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The captain of Auckland Aces, Gareth Hopkins, is confident that his frontline pace bowlers, Chris Martin and Daryl Tuffey will be fit for the opening game of the Champions League T20's qualifier, scheduled to be played on Monday, September 19.
With less than a week to go in the high profile tournament, Chris Martin is struggling with a sore shoulder while Tuffey has got a swollen tooth. But Hopkins is confident that the pacers’ duo will recover in time before the tournament gets underway in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hyderabad-c792
next week.
"We have got a couple of injury concerns,” Hopkins told the media reporters after his side arrived in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750. “...We are monitoring how it goes. Hopefully, they will pull through in time otherwise they wouldn't have been here in first place," he added further.
The qualifying round of the esteemed Twenty20 tournament will be played next Monday. The tournament opener will be played between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 and the IPL side, Kolkata Knight Riders. Absence of the experienced pacers could be huge blow for
the side already lacking.
Majority of the players in the Auckland Aces have not played in the sub-continent conditions. Hopkins, a wicketkeeper batsman who has an experience of ten T20 Internationals under his belt, agreed that his side lacks experience to some extent. However he
urged the players to give their 100 per cent if they are to proceed to the main round of the tournament.
"My expectations from the team is that the guys will give their 100 percent and we will move into the next round. We are just focusing on performing to the best of our abilities," Hopkins said.
Six teams will be contesting in the qualifying round of the Champions League T20. These teams include, Kolkata Knight Riders, Auckland Aces, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758. The first three teams have been
placed in Pool A while the last three teams will comprise Pool B.
Three teams will proceed to the main tournament, the top team from each pool, along with the next highest ranked side decided on the basis of Points/Net Run Rate. All the qualifiers will be hosted by Hyderabad.
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