Castle Lager CWC - June 2017 : Playoffs : Qualifier 2 : Dark Knights vs Hurricanes : 26 June : 8 PM IST

The big game is here. The winner goes straight into the finals of the Castle Lager CWC 2017 to join Roaring Warriors  ,and it is The Dark Knights facing off against the Hurricanes in the second Qualifier. In previous meeting between the two sides 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  go to the finals. Let's have a closer look at both the teams to lock horns in this big game.

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Hurricanes : Journey so far...
Won against Shadows, Targaryens, Devils United, World Dominators and Alfastars
Lost to Roaring Warriors, Dark Knights.

The MVP of Hurricanes QDK has been quite outstanding so far. He has been highest runs scorer for HR. He has put together couple of centuries and a half century so far.	The other part of deadly duo of HR - KL Rahul has been one of the pillars of HR. He has always come up with goods whenever the team needed some to stand up. So far he has scored couple of half crnturies and a big century. .	The new ball bowler of HR has been pretty neat so far piling up some good performances so far. He has picked up the initial wickets almost everytime his captain gave him the ball. His notable performances - 3W against AS and 4 wickets against Shadows.

Performances of these for players will be the key for today's game

The partner in crime for Sanjay has been decent to now. He has been economical and has been picking up wickets regularly for HR.

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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 : 8:00 PM IST
Venue : Bloemfontein
Pitch conditions : Green - It will be a green fast pitch with the batsman facing the music if they don't keep it solid while batting. Expect scores around 200 on this pitch.