Castle Lager CWC - June 2017 : Playoffs : Qualifier 1 : Roaring Warriors vs Dark Knights : 25 June : 6 PM IST

The big game is here. The winner goes straight into the finals of the Castle Lager CWC 2017 ,and it is The Dark Knights facing off against the Roaring Warriors. Roaring Warriors habe just lost once this tournament whereas Dark Knight beat the odds to topple Hurricanes and go to second spot in the rankings . The match promises to be a thriller as both the teams are in top form at the moment and will give it their best to directly go to the finals. The loser however gets another chance in the second qualifier against the winner of the eliminator. But before that, let's have a closer look at both the teams to lock horns in this big game.

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A team blessed with a great think-tank led by the likes of Syed Aqi and Parth Dedhia. The team did more which was expected of them since the beginning and went on to top the group in spite of playing in Green pitches which were supposedly their nemesis. 

Syed Aqi has been remarkable for the Warriors, scoring runs and picking important wickets. He is still the perfect all rounder in CWSIM and Dark Knights need to be careful dealing with him.	Parth Dedhia has been magnificent with the ball in spite of being a batsman and has been picking wickets at regular intervalls proving early breakthroughs to the team.	Morkel along with Parth has been bowling mainstrays of the Roaring Warrors line-up and will once gain be the key in this clash

The team has been greatly boosted with the inclusion of stars like Parth and Morkel. These two have together won most of the games for them so far. Teams are finding it tough to tackle this bowling pair. They have dried up runs in the opening overs which is a crucial factor. Not to forget the brilliant Eishan Jain who has bolstered the bowling lineup by bowling some superb spells that has dried up the scoring rate for the batsmen towards the end. 

Jasprit Bumrah has found his lost form in  the ongoing season of the world cup and has been very aggresive in death. Will tonight be his night ?

The batting department has been taken care of by Aditya Shashank, Virat Kohli and others have chipped in every now and end.Roaring Warriors will want all these factors to click in their favour for this crucial game.

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The newest side in CWSim Dark Knights have had a dream start to their journey. After initial hiccups they went on to win games consistenly and also beat Hurricanes who were the tournament favoirites by a huge margin which took them to second spot in the table earning them a Qualifers place. 

Hasn't batted at a fixed spot. He has changed his role in the side based on the team need which has brought out the best from him.	Faf Du Plessis- one of the two  from the Knights who have really been dominating the bowlers all  through the tournament.	Hashim Amla has been the go - to run getter for Dark Knights this tournament.

Talking about this tournament, they have two inform batsmen at the moment with them at the top of the order in form of Nikhil Nik and Hashim Amla. Even Faf has played some crucial knocks at time. Bowling looks strong for them now with the inclusion of Venky Guru . 

Mitchell Starc has been very good at death and Dark Knights would want some Starc Thunderbolts to help them keep the RW batsmen quite.

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Match Information :
Time : 6:00 PM IST
Venue : Wanderers
Pitch conditions : Hard - It will be a high scoring game with the bowlers going under the hammer if they don't keep it to the right areas. Expect scores around 300 on this pitch.