Rockets to lock horns with Champs

Both teams desperate to turn the tide

AHMEDABAD: Ninth match of the ICL 20s Challenge, to be played at the Sardar Patel Stadium here, has everything to be a masala flick.

Apart from being the first ICL match in the city, for the first time a game will be played under floodlights at this stadium, which last hosted international stars back in 1981. And most importantly, Ahmedabad Rockets will make their home debut against Mumbai Champs.

The match is even more important as both teams have lost earlier matches in the Hyderabad round, making it a do or die encounter.

Nathan Astle and Damien
Martyn are aware of the pitch and weather conditions as they have camped here before the start of the tournament. Martyn will once again have to play a key role if the Rockets want to return to winning ways.

 The squads
Ahmedabad Rockets: Damien Martyn, Jason Gillespie, Ryan Campbell, Heath Streak, Murray Goodwin, Sridharan Sriram, Anshu Jain, Sachin Dholpure, Sumit Kalia, Reetinder Sodhi, Rakesh Patel, Pallav Vora, Bhima Rao, Baburao Yadav, Kunal Lal, Abhishek Tamrakar, Parvez Aziz, Martin Sanjeev

Mumbai Champs: Nathan Astle, Taufeeq Umar, Johan van der Wath, Michael Kasprowicz, Hasan Raza, Kiran Powar, Subhojit Paul, Robin Morris, Shreyas Khanolkar, Avinash Yadav, Dheeraj Jadhav, Pushkaraj Joshi, Nikhil Mandale, Raviraj Patil, Shridhar Iyer, Siuyash Burkul, Anupam Sanklecha, Ranjit Khirid.