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Stray Lions will be looking to end their good season with the Nairobi Provincial Cricket Association Super Division Twenty20 crown but holders Swamibapa will not be pushovers.
Who will win the Nairobi Provincial Cricket Association (NPCA) Super Division Twenty20 title?
That's the million-dollar question cricket fans are asking ahead of the Super Division T20 final slated for Sikh Union grounds on Sunday afternoon.
Stray Lions have savoured good form in the T20 season and only lost one match to SCLPS A who went on to top the league segment of the championship.
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Stray Lions and Swamibapa are set for an epic showdown after qualifying for the final of the Nairobi Provincial Cricket Association Twenty20 Super Division.
While Lions are the favourites to win the cup, the resurgence of Swamibapa cannot be wished away.
Swamibapa captain Rushabh Patel has admitted their false start to the shorter version of the season, which saw them rediscover their winning touch as the T20 championship wore on.
"Yes, we did have a poor run of form in the initial part of the season. Nevertheless, we’ve played very good and hard cricket after that to bring ourselves back into the tournament and progressed to the finals,” said Patel.
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Patel is also happy with the team's resilience in their quest for back-to-back T20 titles. The Swamibapa skipper is leading from the front as is topping the batting charts for this year’s T20 with 390 runs in nine innings at an average of 48.75.
“The entire team has really worked well for us in all aspects which has allowed us to have the edge over our match adversaries," added Patel.
"So, we're very pleased to see this attacking brand of cricket and looking to have the boys continue that until the end of the tournament."
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Patel, Dhwanil Patel (who is also the team's wicket keeper) and Prashang Hirani are expected to start in the top order for the Swamis while veteran Morris Ouma, Harendra Kerai and Mitesh Sanghani are likely to fill the middle order.
Their bowling attack was the weak link at the start of the tournament but the likes of Vraj Patel and James Ngoche have stepped up to assist the young spinners in the team.
Stray Lions will peg their hopes on the likes of Irfan Karim, Shubham Jadhav Aman Gandhi in the top order as well as Neil Mugabe, Bhagath Varma and skipper Tanzeel Sheikh in the middle order.
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Irfan Karim is the leading run scorer for Stray Lions so far with 302 runs in eight innings at an average of 50.33.
This is the first tournament for Sheikh as captain with Stray Lions and he is doing very well considering the team's insatiable appetite for success.
Francis Mutua and Gerald Mwendwa are also expected to make valuable contributions for the Lions should they get the chance to bat.
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