Chhattisgarh Warriors vs Dubai Giants, L90, Today Match Prediction

CW vs DUBG Match Prediction & Analysis

Chattisgarh Warriors will face a promising bowling attack from Dubai Giants in their second outing of the Legend 90 League. While the Warriors kicked off their campaign on a winning note, the Giants lost their opening game by 4 runs.

Chasing a 112-run target, Dubai Giants needed 15 off 13 balls when they lost their 4th wicket. This defeat will not go down well with the skipper Richard Levi who has a strike rate of 144 from over 200 T20s in his career.

There were no Ambati Rayudu and Suresh Raina in the playing XI for Chattisgarh Warriors in their last match. Gurkeerat Singh Mann led the side in the absence of Raina and scored a brilliant fifty to lead his side to a successful run chase.

And though the Giants also didn’t feature some of their star players like Shakib Al Hasan and Isuru Udana, they still played many of the legends of the game as far as the batting is concerned.

The Warriors need to look into their bowling form while the Giants have some big concerns to address with their batting performance.

RECENT PERFORMANCE

CW

W

CW

174/5 in 14.4 11.86

L90

Chhattisgarh Warriors beat Delhi Royals by 5 wickets 06 Feb 2025

DR

172/7 in 15.0 11.47

DUBG

L

RAJK

111/9 in 15.0 7.4

L90

Rajasthan Kings beat Dubai Giants by 4 runs 07 Feb 2025

DUBG

107/4 in 15.0 7.13

HEAD TO HEAD

TEAMS PREVIEW

Chhattisgarh Warriors Preview

Chattisgarh Warriors will be delighted with their 5-wicket win in the opening game while chasing a 170+ target. It is a far better performance than that of the Giants in their recent game.

Martin Guptill will be eager to bounce back and score even bigger as the opener for Chattisgarh Warriors. He struck 3 boundaries in his 13-ball 16 runs knock. There is still plenty of cricket left in him and we expect more boundaries and a solid start from the Kiwi legend.

Pawan Negi’s 51 off 25 balls was a game-changing innings at number 4. Negi along with skipper Gurkeerat Singh Mann took the game away from the opposition and put the Warriors on top of the game.

Another highlight performance came from bowler Abhimanyu Mithun who scored 21 off 6 deliveries at number 7. There are plenty of options in this batting lineup. Someone or the other can always step up and deliver an impactful knock for the Warriors.

It is also a deep batting lineup with Manoj Singh and Kevon Cooper coming in to bat even lower down the order. The major concern in this game will be the bowling returns. They were poor in the first match and the skipper will expect them to turn things around against a struggling batting lineup of Dubai Giants.

Abhimanyu Mithun, Siddharth Kaul, and Kalim Khan will be the key wicket-takers to watch out for. Mithun and Kaul were pretty expensive in the last game but they will back themselves to put the Giants under pressure in this game.

Chhattisgarh Warriors Predicted Playing XI:

Martin Guptill, Vishal Khushwah, Gurkeerat Singh Mann (c), Pawan Negi, Peter Trego, Manan Sharma, Abhimanyu Mithun, Manoj Singh (wk), Kevon Cooper, Siddharth Kaul, Kalim Khan

Chhattisgarh Warriors Actual Playing XI:

Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Martin Guptill, Manoj Singh, Rishi Dhawan, Vishal Kushwah , Pawan Negi, Siddarth Kaul, Kevon Cooper, Kalim Khan, Manan Sharma, Peter Trego

Dubai Giants Preview

Dubai Giants were cruising to victory until the fall of the 4th wicket after which scoring became difficult. With 15 needed from the last 2 Overs, Dubai Giants started struggling as only 3 runs came from the penultimate over.

This happened despite Brendan Taylor being at the crease. Skipper Richard Levi was out for a duck. He needs to quickly find his rhythm and ensure a big start for the Giants alongside his opening partner Kevin O’Brien.

O’Brien was quite impressive scoring 55 off 44 balls while the rest of the top 3 couldn’t even get going. While Rahul Yadav scored just 7 off 14 balls at number 3, the partnership between him and O’Brien was that of 52 runs.

Kithuruwan Vithanage looked promising at number 4. Brendan Taylor is an experienced batter and a lot more is expected of him at number 5.

There are not many big names in this batting lineup except for the two openers and the Zimbabwe veteran Brendan Taylor. Nevertheless, the bowling was exceptional and we reckon that will be their strength coming into this game.

Luke Fletcher, Siddharth Trivedi, and Vikas Tokas are the key bowlers to watch out for. Though everyone in this bowling attack was successful, it is these 3 who can make a huge impact on the game.

Dubai Giants Predicted Playing XI:

Richard Levi (c), Kevin O’Brien, Rahul Yadav (wk), Kithuruwan Vithanage, Brendan Taylor, Luke Fletcher, Vikas Tokas, Siddharth Trivedi, Ravi Balara, Deepansh Kumar, Udit Mohan

Dubai Giants Actual Playing XI:

KDK Vithanage, BRM Taylor, Kevin O'Brien, Richard Levi, Luke Fletcher, Siddharth Trivedi, Iqbal Abdulla, Vikas Tokas, Ravi Balhara, Deepansh Kumar, Udit Mohan

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

It will be clear and sunny in Raipur on the match day with a high of 31 degrees Celsius. There is no indication of rain for the week ahead and fans can expect an uninterrupted game of cricket.

CW vs DUBG Pitch Report

It is a balanced wicket that is slightly leaning in favor of the bowlers. There is plenty of help for the bowlers on this pitch and batters need to be on their best day to navigate the bowling challenge. The average 1st inning score in the last 10 matches here is 117 runs but considering the recent games we reckon the team batting first will need at least 160 or more to be in a winning position.

Toss: To Bat

There were two contrasting outcomes in the first two games of the tournament at this venue. Warriors opted to bowl and chased down a 170+ target while Giants failed to chase a 112-run target at 7.46 r.p.o. We reckon batting first seems like a better option considering the tricky nature of this pitch.