DA vs CS Dream11 Prediction, Fantasy Stats, Venue Report, Recent Performances, Probable XIs, Weather Forecast, Head to Head, Toss Based Analysis, C/VC Choices - Match 16

Author: Shubham
12 Aug 2023 18:09:25
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Dambulla Aura vs Colombo Strikers - 16th Match of the Lanka Premier League, 2023 at R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Weather Forecast
Clear - 27°C 

1. TOURNAMENT STATS AND INFO

(i) Points Table Scenario 

DA - 6 - 4w/2l (1st)
CS - 5 - 2w/3l (4th)

(ii) Toss Based Analysis

Dambulla Aura (DA) 

1. Avishka Fernando 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 32(31), 12(18), 0(1)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(4), 52(32), 70(49)

2. Kusal Parera
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 7(9), 2(3), 41(36)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 40(25), 34(22)*, 5(8)

3. Kusal Mendis 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 7(9), 87(46), 0(2)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(3), 29(23), 18(24)

4. Ben McDermott 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

5. Matthew Wade
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

6. Dhananjaya de Silva 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 61(39)&1w, 15(7)*&1w, 4(9)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 43(41)&1w, 1w, 6(7)*&1w

7. Dushan Hemantha 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w

8. Hayden Kerr
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 12(13)*&1w, 0(2)&1w, 25(20)*&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 20(10)*&0w, 1w, 1w

9. Praveen Jayawickrama 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w

10. Shahnawaz Dahani
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 1w

11. Noor Ahmad 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 2w, 7(2)*&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 1w

12. Pramod Madushan 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

13. Sadeera Samarawickrama 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 14(6), 59(35), 30(25)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 13(9), 12(22)*, 25(18)

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

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

16. Janith Liyanage 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 6(9)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

17. Lakshan Edirisinghe 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

18. Jehan Daniel
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

19. Wanuja Sahan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

20. Kavidu Pathirana 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

21. Ravindu Fernando
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 13(8)&0w, 0w

22. Alex Ross
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 21(18), 4(7), 5(8)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 39(28)*

23. Treveen Matthew
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

24. Manelker de Silva
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

25. Hasan Ali
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 6(2)*&0w, 8(8)&3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

26. Lungi Ngidi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

Colombo Strikers (CS)

1. Babar Azam
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 59(52), 24(21)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 7(8), 41(24), 104(59)

2. Pathum Nissanka 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 15(12), 36(25)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(2), 22(28), 54(40)

3. Nuwanidu Fernando 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 28(31), 2(3)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 17(14), 56(39)*, 8(13)

4. Angelo Parera
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

5. Iftikhar Ahmed 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2(4)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

6. Niroshan Dickwella
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4(4)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 58(34), 16(8)

7. Mohammad Nawaz
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 10(6)&1w, 27(20)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3(6)&0w, 0w, 4(4)*&0w

8. Ramesh Mendis 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 6(3)*, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 17(10)&0w, 1w

9. Chamika Karunaratne 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 9(4)*&0w, 21(18)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 23(15)&1w, 20(7)*&1w, 2(3)*&0w

10. Jaffrey Vandersay
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w

11. Naseem Shah
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 2w, 1w

12. Matheesha Pathirana 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 8(8)&1w, 3w, 0w

13. Lakshan Sandakan 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 1w

14. Nipun Dhananjaya 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

15. Movin Subasingha
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

16. Lahiru Udara
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 29(25)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

17. Eshan Malinga
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

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

19. Dhananjaya Lakshan 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 12(11)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 18(15)&0w

20. Kavishka Anjula
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

21. Ahan Wickramasinghe
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

22. Imam ul Haq
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

23. Yashodha Lanka 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 11(16)

24. Shoriful Islam
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

2. VENUE AND PITCH INFO 

Venue - R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

(i) Total Matches - T20s

Overall - 174

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

DA - 13 - 7w/6l
CS - 15 - 7w/8l

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

DA 

Kusal Mendis - 3rd highest run scorer (762), Avg (26.28) - 32M/32I
Dhananjaya de Silva - 6th highest run scorer (708), Avg (25.29) - 35M/33I 
Kusal Perera - 8th highest run scorer (563), Avg (21.65) - 26M/26I
Avishka Fernando - 22nd highest run scorer (346), Avg (23.07) - 17M/17I 
Sadeera Samarawickrama - 28th highest run scorer (302), Avg (17.76) - 19M/19I

Binura Fernando - 13th highest wicket taker (21), SR (15.33) - 16M/16I
Praveen Jayawickrama - 52nd highest wicket taker (10), SR (13.90) - 7M/7I
Noor Ahmad - 52nd highest wicket taker (10), SR (25.20) - 11M/11I 
Dhananjaya de Silva - 52nd highest wicket taker (10), SR (29.40) - 35M/21I

CS

Niroshan Dickwella - 7th highest run scorer (569), Avg (24.74) - 25M/25I
Angelo Parera - 21st highest run scorer (357), Avg (17) - 29M/25I
Chamika Karunaratne - 65th highest run scorer (192), Avg (12.80) - 26M/24I 
Nuwanidu Fernando - 86th highest run scorer (133), Avg (14.78) - 10M/10I
Pathum Nissanka - 88th highest run scorer (133), Avg (11.91) - 12M/11I

Jeffrey Vandersay - 16th highest wicket taker (20), SR (19.60) - 21M/21I
Chamika Karunaratne - 29th highest wicket taker (13), SR (21.54) - 26M/21I
Wahab Riaz - 29th highest wicket taker (13), SR (16.92) - 11M/11I 
Lakshan Sandakan - 45th highest wicket taker (11), SR (20.73) - 11M/11I 
Dhananjaya Lakshan - 64th highest wicket taker (9), SR (12.67) - 10M/8I

(iv) Recent Matches on this venue

1) 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

2) 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

3) 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

4) 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

5) Galle Titans vs Dambulla Aura - 31st July'2023
180/5 vs 180/7 (DA won the super over)

Pacers - 3w+6w=9w
Spinners - 1w+1w=2w

6) Jaffna Kings vs Colombo Strikers - 30th July'2023
173/5 vs 152/10 (JK won by 21 runs)

Pacers - 3w+6w=9w
Spinners - 1w+2w=3w

7) Colombo Stars vs Jaffna Kings - 23rd December'2022
163/5 vs 164/8 (JK won by 2 wkts)

Pacers - 2w+6w=8w
Spinners - 2w+1w=4w

8) Kandy Falcons vs Colombo Stars - 22nd December'2022
168/6 vs 169/4 (CS won by 6 wkts)

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

9) Galle Gladiators vs Colombo Stars - 21st December'2022
108/9 vs 109/3 (CS won by 7 wkts)

Pacers - 7w+1w=8w
Spinners - 2w+1w=3w

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

Pacers - 3w+3w=6w
Spinners - 5w+0w=5w

SUMMARY

Pacers
1st Innings - 37w
2nd Innings - 34w

Spinners
1st Innings - 19w
2nd Innings - 18w

Overall
71w:37w (Pacers:Spinners)

(v) Toss Based Analysis on this venue

Dambulla Aura (DA) 

1. Avishka Fernando 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 12(8), 53(23), 4(5), 18(15)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2(7), 26(23), 11(13), 12(18), 11(14), 1(8), 33(27), 23(12), 22(17)*, 7(11), 40(38)*, 21(11), 50(43), 1(4), 52(32), 70(49)

2. Kusal Parera
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(2), 28(24), 19(14), 22(18), 74(48), 3(4), 61(40), 30(25), 39(33), 58(38)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(4), 3(2), 11(14), 11(12), 2(7), 4(3), 12(11), 77(53), 4(2), 66(37), 3(3), 8(6), 20(11), 0(1), 5(7), 2(4), 40(25), 34(22)*, 5(8)

3. Kusal Mendis 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 7(10), 18(14), 8(11), 23(26), 5(7), 57(30), 55(38), 11(14), 16(12), 4(4), 44(34), 35(17), 9(7), 1(5), 36(36), 86(60), 17(15), 4(14)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 35(16)*, 11(6), 1(3), 1(4), 4(9), 1(3), 16(21), 15(5)*, 64(39), 34(30), 30(32), 56(45)*, 0(2), 58(45), 1(3), 29(23), 18(24)

4. Ben McDermott 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

5. Matthew Wade
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

6. Dhananjaya de Silva 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2(3)*, 14(15), 12(12), 14(10), 80(59)*, 62(50)&0w, 4(6)&0w, 1(3), 2(2)*&0w, 40(28)&0w, 14(10)&1w, 25(19)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 31(32), 2(3)&0w, 51(41)&0w, 26(16)&0w, 22(17), 41(32), 31(26)&2w, 9(17)&0w, 13(11)&2w, 17(19)&1w, 9(10), 40(34)*&0w, 23(20)*, 1(2)&0w, 24(28)&2w, 21(13)&0w, 1(4), 33(30)&0w, 1w, 11(12), 17(22)&1w, 15(11)&0w, 43(51)&1w, 6(7)*&1w

7. Dushan Hemantha 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 36(29)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w

8. Hayden Kerr
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 20(10)&0w, 1w, 1w

9. Praveen Jayawickrama 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 2w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 3w, 0w, 1w, 0w

10. Shahnawaz Dahani
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 1w

11. Noor Ahmad 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 11(14)*&1w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 2w, 1w, 13(11)&0w, 1w, 1w, 1w

12. Pramod Madushan 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 0w, 3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 9(10)*&0w

13. Sadeera Samarawickrama 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 23(21), 21(18), 2(4), 48(37), 10(6), 0(6), 1(11), 10(6), 32(38)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 10(4), 8(7), 6(10), 8(12), 6(13), 9(9), 40(38), 9(10)*, 15(15)*, 44(27), 13(9), 12(22)*, 25(18)

14. Binura Fernando 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 2w, 1w, 3w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 1w

15. Sachitha Jayathilake
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1(1)&0w, 34(40)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 5(2)*&0w

16. Janith Liyanage 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 36(27), 6(5)&2w, 0(4), 12(14)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 51(37)

17. Lakshan Edirisinghe 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

18. Jehan Daniel
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

19. Wanuja Sahan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

20. Kavidu Pathirana 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

21. Ravindu Fernando
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 13(8)&0w, 0w

22. Alex Ross
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 39(28)*

23. Treveen Matthew
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

24. Manelker de Silva
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

25. Hasan Ali
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

26. Lungi Ngidi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

Colombo Strikers (CS)

1. Babar Azam
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 59(22)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 7(8)

2. Pathum Nissanka 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1(4), 36(31), 3(6), 10(20), 35(31), 2(3), 15(12)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(4), 12(13), 0(3), 16(26), 15(19), 1(2)

3. Nuwanidu Fernando 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 7(9), 23(25), 2(7), 1(2), 63(42)*, 8(10), 28(31)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(3), 2(3), 5(3), 22(11), 17(14)

4. Angelo Parera
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 36(15)*, 7(10), 20(21), 4(3), 7(9), 11(10), 10(12), 2(3)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(2), 11(11), 15(11), 0(1), 14(9)*, 25(21), 9(6), 23(14)*, 24(15), 12(7), 54(35), 7(6), 24(22), 1(1), 12(10), 29(22)*, 0(2)

5. Iftikhar Ahmed 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 5(10)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 21(21)&0w, 23(19)&0w

6. Niroshan Dickwella
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 31(25), 51(25), 0(2), 17(14), 37(23), 6(5), 17(6), 30(22), 30(16), 1(2), 12(9), 76(56)*, 0(2), 0(2), 4(4)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 79(46)*, 51(35), 4(2), 72(38), 11(7), 1(5), 13(15), 3(7), 0(3), 0(2), 27(26), 58(34)

7. Mohammad Nawaz
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 10(6)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3(6)&0w

8. Ramesh Mendis 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 22(11)*&3w, 14(12)&0w, 0(1)*&1w, 33(23)*, 8(8)&1w, 7(7)&0w, 41(28)&2w, 11(8)&1w, 6(3)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2(5)&0w, 1w, 0w, 9(8)&1w, 0(1)&0w, 17(10)&0w

9. Chamika Karunaratne 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 8(12), 24(19)*&0w, 8(9)*&0w, 18(24)&0w, 2w, 12(10)&1w, 0(3), 0(3), 1(2)&0w, 0(2), 0(3)&1w, 2(3)&0w, 13(9)*&0w, 14(13)*&1w, 6(5)&0w, 9(4)*&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2(3)&0w, 12(5)*&0w, 1w, 12(6)*&0w, 0w, 22(14)*&0w, 8(3)*&0w, 1(3)&2w, 1(3)&1w, 4w, 23(15)&1w

10. Jaffrey Vandersay
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 6w, 0w, 0w, 4(5)&1w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 3w, 1w, 3w, 1w, 0w

11. Naseem Shah
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

12. Matheesha Pathirana
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 8(8)&1w

13. Lakshan Sandakan 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

14. Nipun Dhananjaya 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

15. Movin Subasingha
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

16. Lahiru Udara
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3(7), 37(40), 6(13)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 16(23), 35(25), 32(32), 0(1)

17. Eshan Malinga
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

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

19. Dhananjaya Lakshan 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 14(15), 3(3)&1w, 19(12)&1w, 1(4)&0w, 12(11)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(3)*&2w, 1w, 10(4)*&2w, 6(8), 1(3)&1w, 1(3)&1w 

20. Kavishka Anjula
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

21. Ahan Wickramasinghe
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

22. Imam ul Haq
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

23. Shoriful Islam 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

24. Wahab Riaz
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 4w, 0w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 3w

25. Yashodha Lanka 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 11(16)

3. HEAD TO HEAD 

(i) Overall
8 - 5w/3l (In favour of DA)

(ii) Last 5 Matches
3w/2l (In favour of DA)

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

(iv) Recent Head to Head Matches

1) Dambulla Aura vs Colombo Strikers - 5th August'2023
192/6 vs 182/4 (DA won by 10 runs)

Kusal Mendis - 87(46)
Sadeera Samarawickrama - 59(35)
Noor Ahmad - 2w
Dhananjaya de Silva - 1w
Hayden Kerr - 1w
Nuwanidu Fernando - 56(39)*
Babar Azam - 41(24)
Chamika Karunaratne - 20(7)*&1w
Matheesha Pathirana - 3w
Naseem Shah - 2w

2) Dambulla Aura vs Colombo Strikers - 14th December'2022
89/10 vs 90/1 (CS won by 9 wkts)

Jaffrey Vandersay - 2w

3) Colombo Strikers vs Dambulla Aura - 8th December'2022
165/9 vs 156/7 (CS won by 9 runs)

Niroshan Dickwella - 62(41)

4) Colombo Strikers vs Dambulla Aura - 19th December'2021 
145/6 vs 146/4 (DA won by 6 wkts)

Pathum Nissanka - 42(39)
Jaffrey Vandersay - 1w
Chamika Karunaratne - 1w

5) Dambulla Aura vs Colombo Strikers - 11th December'2021
138/9 vs 137/8 (DA won by 2 wkts)

Niroshan Dickwella - 30(16)
Ramesh Mendis - 1w
Chamika Karunaratne - 1w
Dhananjaya de Silva - 33(30)
Jeffrey Vandersay - 3w

6) Dambulla Aura vs Colombo Strikers - 8th December'2021 
195/6 vs 177/10 (DA won by 18 runs)

Niroshan Dickwella - 17(6)
Chamika Karunaratne - 2w
Ramesh Mendis - 1w
Kusal Parera - 20(11)
Dhananjaya de Silva - 21(13)

(v) Toss Based Analysis (H2H)

Colombo Strikers (CS)

1. Babar Azam
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 41(24)

2. Pathum Nissanka 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 42(39)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 12(13), 22(28)

3. Nuwanidu Fernando 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 56(39)*

4. Angelo Parera
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 21(16), 74(51)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

5. Iftikhar Ahmed 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

6. Niroshan Dickwella
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1(4), 65(40), 17(6), 30(16), 62(41)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(1), 0(1), 16(8)

7. Mohammad Nawaz
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w

8. Ramesh Mendis 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 8(8)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

9. Chamika Karunaratne 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 12(8)*&2w, 12(10)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 10(12)*&1w, 20(7)*&1w

10. Jaffrey Vandersay
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 3w, 2w, 0w

11. Naseem Shah
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w

12. Matheesha Pathirana 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3w

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

14. Nipun Dhananjaya 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

15. Movin Subasingha
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

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

17. Eshan Malinga
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

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

19. Dhananjaya Lakshan 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 18(15)&0w

20. Kavishka Anjula
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

21. Ahan Wickramasinghe
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

22. Imam ul Haq
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

23. Yashodha Lanka 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

24. Shoriful Islam
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

Dambulla Aura (DA) 

1. Avishka Fernando 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 12(18)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

2. Kusal Parera
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3(6), 2(3)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 20(11), 5(7)

3. Kusal Mendis 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 87(46)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

4. Ben McDermott 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

5. Matthew Wade
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

6. Dhananjaya de Silva 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 15(7)*&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 21(13)&0w, 33(30)&0w

7. Dushan Hemantha 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

8. Hayden Kerr
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(2)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

9. Praveen Jayawickrama 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

10. Shahnawaz Dahani
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

11. Noor Ahmad 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w

12. Pramod Madushan 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

13. Sadeera Samarawickrama 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 59(35)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

14. Binura Fernando 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

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

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

17. Lakshan Edirisinghe 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

18. Jehan Daniel
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

19. Wanuja Sahan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

20. Kavidu Pathirana 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

21. Ravindu Fernando
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

22. Alex Ross
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4(7)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

23. Treveen Matthew
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

24. Manelker de Silva
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

25. Hasan Ali
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 6(2)*&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

26. Lungi Ngidi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

4. SQUAD INFO WITH DETAILING 

A) DAMBULLA AURA (DA) SQUAD : 

Probable XI

1) Avishka Fernando - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 70*, 0, 12, 32, 52, 1, 97, 25, 0, 133, 26, 76, 16, 30, 41, 43

2) Kusal Mendis - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 18, 0, 87, 7, 29, 1, 6, 14, 12, 18, 43 34*, 25*, 10, 1, 0, 78

3) Sadeera Samarawickrama - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 25, 30, 59, 14, 12*, 13, 0, 5, 36, 11, 19, 17*, 1, 26, 82, 73

4) Kusal Parera - LHB, WK
Last 10 - 5, 41, 2, 4, 34*, 40, 32, 0, 62, 6, 33, 35, 53*, 6, 17, 29, 0, 24

5) Dhananjaya de Silva - RHB, RAO
Last 10 - 6r 1w, 4r 0w, 15r 1w, 61r 1w, 1w, 43r 1w, 57r 0w, 10, 122r 0w, 82r 0w, 4, 0w, 93r 0w, 23r 0w, 42*, 0w, 5r 1w, 6

6) Ben McDermott - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 8, 7, 10, 8, 6, 27, 13, 18, 29, 7

7) Dushan Hemantha - RHB, Legbreak 
Last 10 - 2w, 0w, 5*, 31r 2w, 3r 3w, 2w, 1w, 9r 0w, 22r 0w, 15r 3w, 7r 2w

8) Hayden Kerr - RHB, LAM
Last 10 - 1w, 25r 1w, 0r 1w, 12r 1w, 1w, 20r 0w, 8r 0w, 13r 0w, 24r 2w, 6r 2w, 8r 0w, 16r 0w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 1w

9) Hasan Ali - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 1w, 8r 3w, 0w, 7r 3w, 4r 2w, 0w, 2w, 2w, 1w, 54r 3w, 2w, 1w, 5w, 8r 2w

10) Noor Ahmad - RHB, Left Arm Wrist Spin 
Last 10 - 1w, 7r 1w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 2w, 1w, 1w

11) Binura Fernando - RHB, LAM
Last 10 - 1w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 54r 0w, 20r 1w, 0w, 2w, 2w, 0w

BENCH 

12) Alex Ross - RHB, RAO
Last 10 - 5, 4, 21, 39*, 14, 6, 40*, 2, 3, 34, 41*, 14, 25

13) Pramod Madushan - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 0w, 2w, 2w, 3w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 2w

14) Matthew Wade - LHB, WK
Last 10 - 49, 8, 78, 28, 5, 0, 13*, 53, 46, 20

15) Praveen Jayawickrama - RHB, LAO
Last 10 - 0w, 2w, 0w, 2w, 4w, 1w, 2w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 1w

16) Manelker de Silva - LHB, RAM
Last 10 - 48r 3w, 6r 0w, 19r 0w, 47, 1r 2w, 116, 34, 9, 1, 10r 0w, 11, 4, 11, 46

17) Jehan Daniel - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 8, 51*, 23*, 5, 82, 5, 5*

18) Lakshan Edirisinghe - LHB, RAO
Last 10 - 22r 1w, 104r 0w, 76r 0w, 3, 0w, 34r 0w, 1w, 8r 2w, 0, 25

19) Janith Liyanage - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 6, 106, 94, 77r 0w, 76r 4w, 2r 1w, 1, 2, 11r 0w, 2w, 76*, 16, 3r 0w, 20

20) Sachitha Jayathilake - RHB, Legbreak 
Last 10 - 7r 1w, 4r 1w, 63r 0w, 2r 0w, 15r 0w, 58r 0w, 4, 2w, 13

21) Lungi Ngidi - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 1w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 4w, 1w, 1w

22) Shahnawaz Dahani - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 5w, 0w, 3w, 2w, 4w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 2w

23) Ravindu Fernando - RHB, RAO
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 13r 0w, 65r 3w, 11r 4w, 107r 3w, 27r 1w, 15, 30, 15r 0w, 1r 0w, 100r 0w, 6r 0w, 6r 0w

24) Kavindu Pathiratne - LHB, RAM
Last 10 - 15r 0w, 10r 0w, 4r 2w, 26, 0w, 10*, 8r 0w, 1*, 16r 3w, 27*, 2w, 1w, 46r 1w, 25r 2w

25) Wanuja Sahan - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 10r 1w, 5w, 32r 5w, 4w, 3w, 4w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 17r 2w

26) Treveen Matthew - RHB, RAO
Last 10 - 1w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 34r 0w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 4w

Safe C/VC choices
Dhananjaya de Silva, Kusal Mendis 


B) COLOMBO STRIKERS (CS) SQUAD : 

Probable XI

1) Babar Azam - RHB, RAO
Last 10 - 24, 104, 41, 59, 7, 39, 13, 24 79, 1, 107, 54, 65, 49, 19

2) Pathum Nissanka - RHB
Last 10 - 36, 54, 22, 15, 1, 23, 104, 101*, 0, 75, 20, 37*, 57, 25, 10

3) Nuwanidu Fernando - RHB, RAO
Last 10 - 2, 8, 56*, 28, 17, 5, 31, 0r 0w, 6r 0w, 157, 10, 5, 0, 7, 2, 4, 0

4) Niroshan Dickwella - LHB, WK
Last 10 - 16, 4, 58, 0, 12, 36, 44, 122, 99, 0, 70*, 6, 27, 34, 15

5) Dhananjaya Lakshan - LHB, RAM
Last 10 - 18r 0w, 12, 26r 1w, 0, 35r 2w, 1w, 69, 56, 51r 4w, 4r 1w, 5r 0w, 11r 2w, 2r 1w

6) Mohammad Nawaz - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 27r 0w, 14r 0w, 0w, 10r 1w, 3r 0w, 11r 0w, 0w, 8r 0w, 5r 0w, 0w, 16r 1w, 0w, 15r 1w, 52r 2w

7) Chamika Karunaratne - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 21r 0w, 2r 0w, 20r 1w, 9r 0w, 23r 1w, 10r 2w, 20r 3w, 2r 3w, 8r 1w, 0w, 16r 1w, 0w, 24r 0w, 11r 4w

8) Ramesh Mendis - RHB, RAO
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 6*, 17r 0w, 27r 0w, 5r 5w, 42r 1w, 16r 1w, 0r 2w, 84r 1w, 1w, 0r 1w, 2w, 62r 0w, 1w, 78r 2w, 46r 2w

9) Naseem Shah - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 2w, 1w, 2w, 2w, 1w, 3w, 3w, 3w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 2w, 1w

10) Jaffrey Vandersay - RHB, Legbreak 
Last 10 - 0w, 2w, 3w, 5r 1w, 44, 0w, 11r 0w, 1w, 5r 0w, 1w, 26r 2w, 18r 0w, 0w

11) Matheesha Pathirana - RHB, RAF
Last 10 - 1w, 0w, 3w, 3w, 8r 1w 0w, 1w, 2w, 4w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 2w, 2w, 0w

BENCH 

12) Lakshan Sandakan - RHB, Left Arm Spin 
Last 10 - 1w, 1w, 55r 2w, 0r 4w, 18r 1w, 3r 4w, 0w, 2w, 3w, 0w, 4w, 0w, 9, 1w

13) Shoriful Islam - LHB, LAM
Last 10 - 1w, 4w, 2w, 3w, 2w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 1w

14) Angelo Parera - RHB, LAO
Last 10 - 0, 29*, 2r 0w, 12, 1, 10r 0w, 24, 40

15) Iftikhar Ahmed - RHB, RAO
Last 10 - 2, 6r 0w, 47r 0w, 1w, 40r 1w, 94*, 28r 0w, 36, 60, 33*

16) Movin Subasingha - RHB, RAO
Last 10 - 0r 2w, 4, 19r 1w, 59, 24r 4w, 94r 0w, 1w, 0w, 14r 1w, 10r 1w, 55r 1w, 0r 3w, 25r 1w

17) Lahiru Udara - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 29, 5r 0w, 9r 0w, 134r 1w, 0w, 37r 4w, 52, 33, 42, 9, 6, 53*, 0, 52, 39

18) Eshan Malinga - LHB, RAM
Last 10 - 1w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 3w, 0w, 1w

19) Kavishka Anjula - LHB, RAM
Last 10 - 1w, 3w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 1w

20) Ahan Wickramasinghe - RHB
Last 10 - 2, 32, 12, 11, 81, 38, 10, 19*

21) Imam ul Haq - LHB
Last 10 - 6, 1, 50, 36*, 90, 24, 60, 6, 11, 83, 12, 24, 96

22) Shashika Dulshan - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 0w, 20r 1w, 5w, 10r 2w, 5w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 6w, 3w, 4w

23) Yashodha Lanka - RHB, LAM
Last 10 - 11, 13, 93, 18, 3, 47, 6, 1, 41*, 45, 45

24) Wahab Riaz - RHB, LAM 
Last 10 - 1w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 3w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 0w

25) Nipun Dhananjaya - LHB, RAO
Last 10 - 14, 26*, 44r 1w, 0w, 19r 0w, 0w, 69r 0w, 2w, 13, 11, 0r 0w, 8, 1, 62

Safe C/VC choices
Babar Azam, Mohammad Nawaz 

Differential GL C/VC choices

DA - Binura Fernando, Noor Ahmad, Hasan Ali, Sadeera Samarawickrama 

CS - Matheesha Pathirana, Chamika Karunaratne, Pathum Nissanka  

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Captain says the league will help players fine-tune their game and improve their fitness in the free window after the tournament
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 14:57:13 GMT
India's captain also hinted that Rahul could edge Pant as wicketkeeper for the England ODIs
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 07:34:48 GMT
The change was made to free up Mooney, who is Giants' designated wicketkeeper as well as opener
Tue, 04 Feb 2025 23:59:20 GMT
"You know a bowler of his calibre, to be able to play consistently for the long term, that's where I'm trying to put in all my efforts and energy," says LSG mentor
Tue, 04 Feb 2025 14:20:41 GMT
He was the Player of the Series in India's 4-1 victory in the T20Is against England
Mon, 03 Feb 2025 03:41:01 GMT
Abhishek's crisp shots and high-intent game in Mumbai left England without any answer and set up India's colossal victory
Sun, 02 Feb 2025 22:16:40 GMT
England captain says team won't veer from aggressive style despite chastening defeat at Wankhede
Sun, 02 Feb 2025 18:27:08 GMT
Coach says India "don't want to fear losing a game of cricket" after batters go all out to finish off 4-1 series result against England
Sun, 02 Feb 2025 17:10:08 GMT
He scored 38 more runs than England's collective total to complete India's 4-1 series win
Sun, 02 Feb 2025 12:29:28 GMT
The defending champions steamrolled past South Africa, with their spinners ruling the roost
Sun, 02 Feb 2025 10:57:25 GMT
With the series already wrapped up, India's captain will be keen on marking his Mumbai homecoming with a big performance
Sun, 02 Feb 2025 03:15:28 GMT
Defending champions India will look to extend their dominance as SA set sights on the team to bring home a first women's title
Sat, 01 Feb 2025 17:16:04 GMT
Bumrah and Mandhana take top awards, while R Ashwin, who retired from international cricket last year, received a special award
Sat, 01 Feb 2025 15:07:42 GMT
"These guys are still hungry, and still have the passion to play for the country and deliver for the country"
Sat, 01 Feb 2025 05:20:17 GMT
"Either Shivam Dube has put on about 25mph with the ball or Harshit has really improved his batting," says the England captain
Sat, 01 Feb 2025 03:02:35 GMT
England were favourites at a point but then went on to lose six wickets to India's spinners
Fri, 31 Jan 2025 13:43:29 GMT
R Ashwin, who retired from international cricket last year, is set to receive a special award
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