Dambulla Giants vs Kandy Warriors - 2nd Match of the Lanka Premier League'2021, at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
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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 -
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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 -
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11. Lahiru Udara
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
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12. Sacha De Alwis
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
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13. Muditha Lakshan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
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14. Kalana Perera
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
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15. Sachitha Jayathilake
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
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16. Madushan Ravichandrakumar
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
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17. Janith Liyanage
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
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18. Chaikara Edirisinghe
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
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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 -
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12. Ayana Siriwardhana
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
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13. Nimesh Vimukthi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
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14. Shashika Dulshan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
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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 -
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19. Devon Thomas
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
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20. Al Amin Hossain
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
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21. Shiraz Ahmed
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
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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
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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