Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota

Pitch is expected to help batters more. In the last season average score at this ground was 173.

Scores in this season:

COL: 145/6, DG: 146/4 (Pace: 5, Spin: 4)

GG: 188/5, JK: 124/10 (Pace: 13, Spin: 1)

DG Team Preview:

They have an average season so far. They have won 4 of the 9 games till now. They have defeated Colombo in the last eliminator. Dasun Shanaka is expected to be fit in this game as per N Dickwella.

Probable 11 of the team:

Niroshan Dickwella: LHB

P Salt: RHB

Janith Liyanage: RHB+RAM

Najibullah Zadran: LHB

Dasun Shanaka (C): RHB+RAM

Chamika Karunaratne: RHB+RAM

Ramesh Mendis: RHB+RAO

S Jayathilake: RAL

Imran Tahir: Leg Spin

Nuwan Pradeep: RAM

Marchant de Lange: RAF // J Little: LAM

Team Breakup:

Main Batters: P Salt, N Dickwella, Janith Liyanage  and Najibullah

Main Spinners: Imran Tahir and Ramesh Mendis (S Jayathilake will assist them)

Main Pacers: N Pradeep and M De Lenge/J Little (C Karunaratne and D Shanaka will assist them)

Death Overs: M de Lenge/J Little and N Pradeep

Stats and Analysis of the players:

N Dickwella(LHB):
LAST SEASON SCORE: 9 M, 9 I, 270 R, 33.75 A, 148.35 SR
T20I: 28 M, 27 I, 480 R, 18.46 A, 131.14 SR,
T20D:88 M, 85 I, 1678 R, 21.51 A, 139.02 SR,
IN THIS SEASON: 9 M, 9 I, 133 R, 14.77 A, 152.87 SR
RM: 30, 1, 0, 12 , 0,

L Udara(RHB):
T20D: 40 M, 37 I, 777 R, 22.20 A, 134.19 SR,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 7, 23&28, 0, 39, 17,

N Zadran(LHB):
LAST SEASON SCORE:
T20I: 68 M, 59 I, 1232 R, 33.29 A, 141.28 SR,
T20D: 141 M, 124 I, 2470 R, 27.14 A, 137.37 SR
IN THIS SEASON: 8 M, 8 I, 131 R, 16.37 A, 109.16 SR
RM: 0, 11, 16, 14, 34,

S Maqsood(RHB):
LAST SEASON SCORE:
T20I: 26 M, 22 I, 273 R, 13.65 A, 116.66 SR,
T20D: 149 M, 142 I, 3576 R, 28.60 A, 133.83 SR, + 15 I, 34.5 O, 6 W,
IN THIS SEASON: 5 M, 5 I, 41 R, 8.20 A, 91.11 SR
RM: 11, 1, 5, 24, 0,

J Liyanage(RHB+RAM):
LAST SEASON SCORE:
T20D: 39 M, 38 I, 110 R, 22.90 A, 113.23 SR,+ 28 I, 67 O, 23 W,
IN THIS SEASON: 3 M, 3 I, 107 R, 53.50 A, 121.59 SR
RM: 51, 0, 56,

M Lakshan(RHB+LAO)
LAST SEASON SCORE:
T20D: 8 M, 7 I, 252 R, 50.40 A, 158.49 SR, +1 M, 3 O, 0 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 1+28/1, 7+37/4, 20+32/2, 10+43/2, 8+40/0,

S Dealwis(LHB+LAO):
T20I: 6 M, 6 I, 48 R, 8.0 A, 60.75 SR+ 2 I, 2 O 0 W,
T20D: 13 M, 13 I, 147 R, 11.30 A, 79.45 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 1, 66, 0, 16, 10,
RM: 6,

D Shanaka(RHB+RAM):
LAST SEASON SCORE: 9 M, 9 I, 278 R, 39.71 A, 161.62 SR+ 6 I, 12 O, 4 W,
T20I: 57 M, 53 I, 707 R, 16.83 A, 107.44 SR, +28 I, 48 O, 17 W,
T20D: 133 M, 123 I, 2745 R, 28.29 A, 141.86 SR+ 66 I, 134 O, 37 W,
IN THIS SEASON: 8 M, 8 I, 139 R, 19.85 A, 113.93 SR+ 1 I, 3 O, 1 W,
RM: 37, 16, 6, 1, 4,

R Mendis(RHB+RAO):
LAST SEASON SCORE: 7 M, 4 I, 49 R, 24.50 A, 196.0 SR+ 6 I, 17 O, 6 W,
T20I: 2 M, 1 I, 2 R, 2.00 A, 40.00 SR, +2 I, 4 O, 1 W,
T20D: 54 M, 41 I, 727 R, 25.06 A, 130.28 SR, + 46 I, 124 O, 41 W,
IN THIS SEASON: 9 M, 7 I, 125 R, 31.25 A, 138.88 SR+ 7 I, 20 O, 7 W,
RM: 26/1, 33, 8+23/1, 7+7/0, 41/0, 41+19/2,

C Karunaratne(RHB+RAF):
LAST SEASON SCORE:
T20I: 14 M, 10 I, 88 R, 17.60 A, 118.91 SR, + 13 I, 33 O, 7 W,
T20D: 50 M, 39 I, 335 R, 16.75 A, 114.33 SR+ 41 I, 106 O, 31 W,
IN THIS SEASON: 9 M, 9 I, 81 R, 16.20 A, 115.71 SR+ 6 I, 14.5 O, 4 W
RM: 12+11/1, 0, 8+13/0, 0, 10+31/1,

D Munaweera(RHB+RAO):
T20I: 13 M, 13 I, 215 R, 17.91 A, 131.09 SR+ 5 I, 10 O, 1 W,
T20D: 129 M, 126 I, 2662 R, 22.36 A, 127.24 SR+ 79 I, 214 O, 48 W,
IN THIS SEASON: 2 M, 2 I, 15 R, 7.50 A, 93.75 SR
RM: 3, 12,

S Jayathilaka(RHB+LES):
T20D: 24 M, 23 I, 328 R, 19.29 A, 105.80 SR+ 18 I, 57 O, 13 W,
IN THIS SEASON: 4 M, 3 I, 40 R, 20.0 A, 93.02 SR+ 4 I, 12 O, 0 W,
RM: 1+19/0, 5+14/0, 34+30/0, 41/0,

Imran Tahir(LES):
T20I: 38 M, 38 I, 140 O, 63 W,
T20D: 343 M, 328 I, 1224 O, 435 W,
IN THIS SEASON: 9 M, 8 I, 31 O, 15 W,
RM: 19/2, 21/2, 20/3, 17/2, 25/2,

M de lange(RAF):
T20I: 6 M, 6 I, 23 O, 7 W,
T20D: 124 M, 120 I, 403 O, 141 W,
IN THIS SEASON: 2 M, 2 I, 5.5 O, 0 W,
RM: 21/0, 38/0,

N Pradeep(RAF):
LAST SEASON SCORE: 8 M, 8 I, 27 O, 8 W,
T20I: 16 M, 16 I, 46 O, 15 W,
T20D: 67 M, 66 I, 172 O, 72 W,
IN THIS SEASON: 7 M, 6 I, 20 O, 10 W,
RM: 50/3, 15/0, 46/1, 4, 23/2,

J Little(LAF):
T20I: 27 M, 26 I, 95 O, 23 W,
T20D: 47 M, 46 I, 164 O, 46 W,
IN THIS SEASON: 3 M, 3 I, 9 O, 3 W,
RM: 7/1, 29/2, 24/0,

K Perera(LAF):
LAST SEASON SCORE:
T20D: 15 M, 14 I, 37 O, 16 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 29/2, 12+17/0, 0/0, 17/0, 5/0,

T Ratnayake(RAO):
LAST SEASON SCORE:
T20D: 25 M, 25 I, 125 O, 34 W,
IN THIS SEASON: 6 M, 6 I, 18 O, 6 W,
RM: 3/0, 18/3, 31/0, 17/1, 28/0,

C Edirisinghe(LHB+LAO):
LAST SEASON SCORE:
T20D: 32 M, 31 I, 99.5 O, 27 W,
IN THIS SEASON:
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 34/4, 26/0, 24/3, 23/1, 32/2,

M Ravichanrakumar(LES):
LAST SEASON SCORE:
T20D: 20 M, 16 I, 54 O, 18 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 31+33/2, 29+20/2, 30/0, 35/0, 36/3,

N Fernando(RHB+RAO):
T20D: 19 M, 18 I, 391 R, 26.06 A, 113.0 SR+ 2 I, 3 O 0 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 47, 1+9/0, 4&0, 18,
IN THIS SEASON: 3 M, 3 I, 32 R, 10.66 A, 78.04 SR+ 1 I 1 O, 0 W,
RM: 7+5/0(1), 23, 2,

JK Team Preview:

They are the current champions of this tournament. They have finished the group stage at the first position.

Probable 11 of the team:

R Gurbaz: RHB

Avishka Fernando: RHB

TK Cadmore: RHB

Ashen Bhandara: RHB+RAL

Shoaib Malik: RHB+RAO

Thisara Perera (C): LHB+RAM

W Hasaranga: RHB+RAL

Chaturanga de Silva: LHB+LAO

Wahab Riaz: LAM

Suranga Lakmal: RAM

Maheesh Theekshana: RAO

Team Breakup:

Main Batters:  R Gurbaz, Avishka, T K Cadmore and S Malik

Main Spinners:  W Hasaranga and M Theekshana (S Malik and Chaturanga De Silva will assist them)

Main Pacers: S Lakmal and W Riaz(T Perera will assist them)

Death Overs: S Lakmal and W Riaz

Stats and Analysis of the Players:

R Gurbaz(RHB):
LAST SEASON MATCH SCORE: 8 M, 8 I, 169 R, 21.12 A, 157.94 SR
T20D: 59 M, 58 I, 1373 R, 23.67 A, 148.10 SR
T20I: 18 M, 18 I, 531 R, 29.50 A, 148.43 SR
IN THIS SEASON: 6 M 6 I, 102 R, 17.0 A, 120.0 SR
RM: 3, 8, 0, 0, 21, 59,

K Arachchige(LHB+RAO):
LAST SEASON MATCH SCORE: 5 M, 3 I, 29 R, 9.66 A, 85.29 SR+ 3 I, 11 O, 4 W,
T20D: 17 M, 15 I, 387 R, 29.76 A, 112.82 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 53+15/2, 2+22/0, 23, 62+13/0, 21,

T Kohler Cadmore(RHB):
T20D: 104 M, 103 I, 2813 R, 29.92 A, 139.05 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 13, 0, 96, 23, 59,
IN THIS SEASON: 9 M, 9 I, 224 R, 28.0 A, 134.13 SR
RM: 12, 0, 92, 7, 4,

A Fernando(RHB):
LAST SEASON MATCH SCORE:: 9 M, 8 I, 275 O, 39.28 A, 134.80 SR
T20D: 79 M, 76 I, 1700 R, 24.28 A, 130.46 SR
T20I: 30 M, 28 I, 325 R, 12.50 A, 93.93 SR
IN THIS SEASON: 8 M, 8 I, 149 R, 21.28 A, 150.50 SR
RM: 4, 23, 22, 7, 6,

S Malik(RHB+RAO):
LAST SEASON MATCH SCORE: 10 M, 9 I, 203 R, 25.37 A, 120.83 SR+ 5 I, 9 O, 2 W,
T20D: 456 M, 422 I, 11233 R, 36.70 A, 126.86 SR+ 248 I, 604 O, 154 W,
T20I: 124 M, 111 I, 2435 R, 31.21 A, 125.64 SR+ 49 I, 95 O, 28 W,
IN THIS SEASON: 8 M, 7 I, 135 R, 33.75 A, 143.61 SR+ 4 I, 10 O, 3 W,
RM: 14+19/1, 14/1(2), 10, 23+16/1, 2+10/0,

U Tharanga(LHB):
LAST SEASON MATCH SCORE:: 8 M, 8 I 196 R, 24.50 A, 108.28 SR
T20D: 131 M, 129 I, 3453 R, 28.77 A, 127.36 SR
T20I: 26 M, 26 I, 407 R, 16.28 A, 123.33 SR
IN THIS SEASON: 6 M, 5 I, 69 R, 17.25 A, 109.52 SR
RM: 17, 0, 13, 2, 37,

A Randika(LHB+RAM):
LAST SEASON MATCH SCORE::
T20D: 30 M, 30 I, 715 R, 24.65 A, 150.84 SR
IN THIS SEASON: 1 M,1 I, 16 R, 16.0 A, 177.77 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 19, 34, 49, 0, 0,
RM: 16,

A Bandara(RHB+LES):
LAST SEASON MATCH SCORE::
T20D: 33 M, 27 I, 569 R, 28.45 A, 128.15 SR+ 3 I, 2 O, 1 W,
T20I: 4 M, 4 I, 84 R, 28.0 A, 106.32 SR+ 1 I, 6 O, 0 W,
IN THIS SEASON: 6 M, 5 I, 75 R, 25.0 A, 113.63 SR
RM: 42, 4+0/1(.1), 2, 18, 9,

R Thanuradan:
LAST SEASON MATCH SCORE::
T20D:
T20I:
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE:

W Hasaranga(RHB+LES):
LAST SEASON MATCH SCORE:: 10 M, 8 I, 127 R, 21.16 A, 160.75 SR+ 10 I, 37 O, 17 W,
T20D: 81 M, 67 I, 979 R, 18.12 A, 136.92 SR+76 I, 263 O, 107 W,
T20I: 33 M 27 I, 319 R, 15.19 A, 119.92 SR+ 31 I, 114 O, 52 W,
IN THIS SEASON: 8 M, 6 ,I 89 R, 17.80 A, 185.41 SR+ 8 I, 28 O, 8 W,
RM: 2+17/2(4), 16/0(4), , 37+16/1(4), 19+8/0, 29+33/0,

T Perera(LHB+RAM):
LAST SEASON MATCH SCORE: 10 M, 8 I, 261 R, 43.50 A, 223.07 SR+ 8 I, 17 O, 5 W,
T20D: 306 M, 257 I, 3910 R, 20.90 A, 151.19 SR+ 269 I, 765 O, 251 W,
T20I: 84 M 74 I, 1204 R, 23.15 A, 151.63 SR+ 62 I, 183 O, 51 W,
IN THIS SEASON: 9 M, 7 I, 162 R, 32.40 A, 192.85 SR+ 3 I, 6 O, 2 W,
RM: 57, 29, 7, 1+9/0, 4+36/2,

C De Silva(LHB+LAO):
LAST SEASON MATCH SCORE: 8 M, 6 I, 45 R, 9.0 A, 112.50 SR+ 6 I, 10 O, 2 W,
T20D: 106 M, 84 I, 1079 R, 14.58 A, 123.17 SR+ 81 I, 243 O, 86 W,
T20I: 2 M, 2 I, 22 R, 11.0 A, 100.0 SR+ 2 I, 2 O, 0 W,
IN THIS SEASON: 7 M, 4 I, 39 R, 13.0 A, 118.18 SR+ 5 I, 13 O, 5 W,
RM: 21+32/1(2), 4+18/0(2), 16/4(4), 8+9/0, 6,

T Dinoshan(RHB+RAF):
LAST SEASON MATCH SCORE:
T20D:
T20I:
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE:

W Riaz(LAF):
T20D: 308 M, 304 I, 1090 O, 370 W,
T20I: 36 M 35 I, 118 O, 34 W,
IN THIS SEASON: 5 M, 5 I, 15.5 O, 9 W,
RM: 27+29/0(2), 26/4(3.5), 21/1(2), 31/2, 39/2,

M Theekshana(RAO):
LAST SEASON SCORE: 1 M, 1 I, 3 O, 0 W,
T20I: 10 M, 10 I, 37 O, 9 W,
T20D: 41 M, 40 I, 147 O 43 W,
IN THIS SEASON: 8 M, 8 I, 31 O, 13 W,
RM: 25/4(4), 26/0(4), 21/3(4), 25/2, 34/0,

S Lakmal(RAF):
LAST SEASON SCORE: 7 M, 7 I, 19 O, 8 W,
T20I: 11 M, 11 I, 34 O, 8 W,
T20D: 64 M, 62 I, 207 O, 67 W,
IN THIS SEASON: 7 M, 7 I, 20 O, 5 W,
RM: 25/1(3), 25/0(2), 11/0(1.2), 29/0, 29/1,

Usman Khan Shinwari(RHB+LAF):
LAST SEASON SCORE: 7 M, 7 I, 21 O, 9 W,
T20I: 16 M, 16 I, 51 O, 13 W,
T20D: 98 M, 96 I, 332 O, 116 W,
IN THIS SEASON: 2 M, 1 I, 2 O, 0 W,
RM: 9/0(2),

C Gunasekara(RHB+RAM):
LAST SEASON SCORE:
T20I:
T20D: 14 M, 13 I, 39 O, 19 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 7/0, 10, 16, 57/1, 10/0,

J Seals(RAF):
LAST SEASON SCORE:
T20I:
T20D: 17 M, 16 I, 48 O, 23 W,
IN THIS SEASON: 5 M, 4 I, 13 O, 11 W,
RM: 23/3(4), 23/2(3), 40/2(3), 13/4(2.5),

Vijayakanth Viyaskanth(LES):
LAST SEASON SCORE: 3 M, 3 I 7 O, 1 W,
T20I:
T20D: 5 M, 5 I, 15 O, 6 W,
IN THIS SEASON: 2 M, 2 I, 8 O, 5 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 29/1, 5/0, 18/0, 32/2, 21/2,