Dambulla Giants vs Kandy Warriors - Match 2

Author: Shreyas
06 Dec 2021 16:20:35
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Dambulla Giants vs Kandy Warriors -  2nd Match of the Lanka Premier League'2021, at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo 

Weather Forecast
Partly Cloudy - 30°C

1. VENUE AND PITCH INFO

Venue - R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo 

(i) Total Matches - T20s

Overall - 129

Avg 1st Innings - 157
Avg 2nd Innings - 138

Highest total - 227/6 (Chilaw Marians Cricket Club vs Colts Cricket Club - 3rd September'2004)

(ii) Performance of both teams on this ground

DG - Not Played Yet
KW - Not Played Yet

(iii) Top Performers on this venue from the current squads - T20s

DG

Dilshan Munaweera - 10th highest run scorer (423), Avg (24.9) - 19M/19I
Niroshan Dickwella - 15th highest run scorer (333), Avg (30.27) - 12M/12I
Dasun Shanaka - 20th highest run scorer (308), Avg (14.67) - 26M/24I

Dasun Shanaka - 70th highest wicket taker (6), Avg (27), SR (20) - 26M/11I

KW

Angelo Perera - 24th highest run scorer (279), Avg (18.60) - 21M/18I
Milinda Siriwardana - 29th highest run scorer (265), Avg (17.7) - 23M/20I
Asela Gunaratne - 35th highest run scorer (213), Avg (17.75) - 13M/13I
Minod Bhanuka - 50th highest run scorer (174), Avg (21.75) - 9M/9I
Ahmed Shehzad - 86th highest run scorer (110), Avg (18.33) - 6M/6I
Charith Asalanka - 92nd highest run scorer (101), Avg (20.20) - 5M/5I

Binura Fernando - 36th highest wicket taker (10), Avg (22.3), SR (15) - 8M/8I
Asela Gunaratne - 35th highest wicket taker (10), Avg (25.2), SR (19.8) - 13M/12I
Milinda Siriwardana - 49th highest wicket taker (8), Avg (29.25), SR (21.75) - 23M/14I
Ishan Jayaratne - 58th highest wicket taker (7), Avg (11), SR (8.29) - 4M/4I
Tillakartane Sampath - 70th highest wicket taker (6), Avg (29.33), SR (23) - 16M/9I

(iv) Recent Matches on this venue

1) Sri Lanka vs South Africa - 14th September'2021
120/8 vs 121/0 (SA won by 10 wkts)

Pacers - 3w+0w=3w
Spinners - 4w+0w=4w

2) Sri Lanka vs South Africa - 12th September'2021
103/10 vs 105/1 (SA won by 9 wkts)

Pacers - 1w+0w=1w
Spinners - 9w+1w=10w

3) South Africa vs Sri Lanka - 10th September'2021
163/5 vs 135/6 (SA won by 28 runs)

Pacers - 2w+2w=4w
Spinners - 3w+3w=6w

4) India vs Sri Lanka - 29th July'2021
81/8 vs 82/3 (SL won by 7 wkts)

Pacers - 3w+0w=3w
Spinners - 5w+3w=8w

5) India vs Sri Lanka - 28th July'2021
132/5 vs 133/6 (SL won by 4 wkts)

Pacers - 2w+2w=4w
Spinners - 3w+4w=7w

6) India vs Sri Lanka - 25th July'2021
164/5 vs 126/10 (IND won by 38 runs)

Pacers - 3w+7w=10w
Spinners - 2w+3w=5w

7) England vs Sri Lanka - 28th October'2018
187/8 vs 157/10 (ENG won by 30 runs)

Pacers - 5w+3w=8w
Spinners - 2w+7w=9w

8) Dambulla vs Colombo - 2nd September'2018
163/8 vs 167/3 (COL won by 7 wkts)

Pacers - 1w+2w=3w
Spinners - 5w+1w=6w

9) Dambulla vs Galle - 22nd August'2018
179/6 vs 84/10 (DAM won by 95 runs)

Pacers - 3w+0w=3w
Spinners - 3w+9w=12w

10) Colombo vs Kandy - 22nd August'2018
188/5 vs 188/7 (COL won in Super Over)

Pacers - 3w+0w=3w
Spinners - 2w+5w=7w

SUMMARY

Pacers
1st Innings - 26w
2nd Innings - 16w

Spinners
1st Innings - 38w
2nd Innings - 36w

Overall
42w:74w (Pacers:Spinners)

(v) Toss Based Analysis on this venue - 2015 onwards

Dambulla Giants (DG)

1. Dasun Shanaka
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(3), 0(2)&0w, 19(16), 0(1), 10(8), 18(26)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 15(18)*, 16(16), 12(8)&0w, 30(16)&1w, 10(13), 16(14), 3(6)&1w, 2w, 16(14)&1w

2. Imran Tahir
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

3. Chamika Karunaratne
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 8(12), 24(19)*&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2(3)&0w, 12(5)*&0w, 1w, 12(6)*&0w, 0w, 22(14)*&0w

4. Niroshan Dickwella
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 17(14)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(5), 13(15), 3(7)

5. Ramesh Mendis
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2(5)&0w, 1w

6. Sohaib Maqsood
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

7. Josh Little
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

8. Nuwan Pradeep
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w

9. Najibullah Zadran
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

10. Tharindu Ratnayake
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

11. Lahiru Udara
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

12. Sacha De Alwis
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

13. Muditha Lakshan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

14. Kalana Perera
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

15. Sachitha Jayathilake
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

16. Madushan Ravichandrakumar
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

17. Janith Liyanage
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

18. Chaikara Edirisinghe
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

19. Dilshan Munaweera
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 53(29)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4(3)&0w

20. Marchant De Lange
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

Kandy Warriors (KW)

1. Angelo Perera
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 54(35), 7(6)&0w

2. Asela Gunaratne
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 17(18)&1w, 0(1)&1w, 18(25)&0w, 0(1)

3. Rovman Powell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

4. Charith Asalanka
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 14(20)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 15(5)&1w, 22(15)&2w, 44(26), 6(19)

5. Kennar Lewis
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

6. Lahiru Kumara
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

7. Milinda Siriwardana
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(1)

8. Ishan Jayaratne
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

9. Binura Fernando
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

10. Kamindu Mendis
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

11. Kamil Mishra
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

12. Ayana Siriwardhana
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

13. Nimesh Vimukthi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

14. Shashika Dulshan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

15. Kalhara Senarathne
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

16. Minod Bhanuka
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 10(7), 36(31), 18(27)

17. Sachindu Colombage
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

18. Ahmed Shehzad
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

19. Devon Thomas
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

20. Al Amin Hossain
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

21. Shiraz Ahmed
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

22. Tillakartane Sampath
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

2. HEAD TO HEAD

(i) Overall
2 - 2w/0l (In favour of DG)

(ii) On This Venue
Not Played Yet

(iii) Recent Head to Head Matches

1) Kandy Warriors vs Dambulla Giants - 3rd December'2020
156/6 vs 157/5 (DG won by 5 wkts)

Asela Gunaratne - 18(12)* & 1w
Nuwan Pradeep - 1w
Niroshan Dickwella - 4(3)
Angelo Perera - 67(49)
Dasun Shanaka - 33(23) & 0w
Ramesh Mendis - 1w
Sachindu Colombage - 0w

2) Dambulla Giants vs Kandy Warriors - 28th November'2020
195/4 vs 84/3 (DG won by 4 runs - DLS)

Niroshan Dickwella - 25(18)
Dasun Shanaka - 73(37)
Lahiru Kumara - 0w
Ramesh Mendis - 0w
Kamindu Mendis - 6(10)
Asela Gunaratne - 3(3)* & 2w
Nuwan Pradeep - 0w

3. SQUAD INFO WITH DETAILING

A) DAMBULLA GIANTS (DG) SQUAD:

Probable XI

1) Niroshan Dickwella - LHB, WK
Last 10 - 11, 3, 7, 88*, 77*, 24, 31, 20, 32, 96, 13*, 4

2) Dilshan Munaweera - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 0r 0w, 59r 1w, 28r 3w, 18r 1w, 0w, 15r 1w, 24r 2w, 0w, 1, 16r 0w

3) Sohaib Maqsood - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 23, 0, 54, 75, 24, 0, 18, 15, 17, 11

4) Najibullah Zadran - LHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 4, 4, 1, 35, 0, 1, 73, 11, 7

5) Dasun Shanaka - RHB, RMF
Last 10 - 0w, 2w, 11, 8, 7r 0w, 6, 23r 0w, 0r 0w, 4r 1w, 25r 1w

6) Ramesh Mendis - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 5r 6w, 25r 5w, 13r 3w, 4w, 6r 1w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 1w

7) Chamika Karunaratne - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 2w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 29r 0w

8) Marchant De Lange - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 1w, 11r 0w, 2w, 7r 0w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 5w, 8r 0w

9) Imran Tahir - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 1w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 1w

10) Nuwan Pradeep - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 2w, 2w, 1w

11) Josh Little - RHB, LFM
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 4w

BENCH

12) Kalana Perera - LHB, LFM
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 0w, 12r 0w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 4w

13) Sacha De Alwis - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 10, 16, 0, 66, 1, 22, 0, 23r 1w, 5, 7r 0w

14) Lahiru Udara - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 17, 39, 0, 23, 28, 7, 33

15) Tharindu Ratnayake - LHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 1w, 13r 0w, 4r 2w, 0w, 38r 0w, 9r 1w, 5r 2w, 5r 2w, 15r 2w, 1w

16) Muditha Lakshan - RHB, LAO
Last 10 - 8r 0w, 10r 2w, 20r 2w, 7r 4w, 1w, 5, 15r 0w, 45r 0w

17) Sachitha Jayathilake - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 30r 2w, 61r 0w, 28r 2w, 16r 1w, 71r 0w, 10r 0w, 1w, 31r 3w, 15r 1w, 8r 2w

18) Madushan Ravichandrakumar - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 3w, 0w, 0w, 29r 2w, 31r 2w, 36r 0w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 0w

19) Janith Liyanage - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 17r 1w, 26, 65r 2w, 24r 1w, 27r 3w, 40r 0w, 19, 42r 0w, 5r 1w, 91r 0w

20) Chamikara Edirisinghe - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 2w, 1w, 3w, 0w, 4w, 0w, 10r 2w, 1w, 2w, 2w

Safe C/VC choices
Dasun Shanaka, Marchant De Lange

B) KANDY WARRIORS (KW) SQUAD:

Probable XI

1) Kennar Lewis - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 7, 0, 22, 65*, 0, 49, 10, 7, 35, 2

2) Minod Bhanuka - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 7, 27, 74, 8*, 1, 0, 5, 21, 18, 36

3) Charith Asalanka - LHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 10, 19, 68, 21, 21, 35, 80r 0w, 6, 8, 5, 14

4) Angelo Perera - RHB, LAO
Last 10 - 40, 0, 9, 6r 2w, 14, 26, 32*, 60

5) Rovman Powell - RHB, RMF
Last 10 - 11, 31, 25, 56, 28, 11, 63, 42, 38

6) Asela Gunaratne - RHB, RMF
Last 10 - 40r 0w, 59r 2w, 4r 0w, 23r 2w, 25*, 44r 1w, 42r 4w, 12r 0w, 34r 0w, 1w

7) Kamindu Mendis - LHB, LAO/Offbreak
Last 10 - 12r 0w, 19r 2w, 8r 2w, 41r 1w, 0r 3w, 1w, 34, 0

8) Ishan Jayaratne - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 26r 2w, 7*, 13r 3w, 12r 1w, 24r 1w, 49r 1w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w

9) Binura Fernando - RHB, LFM
Last 10 - 2w, 1w, 1w, 7, 17r 0w, 1w, 20r 1w, 1w, 1w

10) Sachindu Colombage - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 3w, 2w, 10r 1w, 2w, 1w, 10r 0w, 61r 0w, 1w, 2w, 2w
/
Nimesh Vimukthi

11) Lahiru Kumara - LHB, RF
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 3w, 2w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 2w

BENCH

12) Milinda Siriwardana - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 2, 12, 18, 34*, 112, 59, 25, 2, 0

13) Kamil Mishara - LHB, Offbreak, WK
Last 10 - 1, 98, 20, 98, 10, 4, 46*, 12, 18, 4, 113

14) Ayana Siriwardhana - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 0w, 2w, 13r 1w, 3w, 9r 0w, 20r 1w, 18r 2w, 14r 1w, 53r 1w

15) Nimesh Vimukthi - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 11r 1w, 3r 1w, 3r 2w, 6w, 4w, 24r 1w, 10r 2w, 38r 2w, 5r 0w, 1r 3w

16) Shashika Dulshan - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 0w, 3w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 1w

17) Kalhara Senarathne - LHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 2w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 3w, 0w, 0w, 0w

18) Ahmed Shehzad - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 36, 0, 78, 63, 21, 58r 1w, 63, 91, 44, 49, 5, 77, 20

19) Al-Amin Hossain - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 3r 3w, 19r 0w, 17r 5w, 4w, 3w, 2w, 3w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 0w

20) Tillakartane Sampath - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 51r 1w, 29r 2w, 11r 1w, 29r 1w, 39r 0w, 26r 1w, 0w, 42r 0w, 32r 0w, 0w

21) Devon Thomas - RHB, RM, WK
Last 10 - 1, 34, 28, 2, 26, 12, 31, 55*, 7, 117r 0w

22) Shiraz Ahmed - RHB, LFM
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 0w

Safe C/VC choices
Charith Asalanka, Angelo Perera

Differential GL C/VC choices

DG - Niroshan Dickwella, Sohaib Maqsood, Najibullah Zadran
Risky - Imran Tahir, Chamika Karunaratne

KW - Kennar Lewis, Binura Fernando, Rovman Powell
Risky - Minod Bhanuka, Lahiru Kumara

My Fantasy Team (SL)
(Pre Toss)

Wk - Dickwella, Salt, Bhanuka
Bat - Zadran, A Perera, K Lewis, Asalanka
AR - Shanaka
Bowl - Tahir, De Lange, Kumara

Options - C Karunaratne, Powell, A Gunaratne

GL Picks - Little, R Mendis, Maqsood, B Fernando, N Pradeep

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Tue, 05 Mar 2024 09:54:30 GMT
England's latest caps centurion looks to finish India series on a high in Dharamsala
Sat, 02 Mar 2024 14:08:24 GMT
ESPNcricinfo understands that Steyn has pulled out of the tournament for personal reasons
Fri, 01 Mar 2024 12:18:49 GMT
The inter-zonal tournament of five three-day matches will be played in Pune between March 28 and April 11
Thu, 29 Feb 2024 09:43:23 GMT
Washington Sundar was released from the squad to play the Ranji Trophy semi-final for Tamil Nadu against Mumbai
Thu, 29 Feb 2024 10:30:55 GMT
While their abilities were not in question, it is understood that their decision to practically make themselves unavailable for India has not sat well with the selectors
Thu, 29 Feb 2024 09:51:26 GMT
Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja have been retained in the top category
Wed, 28 Feb 2024 18:46:54 GMT
It is understood that Lucknow Super Giants are aware of his progress and are optimistic about his availability in the IPL
Wed, 28 Feb 2024 09:52:53 GMT
Hazlewood back into the top ten in T20I rankings while Scholtz, Erasmus of Namibia dazzle too
Wed, 28 Feb 2024 09:27:39 GMT
India Women head coach particularly wants to create a pool of fast bowlers from the WPL
Tue, 27 Feb 2024 13:39:35 GMT
Ishan Kishan turned up for the Reserve Bank of India in the DY Patil T20 tournament
Tue, 27 Feb 2024 04:50:38 GMT
He is also unlikely to play the 2024 T20 World Cup in the Caribbean and USA
Tue, 27 Feb 2024 07:41:55 GMT
His comments follow BCCI's warning that players will face "severe implications" if they skip Tests and domestic games to be ready for IPL
Tue, 27 Feb 2024 07:39:18 GMT
Bashir's two-in-two after lunch opened up the game, but in the end, England's second-innings collapse meant that they didn't have enough to play with
Mon, 26 Feb 2024 16:22:19 GMT
"During the Bengal game, I shouted at 17th player, and he complained to his dad who is a politician"
Mon, 26 Feb 2024 16:21:24 GMT
Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer are also set to feature in the tournament
Mon, 26 Feb 2024 10:24:59 GMT
England captain praises young spin attack despite India inflicting first series defeat of his tenure
Sun, 25 Feb 2024 14:52:19 GMT
Ashwin says the lack of bounce on the surface meant he had to adopt a different approach in Ranchi
Sun, 25 Feb 2024 13:26:54 GMT
India's spinners came to the party on day three in Ranchi after their wicketkeeper dug them out of a hole
Sun, 25 Feb 2024 13:06:16 GMT
Offspinner dedicates five-wicket haul to late grandfathers as he braces for fourth-innings challenge
Sat, 24 Feb 2024 12:32:37 GMT
Backs England to seize chance to square series, after Bashir's stellar display
Sat, 24 Feb 2024 12:09:37 GMT
India trail by 134 runs in the first innings with only three wickets in hand
Sat, 24 Feb 2024 12:37:40 GMT
Bhatia and Harmanpreet steered Mumbai's chase after Capsey and Rodrigues helped Delhi set a target of 172
Fri, 23 Feb 2024 16:01:32 GMT
India's debutant fast bowler picked up three wickets with the new ball to put India on top
Fri, 23 Feb 2024 15:13:56 GMT
India fast bowler has been missing in action since the final of the ODI World Cup in November 2023
Fri, 23 Feb 2024 12:23:53 GMT
First-day century rescues England after five-wicket morning to post 302 for 7 at the close
Fri, 23 Feb 2024 12:15:29 GMT
Veteran batter stepped in and took control shepherding his team from 112 for 5 to 302 for 7 by stumps
Fri, 23 Feb 2024 06:43:41 GMT
BCCI released the schedule only for the first 21 matches, till April 7, as the dates for India's general elections aren't out yet
Thu, 22 Feb 2024 14:38:04 GMT
England haven't lost a Test series since Stokes and McCullum took over but that could change in Ranchi
Wed, 21 Feb 2024 10:31:38 GMT
He is believed to have batted without any discomfort but did not keep wickets
Tue, 20 Feb 2024 17:37:42 GMT
He had opted out of the ongoing Tests against England due to personal reasons
Tue, 20 Feb 2024 17:33:33 GMT
KL Rahul is set to miss the fourth Test as well, while his participation in the final Test in Dharamsala is subject to fitness
Tue, 20 Feb 2024 14:56:20 GMT
Iyer has been ruled out due to back spasms, while Dube will miss out because of a side strain
Tue, 20 Feb 2024 10:25:35 GMT
Former Bengal captain requests BCCI to take steps to increase the significance of the Ranji Trophy
Thu, 22 Feb 2024 08:58:10 GMT
England coach unconcerned by form of Jonny Bairstow and Joe Root ahead of must-win Ranchi Test
Mon, 19 Feb 2024 12:34:40 GMT
A veteran for Vidarbha, he is the only Indian batter to have scored fifty or more in his lone ODI appearance
Mon, 19 Feb 2024 05:01:34 GMT
Sarfaraz Khan played the perfect supporting act in a stand of 172 off 26.2 overs with Jaiswal to set up India's 2-1 series lead
Mon, 19 Feb 2024 03:07:11 GMT
Ashwin took the field at the start of the third session of play on the fourth day
Sun, 18 Feb 2024 17:51:43 GMT
England captain questions Zak Crawley's second-innings lbw dismissal
Sun, 18 Feb 2024 16:44:51 GMT
"I know how important every innings is and that's why I work hard in practice and every innings counts for me"
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