BLK vs JK Dream11 Prediction, Fantasy Stats, Venue Report, Recent Performances, Probable XIs, Weather Forecast, Head to Head, Toss Based Analysis, C/VC Choices - ELIMINATOR

Author: Shubham
17 Aug 2023 04:32:46
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B-Love Kandy vs Jaffna Kings - Eliminator of the Lanka Premier League, 2023 at R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo 

Weather Forecast
Clear - 28°C

1. TOURNAMENT STATS AND INFO

(i) Points Table Scenario 

BLK - 8 - 4w/4l (3rd) 
JK - 8 - 3w/5l (4th)

(ii) Toss Based Analysis

B-Love Kandy (BLK)

1. Fakhar Zaman 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 45(35), 22(17)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 28(26), 42(39), 11(14), 8(4)

2. Ashen Bandara 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 12(14), 27(19), 22(18), 0(1)

3. Mohammad Haris
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 17(14), 81(51)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(4), 2(7)

4. Dinesh Chandimal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 25(17), 1(3)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 10(11), 0(2), 48(29), 22(16), 50(46)

5. Kamindu Mendis 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 15(10)&0w, 3(9)&0w, 18(28)

6. Wanindu Hasaranga 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 64(27)&4w, 19(14)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 9(4)&0w, 9(7)&1w, 0w, 52(22)*&3w, 40(21)&2w, 19(11)&1w

7. Chaturanga de Silva 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 16(11)&1w, 1(2)&1w

8. Angelo Mathews 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 40(23)&0w, 22(28)&3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 25(22), 2(6), 28(20)*&0w, 2w, 11(10)&2w, 26(15)&0w

9. Dushmantha Chameera 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 0w

10. Mujeeb Ur Rahman 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 2w

11. Isuru Udana
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3(2)*&0w, 9(6)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 7(11)&3w, 16(12)&0w, 2w, 1w, 5(5)&2w, 23(21)&0w

12. Mohammad Hasnain 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 7(12)*&2w, 1w, 1w, 0w

13. Sahan Arachchige
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2(5)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(1)*, 13(21)

14. Navod Paranavithana
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

15. Sarfaraz Ahmed 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 16(21)*

16. Nuwan Pardeep 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3w, 1w, 3w

17. Lahiru Madushanka 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

18. Thanuka Dabare
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4(6)&0w, 12(11)

19. Aamer Jamal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 7(9)&0w, 6(22)&1w

20. Malsha Tharupathi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

21. Lasith Abeyratne
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

22. Avishka Tharindu
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

23. Asif Ali
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2(3)*, 6(6)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3(8), 16(8)*, 33(15)

Jaffna Kings (JK)

1. Rahmanullah Gurbaz 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 21(11), 14(12), 0(5), 0(2)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 54(39), 3(11), 39(21), 1(2)

2. Chris Lynn
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4(4)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 27(26)

3. Asela Gunaratne 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 7(8)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

4. Shoaib Malik 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(2)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 74(53)*&2w, 1w, 55(37)*&0w

5. Thisara Parera
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 14(7)*&1w, 6(5), 2(3)&0w, 13(9)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 2(5), 17(7)&0w, 36(20)&0w

6. Charith Asalanka 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 12(14)&0w, 56(52)&0w, 5(6)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 5(10)&1w, 5(9), 12(15), 2(7)

7. Dunith Wellalage
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 25(23)*&0w, 1w, 38(27)*&0w, 22(31)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4w, 16(17)&1w, 2w, 6(5)*&2w

8. Vijayakanth Viyaskanth
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 1w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 0w

9. Hardus Vijoen 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3w, 4(6)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

10. Maheesh Theekshana 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 0w, 1w, 13(23)*&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 9(11)*&1w, 1w, 0w

11. Nuwan Thushara 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 7(3)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 2w, 1w, 3w

12. Dilshan Madushanka
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 0w, 12(29)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 2w, 2w

13. Ashan Randika
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

14. Towhid Hridoy
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 54(39), 24(20), 19(22)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 44(23)*, 0(1), 14(9)*

15. Nandre Burger 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w

16. Asitha Fernando
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

17. David Miller 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 14(18), 21(22), 5(6)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 7(4)*, 2(7), 1(3)*, 24(16)

18. Pathum Kumara
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

19. Theeshan Vithushan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

20. Asanka Manoj
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

21. Nishan Madushka
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 12(13), 2(3)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 46(32), 8(9)

22. Ratnarajah Thenurathan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

23. Priyamal Parera 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 22(16)*, 5(3), 22(22)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

24. Zaman Khan 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

2. VENUE AND PITCH INFO 

Venue - R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

(i) Total Matches - T20s

Overall - 179

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

BLK - 17 - 5w/12l
JK - 15 - 10w/5l

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

BLK

Dinesh Chandimal - highest run scorer (1302), Avg (35.19) - 46M/44I
Angelo Mathews - 9th highest run scorer (560), Avg (25.67) - 29M/29I
Wanindu Hasaranga - 23rd highest run scorer (344), Avg (20.24) - 26M/23I
Ashen Bandara - 29th highest run scorer (299), Avg (42.71) - 15M/12I
Kamindu Mendis - 30th highest run scorer (298), Avg (18.83) - 21M/17I
Isuru Udana - 47th highest run scorer (226), Avg (15.07) - 33M/26I

Isuru Udana - 2nd highest wicket taker (31), SR (17.29) - 33M/31I
Wanindu Hasaranga - 3rd highest wicket taker (30), SR (18.17) - 26M/26I
Dushmantha Chameera - 3rd highest wicket taker (30), SR (17.83) - 27M/27I
Nuwan Pardeep - 18th highest wicket taker (18), SR (14.50) - 18M/17I
Chaturanga de Silva - 29th highest wicket taker (13), SR (17.08) - 23M/13I
Angelo Mathews - 29th highest wicket taker (13), SR (20.77) - 29M/14I
Kamindu Mendis - 52nd highest wicket taker (10), SR (24) - 21M/14I

JK

Thisara Perera - 5th highest run scorer (711), Avg (24.52) - 44M/38I
Charith Asalanka - 12th highest run scorer (517), Avg (24.62) - 22M/22I
Shoaib Malik - 31st highest run scorer (296), Avg (26.91) - 19M/17I
Asela Gunaratne - 45th highest run scorer (237), Avg (16.93) - 16M/15I
Rahmanullah Gurbaz - 66th highest run scorer (181), Avg (20.11) - 9M/9I

Maheesh Theekshana - 9th highest wicket taker (23), SR (19.30) - 19M/19I
Thisara Perera - 12th highest wicket taker (22), SR (22.09) - 44M/33I
Nuwan Thushara - 24th highest wicket taker (14), SR (20.07) - 15M/15I
Asitha Fernando - 36th highest wicket taker (12), SR (13) - 7M/7I
Vijaykanth Viyaskanth - 52nd  highest wicket taker (10), SR (12) - 5M/5I
Asela Gunaratne - 52nd highest wicket taker (10), SR (21.60) - 16M/14I 
Shoaib Malik - 74th highest wicket taker (8), SR (14.25) - 19M/8I

(iv) Recent Matches on this venue 

1) Colombo Strikers vs Galle Titans - 15th August'2023
74/10 vs 75/2 (GT won by 8 wkts)

Pacers - 2w+0w=2w
Spinners - 8w+2w=10w

2) Dambulla Aura vs B-Love Kandy - 14th August'2023
162/7 vs 142/10 (DA won by 20 runs)

Pacers - 3w+4w=7w
Spinners - 4w+5w=9w

3) Colombo Strikers vs B-Love Kandy - 13th August'2023
169/9 vs 160/8 (CS won by 9 runs)

Pacers - 5w+4w=9w
Spinners - 3w+3w=6w

4) Jaffna Kings vs Galle Titans - 13th August'2023
89/10 vs 90/3 (GT won by 7 wkts)

Pacers - 6w+1w=7w
Spinners - 3w+2w=5w

5) Dambulla Aura vs Colombo Strikers - 12th August'2023
166/5 vs 116/10 (DA won by 50 runs)

Pacers - 4w+5w=9w
Spinners - 1w+5w=6w

6) B-Love Kandy vs Jaffna Kings - 12th August'2023
178/8 vs 170/6 (BLK won by 8 runs)

Pacers - 5w+6w=11w
Spinners - 2w+0w=2w

7) Galle Titans vs Dambulla Aura - 11th August'2023
133/9 vs 134/3 (DA won by 7 wkts)

Pacers - 3w+2w=5w
Spinners - 4w+1w=5w

8) Galle Titans vs B-Love Kandy - 1st August'2023
180/5 vs 97/10 (GT won by 83 runs)

Pacers - 2w+5w=7w
Spinners - 1w+5w=6w

9) Jaffna Kings vs Dambulla Aura - 1st August'2023
129/7 vs 132/2 (DA won by 8 wkts)

Pacers - 4w+0w=4w
Spinners - 2w+2w=4w

10) Colombo Strikers vs B-Love Kandy - 31st July'2023
157/6 vs 130/8 (CS won by 27 runs)

Pacers - 5w+5w=10w
Spinners - 0w+3w=3w

SUMMARY

Pacers
1st Innings - 39w
2nd Innings - 31w

Spinners
1st Innings - 28w
2nd Innings - 28w

Overall
70w:56w (Pacers:Spinners)


(v) Toss Based Analysis on this venue

B-Love Kandy (BLK)

1. Fakhar Zaman 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 22(17)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 11(14), 8(4)

2. Ashen Bandara 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 42(30), 2(2)*, 37(34)*, 40(30)*, 37(31)&0w, 13(13), 40(42)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 9(19), 4(8)*, 18(9)&1w, 27(23)*, 30(27), 12(14), 27(19), 22(18), 0(1)

3. Mohammad Haris
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 81(51)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(3), 2(7)

4. Dinesh Chandimal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 63(53), 88(57)*, 26(28), 25(26), 1(4), 75(54), 93(57)*, 63(36), 13(14), 60(53), 4(5), 2(4), 4(4), 8(6), 5(8), 36(14), 44(29)*, 15(9), 20(17), 0(4), 49(40), 1(3)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 9(12), 5(4), 8(9), 19(20), 50(40), 1(2), 34(35), 31(29), 28(25), 14(11), 36(33)*, 26(20), 66(54)*, 26(27)*, 26(16), 28(20), 65(40)*, 44(27), 6(8), 11(11), 24(18), 13(8), 38(33), 10(11), 0(2), 50(46)

5. Kamindu Mendis 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 0w, 10(16)&0w, 32(25)&1w, 0w, 8(12)&1w, 0(2), 19(14), 26(21), 23(29)&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 0w, 24(24)&0w, 17(18)&1w, 9(5)&3w, 7(15)&0w, 2(6)&0w, 13(13), 15(14), 24(22), 18(18), 51(48)*, 15(12)&0w, 3(9)&0w

6. Wanindu Hasaranga 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2(4)&1w, 4(5)&3w, 22(18)&0w, 4(7)&1w, 4(4)&0w, 19(7)*&0w, 2w, 17(15)&0w, 12(8)&0w, 4w, 69(41)*&2w, 11(9)&1w, 3(4)&0w, 77(34)*&0w, 19(14)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 15(11)&1w, 14(9)*&4w, 2w, 0(3)&2w, 3w, 0w, 37(18)&1w, 3(2)*&0w, 3(4)&1w, 24(14)*&0w, 0w, 6(9)&0w, 9(7)&1w, 40(21)&2w, 19(11)&1w

7. Chaturanga de Silva 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 27(15), 5(7)&2w, 0(0)*, 0(1), 16(16), 13(6), 18(11)&2w, 21(18)*&1w, 3(5)&0w, 25(13), 21(10)*&1w, 4(2)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2(6), 13(10)&1w, 4(6)&1w, 1(6), 12(10), 4w, 8(13), 16(11)&1w, 1(2)&1w

8. Angelo Mathews 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1(2), 73(27)*&0w, 10(6)*&2w, 1(2)&1w, 0(1)&2w, 53(49)*&1w, 7(5)&0w, 73(57), 29(16), 41(38), 12(11), 22(18)&3w 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 9(9)&1w, 21(22)&1w, 1(2), 16(16), 4(7)*, 42(36)*, 10(9)&1w, 43(33)*&0w, 1(5)&1w, 4(7)&1w, 1(2)&1w, 23(26)&1w, 5(6), 0(3), 29(34), 10(8), 20(25)*, 21(13)*, 25(22), 2(6), 11(10)&2w, 26(15)&0w

9. Dushmantha Chameera 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 1w, 4w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 3w, 1w, 0w, 4w, 1w

10. Mujeeb Ur Rahman 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 0w, 2w

11. Ishuru Udana
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2(2)&0w, 1w, 2w, 12(5)&1w, 3(7)&1w, 0(1)&3w, 0(1)&2w, 19(10)*&1w, 7(4)*&1w, 13(4)*&2w, 25(11)&0w, 1w, 0(1)&0w, 25(13)*, 13(8)&2w, 8(13), 2(1)*&0w, 0w, 9(6)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 0w, 2w, 42(38)&2w, 1w, 24(16)&2w, 7(6)*&1w, 4(2)*&0w, 7(4)&1w, 5(5)*&1w, 1w, 2(3)&0w, 1(2)&0w, 4(4)&1w, 2w, 7(11)&3w, 16(22)&0w, 5(5)*&2w, 23(21)&0w

12. Mohammad Hasnain 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 7(12)*&2w, 1w, 0w

13. Sahan Arachchige
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 14(14), 53(31), 2(5)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 6(9), 2(5)*, 19(8)*, 13(21)

14. Navod Paranavithana
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

15. Sarfaraz Ahmed 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 16(21)*

16. Nuwan Pardeep 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 3w, 1w, 3w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 1w, 0w, 3w, 1w, 1w, 3w

17. Lahiru Madushanka 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 1w

18. Thanuka Dabare
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4(6)&0w, 12(11)

19. Aamer Jamal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 7(9)&0w, 6(22)&1w

20. Malsha Tharupathi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

21. Lasith Abeyratne
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

22. Avishka Tharindu
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

23. Asif Ali
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 6(6)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3(8), 33(15), 3(3)

Jaffna Kings (JK)

1. Rahmanullah Gurbaz 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 8(8), 0(1), 23(19), 21(11), 14(12), 0(2)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 11(16), 3(8), 21(15), 69(40), 10(8), 36(18), 1(2)

2. Chris Lynn
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 80(51), 4(4)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 27(26)

3. Asela Gunaratne 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 5(17)&2w, 19(17)&0w, 1(2)&5w, 0(1)&0w, 6(7)&0w, 7(8)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 22(29)&0w, 13(7)&0w, 65(43)*&0w, 47(43)&1w, 17(18)&1w, 0(1)&1w, 18(25)&0w, 0(1)&0w, 7(13)&0w, 17(17)&1w

4. Shoaib Malik 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 14(10), 28(22), 4(3)*&0w, 46(31)*&1w, 16(10)*, 44(24), 10(9), 0(1), 0(2)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 31(27)*, 12(26), 6(7), 8(12)&2w, 26(10)*, 14(9)*&1w, 1w, 23(27)&1w, 4(7)&2w, 0w, 10(6), 55(37)*&0w

5. Thisara Parera
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 16(18)*&0w, 72(33)&0w, 2(6)&0w, 11(7)*&0w, 10(9)*&1w, 2(3)&2w, 1(3)&1w, 22(16)&1w, 2(5)&0w, 14(10)*&1w, 0(2)&0w, 11(7)&0w, 0(1)&1w, 15(6)&0w, 58(37)&0w, 4(7), 53(21), 57(23)*, 7(5), 26(13)&0w, 14(7)*&1w, 6(5), 13(9)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 30(17)*&1w, 1(2)&3w, 35(21), 3(5), 0(3)&0w, 18(9)&0w, 5(5)&2w, 47(18)&3w, 32(21)&0w, 0w, 4(1)*, 27(23)&1w, 22(10)*&0w, 0(2), 57(31)&0w, 11(12)&0w, 29(13)*, 1(4)&0w, 2w, 1w, 6(6)&1w, 36(20)&0w

6. Charith Asalanka 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 14(20), 6(10)&1w, 44(34)*, 28(18)&1w, 38(34), 39(33)&0w, 23(13), 12(11), 6(6), 31(23)&0w, 12(14)&0w, 56(52)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 15(5)&1w, 22(15)&2w, 44(26), 6(19), 5(4), 42(19), 21(19), 4(2), 14(13)&0w, 29(20), 10(14), 64(40), 2(7)

7. Dunith Wellalage
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 5(2)&0w, 25(23)*&0w, 1w, 22(31)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 1w, 19(23)*, 1w, 6(5)*&2w

8. Vijayakanth Viyaskanth
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3w, 2w, 2w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 3w, 0w

9. Hardus Vijoen 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3w, 4(6)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

10. Maheesh Theekshana 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 0w, 0w, 4w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 13(23)*&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 1w, 3w, 0w, 3w, 2w, 0w, 2w, 2w, 1w, 0w

11. Nuwan Thushara 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 7(3)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 3w

12. Dilshan Madushanka
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 12(29)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 1w, 2w

13. Ashan Randika
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 16(9), 20(23), 3(9)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

14. Towhid Hridoy
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 54(39), 24(20)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

15. Nandre Burger 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

16. Asitha Fernando
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 0w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4w, 2w, 2w, 1w

17. David Miller 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 14(18), 5(6)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 24(16)

18. Pathum Kumara
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

19. Theeshan Vithushan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

20. Asanka Manoj
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

21. Nishan Madushka
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 35(44), 12(13), 2(3)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 13(27), 11(8), 8(9)

22. Ratnarajah Thenurathan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

23. Priyamal Parera
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 22(16), 5(3)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

23. Zaman Khan 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 1w, 0w

3. HEAD TO HEAD 

(i) Overall
9 - 5w/4l (In favour of BLK)

(ii) Last 5 Matches
4w/1l (In favour of BLK)

(iii) On This Venue
4 - 3w/1l (In favour of JK)

(iv) Recent Head to Head Matches

1) B-Love Kandy vs Jaffna Kings - 12th August'2023
178/8 vs 170/6 (BLK won by 8 runs)

Mohammad Haris - 81(51)
Fakhar Zaman - 22(17)
Angelo Mathews - 22(18)&3w
Nuwan Pradeep - 2w
Isuru Udana - 1w
Shoaib Malik - 55(37)*
Thisara Parera - 36(20)
Chris Lynn - 27(26)
David Miller - 24(16)
Nuwan Thusara - 3w
Dunith Wellalage - 2w
Dilshan Madushanka - 2w

2) Jaffna Kings vs B-Love Kandy - 5th August'2023
117/9 vs 118/2 (BLK won by 8 wkts)

Dunith Wellalage - 38(27)
Priyamal Parera - 22(22)
Maheesh Theekshana - 1w
Nandre Burger - 1w
Wanindu Hasaranga - 52(22)&3w
Fakhar Zaman - 42(39)
Dinesh Chandimal - 22(16) Nuwan Pardeep - 3w
Isuru Udana - 1w
Angelo Mathews - 2w

3) B-Love Kandy vs Jaffna Kings - 21st December'2022
143/8 vs 98/3 (JK won by 24 runs - DLS)

Kamindu Mendis - 26(21)
Dunith Wellalage - 19(23)*
Vijayakanth Vyaskanth - 3w
Maheesh Theekshana - 2w
Thisara Parera - 1w
Zaman Khan - 1w

4) B-Love Kandy vs Jaffna Kings - 14th December'2022
160/8 vs 150/9 (BLK won by 10 runs)

Ashan Bandara - 24(24)
Wanindu Hasaranga - 2w
Isuru Udana - 1w
Dunith Wellalage - 2w
Dilshan Madushanka - 2w

5) Jaffna Kings vs B-Love Kandy - 10th December'2022
147/7 vs 148/7 (BLK won by 3 wkts)

Shoaib Malik - 28(24)
Dunith Wellalage - 20(18) & 2w
Rahmanullah Gurbaz - 16(13)
Vijaykanth Viyaskanth - 1w
Zaman Khan - 1w
Maheesh Theekshana - 1w
Ashen Bandara - 44(39)
Kamindu Mendis - 19(9)
Wanindu Hasaranga - 2w
Isuru Udana - 2w

6) B-Love Kandy vs Jaffna Kings - 12th December'2021
94/2 vs 95/3 (JK won by 7 wkts - DLS)

Charith Asalanka - 44(34)*
Thisara Perera - 29(13)*
Shoaib Malik - 14(9)* & 1w

(v) Toss Based Analysis (H2H)

B-Love Kandy (BLK)

1. Fakhar Zaman 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 22(17)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 52(39)

2. Ashen Bandara 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 13(13)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 44(39)

3. Mohammad Haris
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 81(51)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

4. Dinesh Chandimal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1(3)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 22(16)

5. Kamindu Mendis 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 11(11)&0w, 26(21)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 9(10)&0w, 9(5)&1w, 19(9)&0w

6. Wanindu Hasaranga 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 5(4)&2w, 2(3)&0w, 2(2)&0w, 3(4)&0w, 19(14)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 6(10)&2w, 52(22)*&3w

7. Chaturanga de Silva 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 21(10)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

8. Angelo Mathews 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 22(18)&3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w

9. Dushmantha Chameera 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w

10. Mujeeb Ur Rahman 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w

11. Isuru Udana
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 9(6)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 1w

12. Mohammad Hasnain 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

13. Sahan Arachchige
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2(5)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(1)*

14. Navod Paranavithana
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

15. Sarfaraz Ahmed 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

16. Nuwan Pradeep 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 3w, 3w

17. Lahiru Madushanka 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

18. Thanuka Dabare
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

19. Aamer Jamal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

20. Malsha Tharupathi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

21. Lasith Abeyratne
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

22. Avishka Tharindu
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

23. Asif Ali
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 6(6)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

Jaffna Kings (JK)

1. Rahmanullah Gurbaz 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 8(8), 16(13), 0(5)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 6(5), 8(8), 4(5), 10(8), 1(2)

2. Chris Lynn
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 27(26)

3. Asela Gunaratne 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

4. Shoaib Malik 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 9(7), 59(44)&0w, 16(10)*, 28(24)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 14(9)*&1w, 8(12), 0w, 55(37)*&0w

5. Thisara Parera
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 68(28)&0w, 1(2)&0w, 53(21), 8(6)*&0w, 2(3)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 29(13)*, 2(5)&0w, 1w, 36(20)&0w

6. Charith Asalanka 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 18(10), 44(34)*, 5(6)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 42(19), 2(7)

7. Dunith Wellalage
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 20(18)&2w, 38(27)*&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(2)&2w, 19(23)*, 6(5)*&2w

8. Vijayakanth Viyaskanth
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 8(6)&0w, 1w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 10(9)*&0w, 3w

9. Zaman Khan 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

10. Maheesh Theekshana 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 1w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 2w, 0w

11. Nuwan Thushara 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3w

12. Dilshan Madushanka
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 2w

13. Ashan Randika
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

14. Towhid Hridoy
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 19(22)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

15. Nandre Burger 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

16. Asitha Fernando
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

17. David Miller 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 21(22)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 24(16)

18. Pathum Kumara
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

19. Theeshan Vithushan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

20. Asanka Manoj
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

21. Nishan Madushka
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

22. Ratnarajah Thenurathan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

23. Priyamal Parera
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 22(22)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

5. SQUAD INFO WITH DETAILING

A) B-LOVE KANDY (BLK) SQUAD : 

Probable XI

1) Mohammad Haris - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 8, 1, 81, 17, 2, 52, 14, 55, 9, 17*, 0, 1, 15, 6

2) Fakhar Zaman - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 2, 11, 22, 45, 42, 28, 22, 73, 23, 36, 33, 14, 19, 180*, 117

3) Dinesh Chandimal - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 50, 1, 25, 22, 48, 0, 10, 34, 1, 1, 28, 39, 105*, 76, 8, 13*, 102*, 111*, 10, 37, 62

4) Angelo Mathews - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 26r 0w, 11r 2w, 22r 3w, 40r 0w, 2w, 28r 0w, 2, 25, 9, 63*, 64, 7, 164, 7, 172, 124, 36, 12, 100*, 0

5) Ashen Bandara - RHB, Legbreak 
Last 10 - 0, 22, 27, 15, 17r 0w, 11, 19, 35, 8r 0w, 113*, 112, 100, 36, 41r 0w, 99r 0w

6) Wanindu Hasaranga - RHB, Legbreak 
Last 10 - 19r 1w, 40r 2w, 19r 0w, 64r 4w, 52r 3w, 0w, 9r 1w, 6r 0w, 29r 2w, 0w, 20r 2w, 15r 2w, 4r 5w, 5w, 23r 6w, 2w, 3w

7) Sahan Arachchige - LHB, RAO
Last 10 - 13, 2, 1*, 97r 1w, 48r 1w, 3r 0w, 2r 2w, 57, 1w, 44r 0w, 63r 0w, 50r 2w

8) Isuru Udana - RHB, LAM
Last 10 - 23r 0w, 5r 2w, 9r 1w, 3r 0w,1w, 2w, 16r 0w, 7r 3w, 0w, 0w, 28r 0w, 3w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 1w

9) Nuwan Pardeep - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 3w, 1w, 2w, 3w, 3w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 3w, 3w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 1w

10) Mujeeb Ur Rahman - RHB, RAO
Last 10 - 2w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 1w

11) Dushmantha Chameera - RHB, RAF
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 4w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 3w, 2w, 0w, 1w

BENCH 

12) Thanuka Dabare - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 12, 4r 0w, 25r 0w, 130, 1r 0w, 3r 0w, 1w, 59r 0w, 10r 0w, 37r 1w, 56r 1w, 0w, 1w

13) Asif Ali - RHB, RAO
Last 10 - 3, 33, 6, 2*, 16*, 3, 21*, 18, 32*, 32, 31*, 0, 7, 18, 23

14) Sarfaraz Ahmed - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 16*, 14*, 17, 1, 17*, 29, 3, 27*, 41, 16*, 39, 5

15) Kamindu Mendis - LHB, LAO, RAO
Last 10 - 18, 3r 0w, 15r 0w, 21, 1, 1, 28, 35, 16, 1, 1, 14, 26, 3r 0w

16) Chaturanga de Silva - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 1r 1w, 16r 1w, 29r 2w, 34r 5w, 6r 2w, 0r 0w, 14r 1w, 8r 2w, 1w, 19r 2w, 14r 0w, 4r 2w, 6r 0w, 14r 2w

17) Lasith Abeyratne - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 8, 2, 99 30, 28, 19, 7, 10, 16, 37, 30

18) Navod Paranavithana - LHB, LAM
Last 10 - 7r 0w, 19r 0w, 32r 0w, 15, 8, 14, 56r 0w, 10r 0w, 51r 0w, 4r 0w, 4r 0w, 82r 1w

19) Avishka Tharindu - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 37, 36, 5, 24, 49, 1, 1, 11, 27, 2, 2

20) Mohammad Hasnain - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 1w, 7r 2w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 3w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 2w, 1w

21) Lahiru Madushanka - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 14, 7r 3w, 11, 50r 4w, 9r 1w, 4r 2w, 16r 3w, 1w, 11r 1w, 72r 4w, 1w

22) Aamer Jamal - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 6r 1w, 7r 0w, 2w, 19r 2w, 24r 1w, 0r 1w, 4r 3w, 5r 5w, 4r 4w, 35r 3w, 2w, 1w, 2w

23) Malsha Tharupathi - RHB, Legbreak 
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 2w, 4w, 9r 0w, 4w, 18r 0w, 46r 0w, 0w

Safe C/VC choices
Wanindu Hasaranga, Isuru Udana

B) JAFFNA KINGS (JK) SQUAD : 

Probable XI

1) Rahmanullah Gurbaz - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 0, 1, 39, 3, 0, 54, 14, 21, 62, 27, 45, 56, 13, 35, 0, 25, 19, 8

2) Nishan Madushka - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 2, 8, 46, 12, 4, 33, 4, 52, 4, 51, 69, 107*, 68, 205, 29

3) Charith Asalanka - LHB, RAO
Last 10 - 2, 27, 12, 5, 5, 5r 1w, 56, 12r 0w, 36, 2, 63, 38, 48*, 62*, 29

4) Chris Lynn - RHB, LAO
Last 10 - 4, 27, 9, 0, 64*, 22, 35, 62, 33, 3, 21, 1

5) David Miller - LHB, RAO
Last 10 - 5, 24, 1*, 2, 21, 7*, 14, 17, 16, 10, 8, 17, 14, 61, 4

6) Shoaib Malik - RHB, RAO
Last 10 - 0r 1w, 55r 0w, 1w, 74r 2w, 7r 0w, 37, 2, 6r 0w, 1r 0w, 13, 12r 0w, 1, 10r 3w, 13r 1w

7) Dunith Wellalage - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 22r 0w, 6r 2w, 2w, 16r 1w, 38r 0w, 4w, 1w, 25r 0w, 14r 1w, 21r 2w, 21r 1w, 31r 1w, 12r 1w, 13r 2w, 1w, 15r 1w, 8r 1w

8) Thisara Parera - LHB, RAM
Last 10 - 13, 36r 0w, 17r 0w, 2, 2r 0w, 0w, 6, 14r 1w, 12, 24, 0, 0r 0w, 4r 0w, 4

9) Maheesh Theekshana - RHB, RAO
Last 10 - 13r 1w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 9r 1w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 13r 4w, 4w, 4w 28r 3w, 16r 3w, 0r 2w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 2w

10) Nuwan Thushara - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 7r 0w, 3w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 2w

11) Dilshan Madushanka - RHB, LAM
Last 10 - 12r 1w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 3w, 1w, 3w, 1w, 3w, 1w, 3w, 4w, 2w, 0w

BENCH 

12) Vijayakanth Viyaskanth - RHB, Legbreak 
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 14r 3w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 11r 0w, 2w, 0w, 6r 1w, 1w, 1w

13) Hardus Vijoen - RHB, RAF
Last 10 - 6r 0w, 3w 0w, 1w, 18r 0w, 7, 0w, 27r 0w, 27, 1w, 2w, 17r 1w, 40r 0w

14) Theeshan Vithushan - RHB, LAP
Last 10 - 6w, 4w, 5w, 3w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 4w, 4w, 0w, 6w, 2w, 0w

15) Asanka Manoj - RHB, RAM 
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 4w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 0w

16) Towhid Hridoy - RHB, RAO 
Last 10 - 14*, 0, 19, 44*, 24, 54, 19, 47*, 22*, 16, 51, 13, 68, 27, 1*, 98*

17) Asitha Fernando - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 8r 3w, 5r 2w, 4r 0w, 2w, 3w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 3w, 0w, 10r 4w, 3w

18) Pathum Kumara - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 6, 4, 5*, 0*, 4, 45, 0, 22

19) Ashan Randika - LHB, RAM
Last 10 - 43, 22, 3, 41, 23, 23*, 1r 1w, 2, 1, 27, 4*

20) Ratnarajah Thenurathan - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 2w, 3w

21) Nandre Burger - LHB, LAM
Last 10 - 1w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 3w, 0w, 0w, 2w

22) Asela Gunaratne - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 7, 14r 0w, 0w, 20*, 81*, 26r 0w, 5r 1w, 72r 1w, 10r 3w, 16r 0w, 19r 0w

23) Priyamal Parera - RHB, RAO
Last 10 - 22, 5, 22, 52r 0w, 43*, 46r 2w, 101, 27, 22r 0w, 13, 5r 0w, 0*, 58, 51*

24) Zaman Khan - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 2w, 1w, 3w, 1w, 2w, 3w, 1w, 3w, 1w, 4w

Safe C/VC choices
Dunith Wellalage, Shoaib Malik


Differential GL C/VC choices  

BLK - Angelo Mathews, Fakhar Zaman, Dinesh Chandimal 

JK - Charith Asalanka, Thisara Parera, Nuwan Thusara 

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Spin coach praises Bashir for overcoming illness, as he and Hartley keep fighting with the ball
Thu, 07 Mar 2024 14:20:40 GMT
The India left-arm spinner has had a quietly devastating series and proved to be the difference once more in Dharamsala
Thu, 07 Mar 2024 02:10:27 GMT
ESPNcricinfo understands that the India batter will also take a call on his international future soon
Wed, 06 Mar 2024 21:42:43 GMT
As Stokes himself acknowledged, "3-2 sounds better than 3-1 or 4-1", so another high-octane contest ought to be in prospect
Wed, 06 Mar 2024 14:24:01 GMT
India captain also reflected on the unusual paths both his career and R Ashwin's have gone, with the latter set to play his 100th Test
Wed, 06 Mar 2024 11:40:30 GMT
Cameron Green makes big strides as Jaiswal edges into top ten among batters
Wed, 06 Mar 2024 11:02:15 GMT
Bashir and Hartley both retained in spite of expectation of seam-friendly conditions in Dharamsala
Tue, 05 Mar 2024 13:35:36 GMT
He picks out the 2012-13 home-series defeat to England as one of the major turning points in his career
Tue, 05 Mar 2024 11:45:32 GMT
The England batter explains why Ashwin is such a challenging bowler to face in Test cricket
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
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