Assam vs Odisha, SMAT, Today Match Prediction 03 December 2024

asm vs ODSA Match Prediction & Analysis

Assam will take on Odisha in the Group D Game of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024 on December 3 at 11 a.m. at Visakhapatnam. Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy features 38 teams divided in five groups. The tournament is played in a round-robin fashion, followed by knockout stages. It is one of the premier T20 tournaments in India, second only to IPL.

This match is between Assam in the second place in the points table against Odisha - at the bottom of the table with no wins so far. Both teams have played four matches each. While Assam won three of them, Odisha could not win a single game. One game against Chhattisgarh ended in no result. Looks like a great chance for Assam to a big win.

TEAMS PREVIEW

Assam Preview

Assam have played four matches in this season of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and they have won three of them gaining 12 points. Assam are in second place in the points table. Barring the defeat against Vidarbha in their third game, Assam have managed to defeat Railways, Chandigarh, and Puducherry.

In their first game against Railways, chasing a small total of 128, Assam got over the line with 3 wickets and 8 balls remaining. Mukhtar Hussain took 4 wickets for 18 runs in 4 overs.  In the second game against Chandigarh, after setting a target of 151, Assam managed to restrict Chandigarh for 139 in the 20th over, winning the match by 11 runs. Sahil Jain scored a valuable 50. In bowling, Mrinmoy Dutta was the most economical with 2 wickets for 12 runs in 4 overs.

After the defeat to Vidarbha, another low-scoring game, Assam came back strongly against Puducherry to win a rain-shortened game by 2 runs (DLS method). Assam's bowling looks pretty much sorted. The batting however looks slightly weak and may need to perform better going ahead in the tournament.

Key players: Ruhinandan Pegu, Mrinmoy Dutta, Sibsankar Roy

Assam Predicted Playing XI:

Denish Das (c), Ruhinandan Pegu, Avinov Choudhury, Akash Sengupta, Sumit Ghadigaonkar (wk), Saahil Jain, Mukhtar Hussain, Mrinmoy Dutta, Sibsankar Roy, Roshan Alam, Nipan Deka

Odisha Preview

All is not well in the Odisha camp as far as Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024 is concerned. They are yet to win a game. They have already lost to Vidarbha Railways and Puducherry. They were probably hoping to defeat a weak team such as Chhattisgarh, but that match was abandoned without a ball bowled.

Odisha started the tournament with a tough game against Vidarbha. Chasing a big total of 217, Odisha folded for 183, losing the match by 33 runs. Swastik Samal top scored with 63 of 32 balls at a strike rate of close to 200. In the second game, Odisha scored 194 but could not stop Railways from getting to the target, losing the match by 7 wickets. Swastik Samal was excellent, scoring 105 in just 63 balls.

The third defeat came against Pudhucherry in a rain-shortened game. In a 6-over match, Odisha failed to score 92, losing the match by 16 runs. Odisha's batting may be decent, but the bowling is not up to the mark, resulting in Odisha going winless so far in the tournament. They will have to bowl well to fight against Assam.

Key players: Swastik Samal, Debabrata Pradhan, Abhishek Yadav

Odisha Predicted Playing XI:

Swastik Samal, Gourav Choudhury, Abhishek Yadav, Rakesh Pattnaik, Govinda Poddar (c), Debabrata Pradhan, Prabin Luha (wk), Sambit S Baral, Tarani Sa, Jamala Mohapatra, Subham Satrujit

Weather Conditions

The weather on the match day at Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam is expected to be warm and humid. The temperature will range between a high of approximately 28°C and a low of around 24°C. There’s no chance of rain on the match day.

asm vs ODSA Pitch Report

The venue of the match is Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam. Established in 2003, it is one of the prime venues in Andhra Pradesh. In its inaugural game in 2005, MS Dhoni scored his debut century at this venue. The venue has hosted several ODI and D20 matches. It is also a venue for IPL matches. The stadium has a capacity of around 35,000 spectators.

Toss: To Bowl

Out of a total of 8 games that have happened at this venue so far in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024, the batting and bowling teams have won 4 matches each. In that sense, this is a pretty even ground for batters and bowlers. In such a condition, it is always preferable to bowl first in a T20 game. The team winning the toss should bowl first here.