Sri Lanka T20 League, 2022

Match 9: KF vs GG

Preview

KF and GG will clash for the 9th match of the Sri Lanka T20 League. The match is scheduled on Monday, December 12 at 03:00 PM at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium. 

The Kandy side played their last match against the Jaffna franchise and won by 3 wickets. The top performer in that match was Ashen Bandara who scored 44 runs off 39 balls along with Pathum Nissanka who smashed 29 runs off 24 balls. While on the bowling side, Wanindu Hasaranga, Isuru Udana and Fabian Allen tugged two wickets each. Zahoor Khan also picked one wicket to get on the list of wicket-takers. 

Andre Fletcher is the highest run-getter for the Kandy side with 133 runs scored at a strike rate of 144.57 and Pathum Nissanka smashed 122 runs at a strike rate of 141.86.

Hasaranga has been the best bowler from the KF side. He has picked 7 wickets at an economy of 6.73 and Brathwaite also took 5 wickets at a decent economy rate of 6.11.

Team GG faced CS in their last encounter against CS and won by 25 runs. Lahiru Udara smashed 45* runs on 22 balls and skipper Kushal Mendis scored 39 runs off 27 balls. The bowling department was also well involved in the game, Iftikhar Ahmed, Wahab Riaz and Nuwan Pradeep took a couple of wickets each while Nuwan Thusara and Sikandar Raza plucked a wicket piece to win the match. 

GG has their skipper as the top scorer with 104 runs at an SR. of 128.40 and Nuwanidu Fernando has scored 57 runs at a strike rate of 126.67 in this season of the league. 

On the other side, Nuwan Pradeep has the best bowling stats for the GG side, with 6 wickets to his name. Iftikhar Ahmed is also miraculous with the ball putting aside his fabulous batting contributions. He took a total of 5 scalps in this tournament. 

Match Details

Match:  KF vs GG, Match 9, Sri Lanka T20 League 2022

Date: Monday, December 12, 2022

Time: 03:00 PM

Venue: Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele

Pitch and Weather Report

The Pallekele International Cricket Stadium assists the spinners which could turn out to be helpful while restricting the rival side from getting to a big score. However, the pitch allows batters to hit good scores in the middle of the match. The par score of this pitch is 150 runs and it will surely be a competitive total for both sides to compete. 

The weather forecast for this encounter is good with almost no chances of rain.

Squads

KF: Pathum Nissanka, Andre Fletcher(w), Kamindu Mendis, Ashen Bandara, Wanindu Hasaranga(c), Fabian Allen, Carlos Brathwaite, Chamika Karunaratne, Isuru Udana, Ashian Daniel, Zahoor Khan, Ashan Priyanjan, Lasith Abeyratne, Najibullah Zadran, Malinda Pushpakumara, Minod Bhanuka, Kaveen Bandara, Oshane Thomas, Janith Liyanage, Chamindu Wijesinghe, Matheesha Pathirana, Ahmed Daniyal, Avishka Perera

GG: Thanuka Dabare, Kusal Mendis(c), Lahiru Udara, Azam Khan(w), Iftikhar Ahmed, Nuwanidu Fernando, Imad Wasim, Wahab Riaz, Nuwan Pradeep, Nuwan Thushara, Lakshan Sandakan, Anwar Ali, Asad Shafiq, Kusal Perera, Tharindu Kaushal, Pulina Tharanga, Shammu Ashan, Nipun Malinga, Mohammad Hasnain, Sachindu Colombage, Lakshan Gamage, Nimesh Vimukthi, Movin Subasingha

Probable Playing XIs

KF: Pathum Nissanka, Andre Fletcher (wk), Kamindu Mendis, Ashen Bandara, Fabian Allen, Carlos Brathwaite, Wanindu Hasaranga (c), Chamika Karunaratne, Isuru Udana, Ashian Daniel, Zahoor Khan

GG: Thanuka Dabare, Kusal Mendis (c), Azam Khan (wk), Nuwanidu Fernando, Iftikhar Ahmed, Movin Subasingha, Imad Wasim, Pulina Tharanga, Wahab Riaz, Nuwan Pradeep, Nuwan Thushara

Match Prediction

KF are a powerful side as compared to GG, at least on pen and paper. We fancy KF to win this match. 

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