KAR vs KER Dream11 Tips for Vijay Hazare Trophy Karnataka vs Kerala 8 March

KAR vs KER Dream11: The 2nd Quarter-final of the Vijay Hazare Trophy will witness Karnataka face-off against Kerala. Both the teams were in the same group and won 4 out of the 5 matches. Manish Pandey and Krishnappa Gowtham will return for the Karnataka team in the knock-out matches. For the Karnataka team, the most important players will be Padikkal and Gowtham. While, Kerala will rely on the contribution from Uthappa and Sreesanth.

KAR vs KER Prediction Today Match Details

Fixture name: 2^nd Quarter-Final

Competition: Vijay Hazare Trophy 2020-21

Date: Monday, March 08, 2021

Time: 9:00 AM IST

Team Form Guide:
KAR (recent last) W W W W L
KER (recent last) W L W W W

Standings: KAR 1, KER 3

Ground: Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi

Brief score of the last result at the venue: Delhi 289/6 won by 4 wickets against Uttarakhand 287/8 in the Preliminary Quarter Final of Vijay Hazare Trophy 2020-21

Pitch Report: The pitch is best suited for spinners and overall it favours the batsmen. The average total score in the first innings is 262 and the team which bats first has a winning ratio of 80 %

KAR vs KER Playing 11:

KAR Team News

Karnataka team has a well-balanced line-up in the tournament. The team has Devdutt Padikkal at the top-order who is the leading run-scorer of the tournament with 572 runs. Along with him, captain Samarth has been a good support as well. In the middle order, Manish Pandey and Karun Nair have good experience of playing in domestic as well as international cricket. In the bowling department, Gowtham and Shreyas Gopal will be the spinners, and Mithun and Prasidh will be the pacers.

Injury update, unavailability: None

Expected team changes: Manish Pandey and Krishnappa Gowtham will join the Playing XI.

KAR Playing 11 (likely)

1. Ravi Samarth
2. Devdutt Padikkal
3. Karun Nair (c)
4. KL Shrijith (wk)
5. Manish Pandey
6. Krishnappa Gowtham
8. Abhimanyu Mithun
9. Shreyas Gopal
10. Prasidh Krishna
11. J Suchith

KER Team News

The Kerala team stormed into the quarter-finals by chasing the score of 149 under 9 overs. The form of Robin Uthappa has been exemplary, and his knock of 87* off 32 balls would surely give confidence to the team. In the middle-order, the team has Sanju Samson and Sachin Bay, who have been impressive performers for the Kerala team. The bowling department will be handled by Jalaj Saxena and Sreesanth who have been proven performers in the domestic circuit.

Injury update, unavailability: None

Expected team changes The team is expected to play with the same combination as of the league matches.

KER Playing 11 (likely)

1. Robin Uthappa
2. Vishnu Vinod
3. Sanju Samson (wk)
4.Sachin Baby (c)
5. Mohammed Azharuddeen
6. Salman Nizar
6. MD Nidheesh
7. Jalaj Saxena
8. S Sreesanth
9. NP Basil
10. Akshay Chandran

Who will win today match

The Karnataka team will win this match due to the presence of batsmen like Pandey and Padikkal. The bowling line-up has a good experience of playing in the IPL as well. In the league encounter, Karnataka beat Kerala and would be upbeat ahead of this match. For the Kerala team to win the KAR vs KER Dream 11 Today match prediction, they will require strong performances from Sanju Samson and Jalaj Saxena. Players like Robin Uthappa and Sreesanth will be important for the team due to their form in this tournament.

Fantasy Cricket Tips, Captain & Differential Picks

Captain options

D Padikkal – The talented player who had been terrific for the RCB team in his debut IPL season has been a consistent performer for the Karnataka team as well. He is the leading run-scorer of the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2021.
List A Career Record- 1222 Runs, Bat. AVG. 87.28
D Padikkal in Last 5 matches- 572 Runs, Bat. AVG. 190.66

R Uthappa- The player who has good experience of playing for the national team as well as different IPL teams, is the best pick for the KAR vs KER Dream 11 prediction. He is the leading run-scorer for the Kerala team this year.
List A Career Record- 6532 Runs, Bat. AVG. 35.50
R Uthappa- in Last 5 matches- 375 Runs, Bat. AVG. 93.75

Differential pick

J Saxena- The all-rounder who has shown his capability to contribute in both departments, especially his consistent wicket-taking abilities make him a good differential pick for your fantasy team.
List A Career Record- 1933 Runs, Bat. AVG. 25.77 and 116 Wickets, Bowl. AVG. 28.25
J Saxena in Last 5 matches- 8 Wickets, Bowl. AVG. 23.37

KAR vs KER Dream 11 prediction

WICKET-KEEPERS: S Samson
BATSMEN: D Padikkal, R Uthappa, R Samarth, K Siddharth
ALL-ROUNDERS: S Gopal, J Saxena, S Baby
BOWLERS: Sreesanth, J Suchith, A Mithun