Lanka T20 League 2024 

Match 2: JK vs GM

Preview 

Jaffna Kings will square off against Galle for the 2nd match of the Lanka T20 League 2024. Pallekele International Cricket Stadium will host the game on Tuesday, 2nd June. 

JK are three-time champions and their usual skipper Thisara Perera will be replaced by Charith Asalanka who will be taking over the captaincy role from now on. Yet, they have quality local players like Pathum Nissanka, Avishka Fernando, Kusal Mendis and Dhananjaya de Silva. Also with the presence of some strong-arm foreign batters like Rilee Rossouw, Alex Ross and all-rounder Azmatullah Omarzai Jaffna will look forward towards aggressive gameplay. Their bowling front will have fast bowlers like Pramod Madushan and Jason Behrendorff. They also have the services of quality spinners namely Noor Ahmad and Vijayakanth Viyastkanth. The Kings have a perfect blend of talents on the trot with all these players.

GM on the other side, will be led by Niroshan Dickwella. The Marvels also have powerhitters like Alex Hales, Sean Williams and Tim Seifet on their deck. Local players like Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Janith Liyanage and Lasith Croospulle will assist them. Their overseas batters need to fire well in order to get their add runs on the scoreboard. Dwaine Pretorius will lead their bowling side with other quality bowlers like Lahiru Kumara, Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Maheesh Theekshana. 

Match Details

Match: JK vs GM, 2nd Match, Lanka T20 League 2024

Date: Tuesday, July 2, 2024

Time: 3:00 PM

Venue: Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele

Pitch and Weather Report

The Pallekele Cricket Stadium will be the venue for the first match of the Lanka T20 League 2024. It possesses a great pitch for T20 cricket and we expect a thrilling contest here. The surface gas has good bounce and carry hence the pacers would find some early help with the new ball. The par score on this ground is at least 170 runs, anything above this should be a fighting total for the team batting first. 

The weather forecast for the matchday will be partly cloudy with the highest and lowest temperatures of 31 and 23 degrees Celsius respectively. 

JK vs GM Squad

JK: Kusal Mendis (wk), Charith Asalanka (c), Avishka Fernando, Pathum Nissanka, Rilee Rossouw, Dhananjaya de Silva, Alex Ross, Fabian Allen, Jason Behrendorff, Pramod Madushan, Asitha Fernando, Vishad Randika, Nisala Tharaka, Lahiru Samarakoon, Azmatullah Omarzai, Nishan Madushka, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth, Ahan Wickramasinghe, Noor Ahmad, Wanuja Sahan, Theesan Vithushan, Eshan Malinga, Murvin Abinash, Arul Pragasam

GM: Niroshan Dickwella (c & wk), Alex Hales, Tim Seifert, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Kavindu Nadeeshan, Sean Williams, Dwaine Pretorius, Maheesh Theekshana, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Isuru Udana, Lahiru Kumara, Mohamed Shiraz, Jeffrey Vandersay, Pasindu Sooriyabandara, Prabath Jayasuriya, Lasith Croospulle, Zahoor Khan, Dhananjaya Lakshan, Janith Liyanage, Sahan Arachchige, Chamindu Wijesinghe, Sadisha Rajapaksa, Malsha Tharupathi

JK vs GM Probable Playing XIs

JK: Avishka Fernando, Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis (wk), Asitha Fernando, Charith Asalanka (c), Azmatullah Omarzai, Dhananjaya de Silva, Pramod Madushan, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth, Jason Behrendorff, Noor Ahmad

GM: Niroshan Dickwella (wk/c), Alex Hales, Bhanuka Rajapaksha, Lasith Croospulle, Sean Williams, Dwaine Pretorius, Jayanth Liyanage, Maheesh Theekshana, Isuru Udana Lahiru Kumara, Mujeeb Ur Rahman

Match Prediction

Jaffna surely has a stronger team when compared to Galle Marvels. The Kings have a perfect blend of talent and expect which makes us believe that they will win the game.

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