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Namibia vs United Arab Emirates - 10th Match of the Men's ICC T20I Cricket World Cup 2022, at Simonds Stadium, Geelong
Weather Forecast
Partly Cloudy - 19°C
1. TOURNAMENT STATS AND INFO
(i) Points Table Scenario
NAM - 2 - 1w/1l (2nd - Group A)
UAE - 2 - 0w/2l (4th - Group A)
(ii) Toss Based Analysis
Namibia (NAM)
1. Stephan Baard
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 26(24), 19(22)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
2. Lohan Louwrens
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3. Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 15(19), 20(12), 0(2)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
4. Zane Green
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
5. Divan La Cock
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2(7), 9(9), 0(2)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
6. Gerhard Merwe Erasmus
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 34(35)*, 20(24)&0w, 16(18)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
7. David Wiese
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 0(1)&2w, 11(5)*&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
8. JJ Smit
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 18(12)*&0w, 31(16)*&1w, 5(4)*&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
9. Jan Frylinck
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 26(16)&2w, 44(28)&2w, 43(48)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
10. Karl Birkenstock
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
11. Pikki Ya France
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
12. Ruben Trumplemann
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
13. Bernard Scholtz
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 2w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
14. Michael Van Lingen
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 26(31), 3(6), 20(19)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
15. Tangeni Lungameni
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
16. Ben Shikongo
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3w, 2w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
United Arab Emirates (UAE)
1. Chundangapoyil Rizwan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1(2)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(3), 1(3)
2. Vriitya Aravind
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 18(21)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 9(19), 9(18)
3. Sabir Ali
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
4. Kashif Daud
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 15(14)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 7(9)&1w, 0(4)&0w
5. Zawar Farid
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2(4)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 29(14)*&1w
6. Basil Hameed
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4(4)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 5(10)&0w, 2(6)&0w
7. Aayan Afzal Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 5(7)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(1)&0w, 19(21)&1w
8. Zahoor Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 2w
9. Aryan Lakra
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(3)&1w
10. Karthik Meiyappan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 4(8)&3w
11. Ahmed Raza
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w
12. Alishan Sharafu
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
13. Junaid Siddique
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 5w, 18(16)&0w
14. Chirag Suri
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 12(20)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 9(12), 14(19)
15. Muhammad Waseem
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 41(47)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 69(52)*, 2(4)
16. Sultan Ahmed
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
17. Sanchit Sharma
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
18. Fahad Nawaz
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
19. Adhitya Shetty
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
20. Vishnu Sukumaran
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
2. VENUE AND PITCH INFO
Venue - Simonds Stadium, Geelong
(i) Total Matches - T20s
Overall - 17
Avg 1st Innings - 159
Avg 2nd Innings - 152
Highest total - 196/3 (Perth Scorchers vs Melbourne Stars - 11th January'2022)
(ii) Performance of both teams on this ground
NAM - 2 - 1w/1l
UAE - 2 - 0w/2l
(iii) Recent Matches on this venue
1) Sri Lanka vs United Arab Emirates - 18th October'2022
152/8 vs 73/10 (SL won by 79 runs)
Pacers - 2w+5w=7w
Spinners - 5w+5w=10w
2) Namibia vs Netherlands - 18th October'2022
121/6 vs 122/5 (NED won by 5 wkts)
Pacers - 3w+3w=6w
Spinners - 3w+1w=4w
3) United Arab Emirates vs Netherlands - 16th October'2022
111/8 vs 112/7 (NED won by 3 wkts)
Pacers - 5w+4w=9w
Spinners - 2w+3w=5w
4) Namibia vs Sri Lanka - 16th October'2022
163/7 vs 108/10 (NAM won by 55 runs)
Pacers - 4w+7w=11w
Spinners - 2w+2w=4w
5) Sydney Sixers vs Melbourne Renegades - 11th January'2022
150/6 vs 105/10 (SS won by 45 runs)
Pacers - 4w+9w=13w
Spinners - 2w+1w=3w
6) Perth Scorchers vs Melbourne Stars - 11th January'2022
196/3 vs 149/9 (PS won by 47 runs)
Pacers - 2w+6w=8w
Spinners - 1w+2w=3w
7) Brisbane Heat vs Melbourne Renegades - 6th January'2022
128/6 vs 129/5 (MR won by 5 wkts)
Pacers - 2w+4w=6w
Spinners - 4w+1w=5w
8) Melbourne Renegades vs Perth Scorchers - 7th January'2020
175/5 vs 178/4 (PS won by 6 wkts)
Pacers - 5w+4w=9w
Spinners - 0w+0w=0w
9) Melbourne Renegades vs Sydney Thunder - 19th December'2019
169/5 vs 171/4 (ST won by 6 wkts)
Pacers - 3w+3w=6w
Spinners - 2w+0w=2w
10) Adelaide Strikers vs Melbourne Renegades - 3rd January'2019
158/6 vs 126/9 (AS won by 32 runs)
Pacers - 2w+5w=7w
Spinners - 2w+4w=6w
SUMMARY
Pacers
1st Innings - 32w
2nd Innings - 50w
Spinners
1st Innings - 23w
2nd Innings - 21w
Overall
82w:44w (Pacers:Spinners)
(iv) Toss Based Analysis on this venue
Namibia (NAM)
1. Stephan Baard
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 26(24), 19(22)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
2. Lohan Louwrens
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3. Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 20(12), 0(2)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
4. Zane Green
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
5. Divan La Cock
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 9(9), 0(2)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
6. Gerhard Merwe Erasmus
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 20(24)&0w, 16(18)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
7. David Wiese
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(1)&2w, 11(5)*&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
8. JJ Smit
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 31(16)*&1w, 5(4)*&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
9. Jan Frylinck
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 44(28)&2w, 43(48)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
10. Karl Birkenstock
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
11. Pikki Ya France
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
12. Ruben Trumplemann
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
13. Bernard Scholtz
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
14. Michael Van Lingen
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3(6), 20(19)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
15. Tangeni Lungameni
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
16. Ben Shikongo
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
United Arab Emirates (UAE)
1. Chundangapoyil Rizwan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1(2)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(3)
2. Vriitya Aravind
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 18(21)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 9(18)
3. Sabir Ali
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
4. Kashif Daud
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 15(14)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(4)&0w
5. Zawar Farid
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2(4)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
6. Basil Hameed
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4(4)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2(6)&0w
7. Aayan Afzal Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 5(7)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 19(21)&1w
8. Zahoor Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w
9. Aryan Lakra
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(3)&1w
10. Karthik Meiyappan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4(8)&3w
11. Ahmed Raza
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
12. Alishan Sharafu
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
13. Junaid Siddique
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 18(16)&0w
14. Chirag Suri
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 12(20)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 14(19)
15. Muhammad Waseem
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 41(47)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2(4)
16. Sultan Ahmed
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
17. Sanchit Sharma
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
18. Fahad Nawaz
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
19. Adhitya Shetty
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
20. Vishnu Sukumaran
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3. HEAD TO HEAD
(i) Overall
3 - 2w/1l (In favour of NAM)
(ii) On This Venue
Not Played Yet
(iii) Recent Head to Head Matches
1) Namibia vs United Arab Emirates - 5th October'2021
159/8 vs 142/9 (NAM won by 17 runs)
Stephan Baard - 39(34)
Gerhard Erasmus - 27(19)
Jan Frylinck - 6w
Ruben Trumplemann - 2w
David Wiese - 1w
Waseem Muhammad - 39(36) & 2w
Basil Hameed - 20(12)
Zahoor Khan - 4w
Kashif Daud - 1w
2) Namibia vs United Arab Emirates - 14th January'2017
152/7 vs 153/4 (UAE won by 6 wkts)
Jan Frylinck - 1w
Zahoor Khan - 2w
Ahmed Raza - 1w
3) Namibia vs United Arab Emirates - 15th November'2013
120/9 vs 121/5 (UAE won by 5 wkts)
JJ Smit - 23(15) & 1w
Bernard Scholtz - 2w
(iv) Toss Based Analysis (H2H)
Namibia (NAM)
1. Stephan Baard
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 13(11), 39(34)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
2. Lohan Louwrens
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
3. Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
4. Zane Green
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1(4)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
5. Divan La Cock
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
6. Gerhard Merwe Erasmus
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 6(9), 14(16), 27(19)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
7. David Wiese
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 10(9)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
8. JJ Smit
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 23(15)&1w, 7(5)*&0w, 14(9)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
9. Jan Frylinck
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 10(7)*&1w, 2(5)&6w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
10. Karl Birkenstock
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
11. Pikki Ya France
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
12. Ruben Trumplemann
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
13. Bernard Scholtz
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 0w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
14. Michael Van Lingen
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
15. Tangeni Lungameni
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
16. Ben Shikongo
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
United Arab Emirates (UAE)
1. Chundangapoyil Rizwan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 11(11)
2. Vriitya Aravind
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 14(6)
3. Sabir Ali
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
4. Kashif Daud
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 11(5)&1w
5. Zawar Farid
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
6. Basil Hameed
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 20(12)
7. Aayan Afzal Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
8. Zahoor Khan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 4w
9. Aryan Lakra
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
10. Karthik Meiyappan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
11. Ahmed Raza
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 5(4)*&0w
12. Alishan Sharafu
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
13. Junaid Siddique
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
14. Chirag Suri
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 11(16)
15. Muhammad Waseem
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 39(36)&2w
16. Sultan Ahmed
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w
17. Sanchit Sharma
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
18. Fahad Nawaz
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
19. Adhitya Shetty
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
20. Vishnu Sukumaran
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -
4. WARM-UP MATCHES - TOP PERFORMERS
NAMIBIA (NAM)
1. vs Ireland - 11th October'2022
138/4 vs 127/10 (NAM won by 11 runs)
Gerhard Erasmus - 34(35)*
Michael Van Lingen - 26(31)
Jan Frylinck - 26(16) & 2w
Ben Shikongo - 3w
David Wiese - 2w
Ruben Trumplemann - 2w
2. vs Zimbabwe - 13th October'2022
Match abandoned without toss
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE)
1. vs West Indies - 10th October'2022
152/9 vs 135/6 (WI won by 17 runs)
Muhammad Waseem - 69(52)*
Zawar Farid - 29(14)* & 1w
Junaid Siddique - 5w
Zahoor Khan - 2w
Kashif Daud - 1w
2. vs Scotland - 13th October'2022
Match abandoned without toss
5. SQUAD INFO WITH DETAILING
A) NAMIBIA (NAM) SQUAD:
Probable XI
1) Divan La Cock - RHB, Legbreak, WK
Last 10 - 0, 9, 2, 1, 20r 0w, 6, 48, 27, 8, 13
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Stephan Baard
2) Michael Van Lingen - LHB, LM
Last 10 - 20, 3, 26, 0, 119*, 8, 15, 31, 0
3) Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton - RHB
Last 10 - 0r 0w, 20, 15, 35r 0w, 7r 2w, 9r 0w, 1r 2w, 46r 1w, 32r 0w, 2r 1w
4) Gerhard Erasmus - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 16r 0w, 20r 0w, 34*, 49r 3w, 68r 1w, 87r 1w, 27r 0w, 14r 0w, 43r 1w
5) JJ Smit - RHB, LFM
Last 10 - 5r 2w, 31r 1w, 18r 0w, 29r 0w, 0r 0w, 49r 2w, 1r 3w, 38r 0w, 12r 0w, 27
6) David Wiese - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 11r 0w, 0r 2w, 2w, 0r 3w, 12r 0w, 33r 0w, 21r 3w, 12r 3w, 0r 0w
7) Jan Frylinck - LHB, LFM
Last 10 - 43r 1w, 44r 2w, 26r 2w, 14r 2w, 2w, 0w, 22r 3w, 29r 0w, 4r 0w, 0w
8) Zane Green - LHB, WK
Last 10 - 31*, 4, 16, 2, 55, 11
9) Ruben Trumplemann - RHB, LFM
Last 10 - 2w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 16r 1w, 3w, 49r 1w, 1w, 7r 2w, 19r 0w
10) Bernard Scholtz - RHB, LAO
Last 10 - 1w, 2w, 0w, 7r 1w, 3w, 3w, 17r 3w, 5r 2w, 2w, 1w
11) Ben Shikongo - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 0w, 2w, 3w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 0w
BENCH
12) Stephan Baard - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 19, 26, 13, 21, 53, 25, 35, 8, 3
13) Lohan Louwrens - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 34, 28, 57, 5, 94, 38, 2, 13, 18
14) Karl Birkenstock - LHB, RMF
Last 10 - 1r 1w, 3r 0w, 73r 1w, 14r 2w, 23r 0w, 47r 1w, 2r 2w, 11r 0w, 16*
15) Tangeni Lungameni - LHB, LFM
Last 10 - 0w, 2w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 3w
16) Pikki Ya France - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 0w, 4w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 7r 2w, 0
Safe C/VC choices
David Wiese, JJ Smit
B) UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) SQUAD:
Probable XI
1) Chirag Suri - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 14, 12, 9, 5, 39, 4, 0, 88, 14, 7
2) Muhammad Waseem - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 2, 41, 69*, 18, 15, 18, 58, 35, 23, 7
3) Aryan Lakra - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 1r 1w, 4r 1w, 19, 11, 9, 12r 0w, 84r 0w, 22r 2w, 0w
4) Vriitya Aravind - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 9, 18, 9, 2, 16, 2, 18, 33, 50, 53
5) Chundangapoyil Rizwan - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 1, 1, 1, 51*, 5, 49, 13, 12, 39
6) Basil Hameed - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 2r 0w, 4r 1w, 5r 0w, 42, 2r 0w, 9r 1w, 38r 1w, 6r 3w, 11r 2w, 25r 1w
7) Aayan Afzal Khan - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 19r 1w, 5r 1w, 0r 0w, 2w, 25r 1w, 1w, 93r 1w, 22r 2w, 11r 0w, 6r 0w
8) Junaid Siddique - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 16r 0w, 3w, 5w, 11r 0w, 6r 1w, 3w, 1w, 12r 1w, 12r 2w, 0w
9) Kashif Daud - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 0r 0w, 15r 0w, 7r 1w, 1, 0w, 23r 1w, 0w, 1w, 4r 2w, 24r 0w
10) Zahoor Khan - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 2w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 6r 4w, 0w, 9r 0w
11) Karthik Meiyappan - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 3w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 12r 2w, 0w, 3w, 1w, 2w, 1w
BENCH
12) Ahmed Raza - RHB, LAO
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 3w, 9r 2w, 2w
13) Sabir Ali - LHB, LFM
Last 10 - 1w, 1w, 1w, 2w
14) Zawar Farid - RHB, RMF
Last 10 - 2r 0w, 29r 1w, 8r 0w, 2r 1w, 41r 0w, 11r 1w, 2, 16r 0w, 15, 4w
15) Alishan Sharafu - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 4, 22, 21, 0, 0r 0w, 14
STANDBY PLAYERS
16) Sultan Ahmed - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 0w
17) Fahad Nawaz - RHB, LAO
Last 10 - 38, 42, 31, 1r 0w, 12r 1w, 13*, 18, 16, 11r 0w
18) Adhitya Shetty - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 2w, 11r 4w, 4r 0w, 13r 0w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 0w
19) Vishnu Sukumaran - RHB, LAO
Last 10 - 0, 10, 1, 64r 0w, 0w
20) Sanchit Sharma - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 3w, 8r 1w, 3w
Safe C/VC choices
Basil Hameed, Aayan Afzal Khan
Differential GL C/VC choices
NAM - Gerhard Erasmus, Jan Frylinck, Bernard Scholtz
UAE - Muhammad Waseem, Junaid Siddique, Karthik Meiyappan
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