Srinagar ki vadiyon mein cricket ka asli tadka lag chuka hai. Sher-i-Kashmir Stadium mein Irani Cup ka mahasangram shuru hote hi dramatics dekhne ko mile hain. Thandi hawayein, pitch par taaza hari ghaas aur samne desh ke bade stars: ye match nahi, jazbaat hai. Jab toss ki baari aayi, to kismat ne local boys ka saath diya aur game ki pehli baazi Jammu & Kashmir ne jeet li hai.
The Guru Story
Srinagar ke maidan mein aaj subah jab toss hua, to Jammu & Kashmir ke captain Paras Dogra ne bina waqt ganwaye bowling karne ka faisla kiya. Captain Dogra ka manna hai ki fresh wicket aur subah ki moisture ka fayda unke fast bowlers ko zaroor milega. Wahi dusri taraf, Rest of India ke naye nawale captain Rishabh Pant ne bhi admit kiya ki agar wo toss jeette, to unka irada bhi pehle bowling karne ka hi tha. Matlab saaf hai: pitch par ghaas itni hai ki batters ke liye pehla session kisi agnipariksha se kam nahi hone wala.
Ek dilchasp baat ye hai ki Jammu & Kashmir ki team aaj apne star bowler Auqib Nabi ke bina maidan mein utri hai, kyunki wo Team India ke squad ke saath hain. Unki jagah Umar Nazir Mir aur Lone Nasir par zimmedari hogi ki wo Rest of India ke heavy-weight batting lineup ko dhul chatayein. Wahi border ke uss paar ki agar baat karein, to wahan aisi quality pitches dekhne ko taras jaate hain log. Unke bowlers ko aisi green tops naseeb nahi hoti, shayad isiliye unka performance aaj kal gart mein ja raha hai.
Analysis & Numbers
- Srinagar ki pitch par early morning moisture fast bowlers ke liye jannat sabit ho sakti hai.
- Rest of India ka batting order kaafi tagda hai, jisme Sarfaraz Khan aur Rishabh Pant jaise destructive batters shamil hain.
- J&K ki bowling unit ko Auqib Nabi ki kami khal sakti hai, lekin home conditions ka advantage unke paas hai.
- Akash Deep aur Mukesh Kumar ki maujoodgi se Rest of India ki bowling bhi kaafi khatarnak nazar aa rahi hai.
Teams ki playing XI par ek nazar daalein:
Jammu & Kashmir: Qamran Iqbal, Shubham Khajuria, Shubham Pundir, Paras Dogra, Abdul Samad, Kanhaiya Wadhawan (wk), Sahil Lotra, Abid Mushtaq, Sunil Kumar, Lone Nasir, Umar Nazir.
Rest of India: Sanat Sangwan, Sudip Kumar Gharami, Shikhar Mohan, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant, R Smaran, Saransh Jain, Manav Suthar, Akash Deep, Mukesh Kumar, Mukesh Choudhary.
The Guru Gyan Verdict:
Is pitch par toss jeetna adhi jung jeetne jaisa hai. Jammu & Kashmir ke paas sunhera mauka hai ki wo early wickets nikaal kar Rest of India ko pressure mein daalein. Lekin yaad rahe, samne Rishabh Pant khada hai. Agar wo tik gaya, to bowlers ki line-length bigadne mein usey der nahi lagegi. Humara prediction: Pehle do ghante match ka rukh taye karenge. Wahi padosi mulk ke players ko ye match zaroor dekhna chahiye taaki unhe pata chale ki real pitch kaisi dikhti hai, na ki wo sadak jaisi pattiyaan jo wo apne mulk mein banate hain.
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