Papua New Guinea will take on Malaysia in the 5th match of Nepal T20 Series 2022, that will be played at Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur on 01 Apr and will start at 12:15 PM IST. Read here complete information about this PNG vs MAL match including preview, prediction, playing 11, Dream11 Team, etc.
PNG vs MAL Match Details
- Stadium: Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur
- Date: 01 Apr, Fri
- Time: 12:15 PM 06:45 AM GMT / 12:30 PM LOCAL
- Live Streaming: The Live Streaming of PNG vs MAL, T20 match can be watched on FanCode App.
PNG vs MAL Match Preview
PNG are not able to get any points in the tournament as they have not won even a single match in the series yet. They have played 3 matches in the tournament and lost all the matches. They lost two matches against Nepal and one match against Malaysia. This will be their second match against Malaysia. In the last match that they played with Nepal, they were beaten by six wickets.
Nepal made a big total of 203 runs in that match.Charles Amini and Tony Ura made a good partnership of 76 runs for the 3rd wicket, but PNG chances were shattered down when their last 4 wickets fell down for just 5 balls.
Malaysia on the hand have a very decent tournament as they have won one game against PNG and lost the other game against Nepal. Virandeep Singh was the top batsmen for Malaysia as he made 59 runs in the match against PNG. His innings helped the team to score a total of 180 runs for lost of just 3 wickets. Sharvin Muniandy was the main bowlers for Malaysia as he took 4 important wickets by giving away just 32 runs.
PNG vs MAL Winner Prediction
PNG lost their first game against Malaysia by just 8 runs and this second match between these two teams is also going to be a very close match. Although PNG is facing a poor time in the tournament they still have capabilities and they can come back in this match against PNG.
But Malaysia is still our favorite to win this match as they have played better cricket than PNG.
PNG vs MAL Dream1 Team
Ahmad Faiz, Tony Ura can play match-winning innings for their teams. Virandeep Singh is also one of the players who can give excellent performance with the bat and help the team to win. Charles Amini, Assad Vala can prove their all-rounder abilities by making good runs and taking wickets. Kabua Morea, Norman Vanua (vc), Pavandeep Singh can be very impressive with the ball
- Wicket-keeper – Ammar Hazalan
- Batsman – Ahmad Faiz (c), Tony Ura, Virandeep Singh
- All-Rounders– Charles Amini, Assad Vala, Sharvin Muniandy, Syed Aziz
- Bowlers – Kabua Morea, Norman Vanua (vc), Pavandeep Singh