JPN vs VAN 5th Match, Group 1, 09 May 2026 Fantasy AI Predictions

Vanuatu

Nisshin

Korogi Sports Park, Nisshin

JPN

123/10 (19.4)

Japan chose to BAT

VAN

93/6 (20.0)

Japan won by 30 runs

Men's T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific Qualifier JPN vs VAN players T20 past performance, current series performance, projected points and selection percentage.

Player					Batting									Bowling										Series Performance							Lineup selection			Match Performance
Name	T	R	S	M#	Bat	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50+	4/6	Bowl	Inn	Wk	Ov	Avg	Eco	SR	4w	Best	C/St	M	A. Pt	Pts	Run	Wk	DT	P	S%	C	VC	iDt	#	PTS	Bat	Bowl	Field
Esam Rahman	JPN	BOWL	✅	14	RHB	14	3	373	64	33.9	124.33	2	49	RM	9	1	1.6	125	8.92	84	0	1/3	6							3	0	0	0	✅	10	48	44	0	0
Williamsing Nalisa	VAN	BOWL	✅	36	RHB	17	8	84	31	9.33	103.7	0	8	LBG	30	31	3.4	23.67	7.12	19.9	1	6/16	8							9	0	0	0		19	14	0	10	0
Abhishek Anand	JPN	BOWL	✅	18	RHB	18	1	275	55	16.17	112.7	1	39	RM	4	1	1.3	13	2.6	30	0	1/4	9							2	0	0	0		13	26	22	0	0
Charles Hinze	JPN	BOWL	✅	37	LHB	19	7	140	23	11.66	102.18	0	13	SLA	37	45	3.2	13.17	4.96	15.9	2	5/6	6							8	0	0	0	✅	4	92	0	88	0
Ibrahim Takahashi	JPN	BOWL	✅	56	RHB	49	8	684	54	16.68	130.03	1	83	OB	53	48	2.7	16.87	5.62	18	0	3/4	15							6	0	0	0		12	28	16	8	0
Sabaorish Ravichandran	JPN	ALL	✅	53	RHB	49	4	997	86	22.15	120.84	5	113	LB	49	63	3.1	11.76	4.84	14.5	3	5/11	23							5	0	0	0	✅	5	74	22	40	8
Declan Suzuki	JPN	ALL	✅	54	LHB	46	15	434	45	14	103.08	0	48	RM	47	35	2.1	20.02	6.98	17.2	1	5/20	22							7	0	0	0		22	8	2	2	0
Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming	JPN	BAT	✅	55	LHB	54	5	1871	114	38.18	139.41	14	236	OB	2	0	1		8.5		0	-	12							1	0	0	0		18	15	11	0	0
Benjamin Ito-Davis	JPN	BOWL	✅	24	RHB	19	4	228	47	15.2	110.67	0	18	OB	20	28	2.8	8.71	4.3	12.1	0	3/8	15							4	0	0	0	✅	7	63	2	49	8
Shirai-Patmore	JPN	WK	✅	41	LHB	31	4	469	52	17.37	91.24	1	45		0	0					0	-	30							9	0	0	0	✅	16	22	6	0	12
Shoma Sugaya-Slater	JPN	BOWL	✅	14	RHB	5	2	25	12	8.33	83.33	0	2	RM	14	8	2.2	27.5	7.13	23.1	0	2/22	5							10	0	0	0		11	32	16	4	8
Abdul Samad	JPN	BOWL	✅	19	RHB	6	6	24	11		75	0	1	SLA	19	20	2.9	10.8	3.95	16.4	0	2/4	4							11	0	0	0	✅	3	107	5	98	0
Joshua Rasu	VAN	BOWL	✅	45	RHB	44	4	818	74	20.45	106.92	3	86	RM	33	50	3.3	16.06	7.3	13.2	3	5/36	12							1	0	0	0	✅	1	157	4	149	0
Andrew Mansale	VAN	BOWL	✅	40	RHB	39	4	808	82	23.08	116.59	5	84	OB	11	13	2.6	15.3	6.86	13.3	0	3/13	18							3	0	0	0		20	13	1	0	8
Nalin Nipiko	VAN	BOWL	✅	45	RHB	45	7	1086	100	28.57	117.4	7	127	RM	34	50	2.9	16.18	8.24	11.7	6	5/19	9							4	0	0	0		21	11	5	2	0
Clement Tommy	VAN	WK	✅	30	RHB	26	1	407	47	16.28	97.36	0	40		0	0					0	-	19							6	0	0	0		17	16	12	0	0
Patrick Matautaava	VAN	BOWL	✅	68	RHB	68	6	1040	103	16.77	120.64	4	124	RM	62	76	3.2	16.31	6.28	15.5	0	3/7	42							2	0	0	0	✅	2	132	2	126	0
Womejo Wotu	VAN	BAT	✅	24	RHB	22	4	187	25	10.38	101.63	0	19		10	5	1.8	28.2	7.69	22	0	2/19	10							7	0	0	0	✅	6	72	3	31	34
Junior Kaltapau	VAN	BOWL	✅	31	RHB	28	5	497	60	21.6	99.59	1	46	OB	1	1	4	51	12.75	24	0	1/51	6							5	0	0	0	✅	8	59	55	0	0
Darren Wotu	VAN	BOWL	✅	22	RHB	7	6	22	7	22	122.22	0	2	RM	21	17	3	25.52	6.94	22	0	3/21	5							11	0	0	0	✅	9	52	0	42	6
Jarryd Allan	VAN	BAT	✅	19	RHB	17	1	185	36	11.56	89.8	0	17		0	0					0	-	13							8	0	0	0		14	24	12	0	8
Nicholas Venables	VAN	BOWL	✅	6	LHB	2	0	1	1	0.5	16.66	0	0	LMF	6	3	3.5	39.33	5.61	42	0	2/11	0							10	0	0	0		15	24	0	20	0

Completed matches of Japan
Teams	Date	Venue	Toss	Bat First	Bat Second	Inning 1	Inning 2	Winner
JPN vs VAN	09 May - 06:00 AM	Nisshin	Japan	JPNJapan	VAN	123/10 (19.4)	93/6 (20.0)	Japan Japan won by 30 runs
Fiji vs JPN	10 May - 06:00 AM	Nisshin	Fiji	FijiFiji	JPN	74/10 (19.4)	75/2 (7.1)	Japan Japan won by 8 wickets (with 77 balls remaining)
JPN vs INA	12 May - 10:30 AM	Sano	Japan	JPNJapan	INA	142/7 (20.0)	101/10 (19.1)	Japan Japan won by 41 runs
JPN vs CK	14 May - 10:30 AM	Sano	Japan	JPNJapan	COK	90/10 (18.5)	94/7 (20.0)	Cook Islands Cook Islands won by 3 wickets (with 0 balls remaining)
JPN vs SMO	16 May - 10:30 AM	Sano	Samoa	SamoaSamoa	JPN	81/10 (18.5)	82/1 (11.1)	Japan Japan won by 9 wickets (with 53 balls remaining)
JPN vs PNG	18 May - 10:30 AM	Sano	Japan	JPNJapan	PNG	121/7 (20.0)	95/8 (20.0)	Japan Japan won by 26 runs

Completed matches of Vanuatu
Teams	Date	Venue	Toss	Bat First	Bat Second	Inning 1	Inning 2	Winner
VAN vs Fiji	08 May - 06:00 AM	Nisshin	Vanuatu	VANVanuatu	Fiji			Vanuatu Vanuatu won by 121 runs
JPN vs VAN	09 May - 06:00 AM	Nisshin	Japan	JPNJapan	VAN	123/10 (19.4)	93/6 (20.0)	Japan Japan won by 30 runs
VAN vs SMO	12 May - 06:00 AM	Sano	Vanuatu	VANVanuatu	Samoa	129/8 (20.0)	132/1 (15.3)	Samoa Samoa won by 9 wickets (with 27 balls remaining)
CK vs VAN	13 May - 10:30 AM	Sano	Cook Islands	COKCook Islands	VAN	163/7 (20.0)	69/5 (8.0)	Cook Islands Cook Islands won by 11 runs (DLS method)
INA vs VAN	16 May - 06:00 AM	Sano	Indonesia	VANVanuatu	INA	102/9 (20.0)	101/9 (20.0)	Vanuatu Vanuatu won by 1 run
PNG vs VAN	17 May - 10:30 AM	Sano	P.N.G.	PNGP.N.G.	VAN	207/5 (20.0)	60/10 (14.2)	P.N.G. PNG beat VAN by 147 runs

Completed matches at Korogi Sports Park, Nisshin
Teams	Date	Toss	Bat First	Bat Second	Inning 1	Inning 2	Winner
VAN vs Fiji	08 May - 06:00 AM	Vanuatu	VANVanuatu	Fiji			Vanuatu Vanuatu won by 121 runs
KOR vs CK	08 May - 10:30 AM	Cook Islands	SKORSouth Korea	COK	47/10 (16.2)	49/1 (4.4)	Cook Islands Cook Islands won by 9 wickets (with 92 balls remaining)
JPN vs VAN	09 May - 06:00 AM	Japan	JPNJapan	VAN	123/10 (19.4)	93/6 (20.0)	Japan Japan won by 30 runs
PNG vs KOR	09 May - 10:30 AM	P.N.G.	PNGP.N.G.	SKOR	197/3 (20.0)	61/10 (19.4)	P.N.G. P.N.G. won by 136 runs
Fiji vs JPN	10 May - 06:00 AM	Fiji	FijiFiji	JPN	74/10 (19.4)	75/2 (7.1)	Japan Japan won by 8 wickets (with 77 balls remaining)
PNG vs CK	10 May - 10:30 AM	P.N.G.	PNGP.N.G.	COK	204/5 (20.0)	155/6 (20.0)	P.N.G. P.N.G. won by 49 runs

Top batting performance for JPN
Match	#	Player	Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
JPN vs INA	5	Shirai-Patmore	lbw	52	49	3	0	106.12
Fiji vs JPN	3	Esam Rahman	not out	47	26	7	1	180.76
JPN vs PNG	1	Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming	lbw	45	33	4	3	136.36
JPN vs SMO	1	Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming	not out	37	34	3	1	108.82
JPN vs INA	6	Ibrahim Takahashi	caught	37	22	1	3	168.18
JPN vs VAN	3	Esam Rahman	caught	30	36	1	1	83.33
JPN vs INA	3	Esam Rahman	caught	27	27	4	0	100
JPN vs SMO	2	Abhishek Anand	bowled	22	23	3	0	95.65

Top bowling performance for JPN
Match	Player	Ov	M	Run	W	Eco
JPN vs SMO	Sabaorish Ravichandran	4	0	11	5	2.75
JPN vs CK	Charles Hinze	4	0	7	3	1.75
Fiji vs JPN	Ibrahim Takahashi	1.4	0	4	3	2.4
JPN vs PNG	Ibrahim Takahashi	4	0	19	2	4.75
JPN vs PNG	Charles Hinze	4	0	18	2	4.5
JPN vs SMO	Charles Hinze	3.5	1	12	2	3.13
JPN vs CK	Abdul Samad	4	1	20	2	5
JPN vs INA	Reo Sakurano-Thomas	3	0	12	2	4
JPN vs INA	Makoto Taniyama	1.1	0	11	2	9.42
Fiji vs JPN	Makoto Taniyama	3	0	27	2	9
Fiji vs JPN	Reo Sakurano-Thomas	4	0	15	2	3.75
JPN vs VAN	Abdul Samad	4	1	4	2	1
JPN vs VAN	Charles Hinze	4	0	21	2	5.25
JPN vs PNG	Shoma Sugaya-Slater	1	0	7	1	7
JPN vs PNG	Reo Sakurano-Thomas	3	0	14	1	4.66
JPN vs PNG	Abdul Samad	4	0	18	1	4.5
JPN vs SMO	Ibrahim Takahashi	3	0	14	1	4.66
JPN vs SMO	Abdul Samad	4	0	15	1	3.75
JPN vs SMO	Reo Sakurano-Thomas	1	0	5	1	5
JPN vs CK	Sabaorish Ravichandran	4	0	13	1	3.25

Top batting performance for VAN
Match	#	Player	Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
VAN vs SMO	5	Junior Kaltapau	not out	37	23	2	2	160.86
JPN vs VAN	5	Junior Kaltapau	not out	37	38	2	1	97.36
INA vs VAN	1	Joshua Rasu	caught	27	35	2	0	77.14
INA vs VAN	2	Clement Tommy	lbw	27	20	2	1	135
VAN vs SMO	1	Joshua Rasu	bowled	27	32	1	2	84.37
CK vs VAN	1	Joshua Rasu	bowled	22	15	0	3	146.66

Top bowling performance for VAN
Match	Player	Ov	M	Run	W	Eco
INA vs VAN	Joshua Rasu	4	0	32	4	8
JPN vs VAN	Joshua Rasu	4	0	24	4	6
INA vs VAN	Patrick Matautaava	4	0	7	3	1.75
JPN vs VAN	Patrick Matautaava	2.4	0	9	3	3.37
PNG vs VAN	Joshua Rasu	4	0	39	2	9.8
INA vs VAN	Nicholas Venables	4	0	11	2	2.75
CK vs VAN	Joshua Rasu	3	0	32	2	10.66
CK vs VAN	Tim Cutler	4	1	19	2	4.75
PNG vs VAN	Tim Cutler	4	0	25	1	6.3
PNG vs VAN	Junior Kaltapau	4	0	51	1	12.8
PNG vs VAN	Patrick Matautaava	4	0	62	1	15.5
CK vs VAN	Nicholas Venables	4	0	36	1	9
CK vs VAN	Williamsing Nalisa	4	0	28	1	7
CK vs VAN	Patrick Matautaava	1	0	10	1	10
VAN vs SMO	Joshua Rasu	4	0	24	1	6
JPN vs VAN	Womejo Wotu	2	0	16	1	8
JPN vs VAN	Darren Wotu	2	0	15	1	7.5