Aswin NS, Gagan K, Albin V J, Anil Kumar, Edwin Joseph, Rehan Sai PS, Sachin M S, Akshay NS (wk), Aneesh C K (wk), Sayanth (wk), Afsal SA, Afsal VP, Ajinas K, Arun Ganesh, Karthik Krishna, Rahan Raheem, Saly Samson


Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions* - PrePlay

Who will win the toss? – DCA Trivandrum

Who will win?-  DCA Trivandrum

Top Batter (Runs Scored) – VJ Albin (DCA Wayanad), Krishna Prasad (DCA Trivandrum)

Top Bowler (Wickets taken) - Krishna Karthik DCA Wayanad), Vishnu Dutt (DCA Trivandrum)

Most Sixes – VJ Albin (DCA Wayanad), Krishna Prasad (DCA Trivandrum)

Player of the Match- Krishna Prasad (DCA Trivandrum)

Team Scores Batting first – DCA Trivandrum 145+, DCA Wayanad 150+

Match Handicap:  DCA Trivandrum


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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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