DA vs GT Dream11 Prediction, Fantasy Stats, Venue Report, Recent Performances, Probable XIs, Weather Forecast, Head to Head, Toss Based Analysis, C/VC Choices - Qualifier 1

Author: Shubham
16 Aug 2023 15:18:55
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Dambulla Aura vs Galle Titans - Qualifier 1 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 

DA - 8 - 6w/2l (1st)
GT - 8 - 4w/4l (2nd)

(ii) Toss Based Analysis

Dambulla Aura (DA) 

1. Avishka Fernando 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 32(31), 12(18), 0(1), 7(9), 41(27)
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), 7(10)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(3), 29(23), 18(24)

4. Ben McDermott 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 69(46)*, 37(23)
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, 11(9)&0w, 10(16)&4w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 43(41)&1w, 1w, 6(7)*&1w

7. Dushan Hemantha 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w

8. Hayden Kerr
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 12(13)*&1w, 0(2)&1w, 25(20)*&1w, 26(16)
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, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 1w

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

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

13. Sadeera Samarawickrama 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 14(6), 59(35), 30(25), 1(3), 31(26)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 13(9), 12(22)*, 25(18)

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

15. Sachitha Jayathilake
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4(5)*&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

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

17. Lakshan Edirisinghe 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 6(6)
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), 52(38), 0(2)
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, 6(5)*&3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

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

Galle Titans (GT) 

1. Minod Bhanuka
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

2. Tim Seifert 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 14(17), 74(39), 18(23), 54(35)*, 15(12)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(5), 55(42)

3. Chad Bowes
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 22(18)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 13(23)*

4. Ashan Priyanjan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 9(14)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 25(23)

5. Martin Guptill
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

6. Shakib Al Hasan 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 23(14)&1w, 30(21)&2w, 6(9)&2w, 0w, 13(13)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 11(12)&0w, 2(4)&1w, 17(15)*&1w

7. Dasun Shanaka 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 42(21)*&3w, 9(5)*, 30(24), 6(4)*&0w, 36(26)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(3)&0w, 0w

8. Bhanuka Rajapaksa 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 48(34), 4(7), 0(1), 30(31)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 5(8), 15(11), 6(6)

9. Seekuge Prasanna 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 3w

10. Kasun Rajitha 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 4w, 0w

11. Lahiru Kumara 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 2w

12. Tabraiz Shamsi 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 2w, 0w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 2w, 4w

13. Akila Dananjaya 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 0w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

14. Lasith Croospulle
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3(5)&0w, 11(14), 19(12), 36(19)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 27(17), 42(25)*

15. Sohan de Livera
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 12(11)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

16. Mohammad Mithun
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

17. Pasindu Sooriyabandara 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

18. Shevon Daniel
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 33(26), 25(31), 25(25), 49(31), 7(9)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(2)

19. Mohamed Shiraz
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

20. Lahiru Samarakoon
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 7(4)*, 6(4)*&1w, 6(10)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 36(25)&2w, 0w, 0w

21. Sonal Dinusha
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

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

23. Anuk Fernando
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

24. Vishwa Fernando 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

25. Ben Cutting
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

26. Richard Ngarava 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 6(3)*&0w, 0w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

27. Litton Das 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(4)

28. Najibullah Zadran
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

DA - 15 - 9w/6l
GT - 16 - 8w/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

GT 

Dasun Shanaka - 10th highest run scorer (545), Avg (15.57) - 41M/39I
Ashan Priyanjan - 11th highest run scorer (532), Avg (28) - 22K/22I
Seekuge Prasanna - 15th highest run scorer (451), Avg (23.74) - 29M/26I
Bhanuka Rajapaksa - 19th highest run scorer (371), Avg (15.46) - 26M/24I
Minod Bhanuka - 39th highest run scorer (266), Avg (16.63) - 19M/19I

Akila Dhananjaya - 6th highest wicket taker (28), SR (20) - 25M/25I
Seekuge Prasanna - 7th highest wicket taker (28), SR (19.61) - 29M/29I
Kasun Rajitha - 9th highest wicket taker (23), SR (14.96) - 13M/13I
Ashan Priyanjan - 52nd highest wicket taker (10), SR (19.80) - 22M/15I 
Dasun Shanaka - 52nd highest wicket taker (10), SR (18) - 41M/16I

(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

Dambulla Aura (DA) 

1. Avishka Fernando 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 12(8), 53(23), 4(5), 18(15), 7(9), 41(27)
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), 7(10)
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 - 69(46)*, 37(23)
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, 11(9)&0w, 10(16)&4w
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)*, 2w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w

8. Hayden Kerr
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 26(16)&1w
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 - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 1w

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

12. Pramod Madushan 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 0w, 3w, 2w
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), 1(3), 31(26)
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, 2w
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, 4(5)*&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 5(2)*&0w

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

17. Lakshan Edirisinghe 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 6(6)
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 - 52(38), 0(2)
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(5)*&3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

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

Galle Titans (GT) 

1. Minod Bhanuka
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 20(21), 1(4), 21(9), 20(16), 2(7), 7(6), 20(19), 14(11)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(1), 14(7)*, 54(37), 10(7), 36(31), 18(27), 1(3)*, 8(7)*, 8(10), 6(7), 6(7)

2. Tim Seifert 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 14(17), 74(39), 15(12)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 55(42)

3. Chad Bowes
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 22(18)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

4. Ashan Priyanjan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 5(10), 64(41), 10(12), 0(2)&0w, 40(40)*, 108(52)&1w, 57(41)&1w, 9(13)&0w, 23(16)&1w, 0(1)&0w, 4(7)&0w, 8(14)&0w, 4(10)&2w, 9(14)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 52(33), 26(27), 1(5), 27(22)*&2w, 41(34)*&1w, 35(25)&1w, 3(5)&0w, 15(17)&1w, 0(1)&0w

5. Martin Guptill
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

6. Shakib Al Hasan 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 11(15)&0w, 38(31)&3w, 7(7)&1w, 23(14)&1w, 30(21)&2w, 13(13)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 7(9)&1w, 2(4)&1w, 17(15)*&1w

7. Dasun Shanaka 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 7(4), 10(12)&0w, 6(7), 31(12), 0(3), 0(2)&0w, 19(16), 0(1)&0w, 10(8)&0w, 18(26)&0w, 24(18)&1w, 13(17), 38(25), 37(32), 16(15), 6(8), 4(5)*, 0(2), 14(17), 21(12), 12(5)&1w, 42(21)*&3w, 9(5)*, 36(26)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 13(17)*, 9(9), 40(25), 7(10), 11(13), 9(8)*&1w, 15(18)*, 16(16), 12(8)&0w, 30(16)&1w, 10(13), 16(14)&0w, 3(6)&1w, 2w, 16(14)&1w, 1(2), 37(39)&0w, 0(4)&2w, 14(11)&0w, 0w

8. Bhanuka Rajapaksa 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4(3), 20(13), 5(6), 56(31), 2(4), 3(7), 33(20), 23(25), 0(1), 13(11), 14(14), 0(1), 48(34), 4(7)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 53(42), 19(16), 2(3), 26(18), 28(20), 0(1), 22(13), 1(2), 4(6), 34(28), 9(10), 0(1), 15(11), 6(7)

9. Seekuge Prasanna 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3(2)*&0w, 9(7)&0w, 26(17)&0w, 33(17)&1w, 35(23)&0w, 18(11)&0w, 52(30)&1w, 7(11)&1w, 11(8)&1w, 6(5)&2w, 1(1)*&2w, 0w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 15(5)*&0w, 4(3)&2w, 20(9)&1w, 1(4)&3w, 19(8)*&1w, 28(10)&1w, 25(16)&1w, 40(21)&2w, 22(12)*&1w, 11(11)&0w, 2(3)*&1w, 17(8)&1w, 7(10)&3w, 7(7)&2w, 32(6)*&1w, 0w, 0w, 3w

10. Kasun Rajitha 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 3w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 2w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 1w, 3w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 4w, 4w, 0w

11. Lahiru Kumara 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 0w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3w, 2w, 2w

12. Tabraiz Shamsi 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 0w, 0w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 0w, 2w, 4w

13. Akila Dhananjaya 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 2w, 3w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 3w, 0w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 2w 1w

14. Lasith Croospulle
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3(4), 3(5)&0w, 11(14)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 54(44), 31(24), 25(15), 42(25)*

15. Sohan de Livera
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 12(11)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

16. Mohammad Mithun
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

17. Pasindu Sooriyabandara 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

18. Shevon Daniel
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 80(55), 33(26), 25(31), 7(9)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 8(10)

19. Mohamed Shiraz
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

20. Lahiru Samarakoon
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 7(4)*, 6(4)*&1w, 6(10)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w

21. Sonal Dinusha
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

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

23. Anuk Fernando
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

24. Vishwa Fernando 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

25. Ben Cutting
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

26. Richard Ngarava 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

27. Litton Das 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(4)

28. Najibullah Zadran
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2(5), 0(3), 54(40), 0(3), 11(15), 14(17), 22(18), 22(17)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 5(2), 16(9)

3. HEAD TO HEAD 

(i) Overall
7 - 5w/2l (In favour of DA)

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

(iii) On This Venue
5 - 3w/2l (In favour of DA)

(iii) Recent Head to Head Matches

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

Dasun Shanaka - 36(26)
Chad Bowes - 22(18)
Tim Seifert - 15(12)
Lahiru Kumara - 2w
Shakib Al Hasan - 1w
Avishka Fernando - 70(49)*
Sadeera Samarawickrama - 25(18)
Kusal Mendis - 18(24)
Dushan Hemantha - 2w
Binura Fernando - 1w
Noor Ahmad - 1w
Hayden Kerr - 1w
Dhananjaya de Silva - 1w
Hasan Ali - 1w

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

Bhanuka Rajapaksa - 48(34)
Dasun Shanaka - 42(21)*&3w
Shavon Daniel - 33(36)
Kasun Rajitha - 2w
Vishwa Fernando - 1w
Shakib Al Hasan - 1w
Dhananjaya de Silva - 43(31)&1w
Kusal Parera - 40(25)
Alex Ross - 39(28)*
Hayden Kerr - 20(10)
Shahnawaz Dahani - 2w
Binura Fernando - 1w

3) Galle Titans vs Dambulla Aura - 19th December'2022
129/8 vs 134/6 (DA won by 4 wkts)

Kusal Mendis - 17(15)
Noor Ahmad - 1w

4) Dambulla Aura vs Galle Gladiators - 17th December'2022
178/5 vs 130/10 (DA won by 48 runs)

Shevon Daniel - 80(55)
Pramod Madushan - 3w
Noor Ahmad - 1w
Dasun Shanaka - 1w

5) Galle Gladiators vs Dambulla Aura - 14th December'2021
134/7 vs 125/5 (GG won by 9 runs - Match reduced to 14 overs)

Kusal Mendis - 35(17)
Bhanuka Rajapaksa - 33(20)

(vi) Toss Based Analysis (H2H)

Dambulla Aura (DA) 

1. Avishka Fernando 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(4), 70(49)*

2. Kusal Parera
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 40(25), 5(8)

3. Kusal Mendis 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 35(17), 17(15)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(1), 1(3), 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 - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 43(31)&1w, 6(7)*&1w

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

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

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

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

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

12. Pramod Madushan 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

13. Sadeera Samarawickrama 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 13(9), 25(18)

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

15. Sachitha Jayathilake
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 5(2)*&0w, 7(5)*&0w

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 - 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 - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

Galle Titans (GT) 

1. Minod Bhanuka
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

2. Tim Seifert 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 14(17), 15(12)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

3. Chad Bowes
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 22(18)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

4. Ashan Priyanjan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 9(14)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

5. Martin Guptill
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

6. Shakib Al Hasan 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 23(14)&1w, 13(13)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

7. Dasun Shanaka 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 37(21)&1w, 12(5)&1w, 42(21)*&3w, 36(26)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 9(12)&2w, 1(2)

8. Bhanuka Rajapaksa 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 31(18), 33(20), 0(1), 48(34)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 5(4)

9. Seekuge Prasanna 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

10. Kasun Rajitha 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 0a
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

11. Lahiru Kumara 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

12. Tabraiz Shamsi 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

13. Akila Dhananjaya 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

14. Lasith Croospulle
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3(5)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4(4)

15. Sohan de Livera
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 12(11)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

16. Mohammad Mithun
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

17. Pasindu Sooriyabandara 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

18. Shevon Daniel
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 80(55), 33(26), 7(9)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2(4)

19. Mohamed Shiraz
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

20. Lahiru Samarakoon
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 7(4)*, 6(10)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

21. Sonal Dinusha
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

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

23. Anuk Fernando
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

24. Vishwa Fernando 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

25. Ben Cutting
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

26. Richard Ngarava 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

27. Litton Das
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

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

5. SQUAD INFO WITH DETAILING

A) DAMBULLA AURA (DA) SQUAD : 

Probable XI

1) Avishka Fernando - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 41, 7, 70*, 0, 12, 32, 52, 1, 97, 25, 0, 133, 26, 76, 16, 30, 41, 43

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

3) Sadeera Samarawickrama - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 31, 1, 25, 30, 59, 14, 12*, 13, 0, 5, 36, 11, 19, 17*, 1, 26, 82, 73

4) Dhananjaya de Silva - RHB, RAO
Last 10 - 11r 0w, 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

5) Ben McDermott - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 37, 69, 8, 7, 10, 8, 6, 27, 13, 18, 29, 7

6) Alex Ross - RHB, RAO
Last 10 - 0, 52, 5, 4, 21, 39*, 14, 6, 40*, 2, 3, 34, 41*, 14, 25

7) Sachitha Jayathilake - RHB, Legbreak 
Last 10 - 6r 1w, 7r 1w, 4r 1w, 63r 0w, 2r 0w, 15r 0w, 58r 0w, 4, 2w, 13

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

9) Hasan Ali - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 6r 3w, 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 - 2w, 1w, 7r 1w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 2w, 1w, 1w

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

BENCH 

12) Hayden Kerr - RHB, LAM
Last 10 - 26r 1w, 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

13) Pramod Madushan - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 2w, 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 - 6, 22r 1w, 104r 0w, 76r 0w, 3, 0w, 34r 0w, 1w, 8r 2w, 0, 25

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

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

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

22) Shahnawaz Dahani - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 1w, 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) GALLE TITANS (GT) SQUAD : 

Probable XI

1) Lasith Croospulle - RHB, RAO
Last 10 - 42*, 27, 36, 19, 11, 3r 0w, 0, 42, 7, 31, 12, 50, 0, 24, 27, 30, 98, 2, 0, 4

2) Bhanuka Rajapaksa - LHB, RAM
Last 10 - 6, 15, 5, 31, 0, 4, 48, 25, 0, 20, 9, 7, 1, 8, 24 14, 9

3) Litton Das - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 1, 12, 16, 10, 59, 25, 21, 9, 35

4) Shakib Al Hasan - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 17r 1w, 2r 1w, 13r 1w, 11r 0w, 0w, 6r 2w, 30r 2w, 23r 1w, 28r 1w, 12r 0w, 36r 1w, 26r 3w, 18r 2w, 19r 2w, 39r 1w, 25r 2w, 15r 1w, 26r 0w

5) Najibullah Zadran - LHB, RAO
Last 10 - 0, 15, 18, 8*, 5, 23, 10

6) Dasun Shanaka - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 0w, 36r 0w, 1r 0w, 6r 0w, 30, 9*, 42r 32, 10r 0w, 7r 0w, 10r 0w, 1w, 1w, 5r 1w, 0r 1w, 5r 1w, 0w

7) Seekuge Prasanna - RHB, Legbreak 
Last 10 - 3w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 14r 1w, 4r 0w, 0r 1w, 5r 6w, 1r 5w, 16r 5w, 1w, 29r 2w, 19, 2r 0w

8) Lahiru Samarakoon - LHB, RAF
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 6r 0w, 36r 2w, 1, 6r 1w, 7*, 5r 2w, 2w, 16r 2w, 12r 0w, 29, 7r 1w, 2w, 79r 3w, 1w, 1w, 10r 4w, 3w, 3w

9) Kasun Rajitha - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 0w, 4w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 3w, 0w, 2w, 0w

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

11) Tabraiz Shamsi - RHB, Left Arm Wrist Spin
Last 10 - 4w, 2w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 3w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 3w, 2w

BENCH 

12) Minod Bhanuka - LHB, WK
Last 10 - 1, 9, 119, 57, 5, 24, 24, 15, 32, 130, 36, 66, 12

13) Sohan de Livera - LHB, WK
Last 10 - 28, 8, 130, 96, 37, 17, 48*, 7, 46, 10, 19

14) Mohammad Mithun - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 57, 16, 0, 16, 18, 50, 19, 17, 38*, 4

15) Pasindu Sooriyabandara - RHB
Last 10 - 10, 60, 0, 43, 18r 1w, 8, 15, 26r 0w, 41, 113*, 28, 33

16) Akila Dhananjaya - LHB, RAO, Legbreak 
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 1w, 5w, 3w, 3w, 6w, 8w, 7w, 0w, 4w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 3w

17) Mohamed Shiraz - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 1w, 10r 1w, 0w, 14r 4w, 7, 3w, 1w, 10r 1w, 10r 1w, 3w, 1w, 2w, 0w

18) Richard Ngarava - LHB, LAM
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 0w, 6r 0w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 1w

19) Chad Bowes - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 13, 22, 51, 18, 19, 54, 7, 26, 1, 17, 31, 2

20) Sonal Dinusha - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 0w, 3w, 3w, 9r 1w, 13r 0w, 1w, 0w, 51r 3w, 45r 3w, 38r 0w, 53r 2w

21) Avishka Parera - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 1, 0, 53, 21, 33, 2, 21, 14, 0, 79, 236, 26

22) Anuk Fernando - LHB, LAM
Last 10 - 16r 0w, 14, 4, 0, 24, 8r 3w, 22r 1w, 39r 0w, 46, 20, 2r 1w, 14, 24r 0w, 67, 4

23) Vishwa Fernando - RHB, LAM
Last 10 - 1w, 1w, 21r 1w, 0w, 11r 3w, 1w, 6r 1w, 2w, 3w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 2w, 3w, 0w, 2w, 0w

24) Martin Guptill - RHB, RAO
Last 10 - 0, 0, 45, 10, 37, 21, 86*, 15, 0, 15, 12

25) Ben Cutting - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 10, 15, 33, 12, 20r 2w, 9r 1w, 1w, 9r 0w, 6r 0w

26) Ashan Priyanjan - RHB, RAO
Last 10 - 25, 73r 1w, 35, 56r 2w, 7r 2w, 4r 2w, 9, 33r 0w, 24r 0w, 6w, 1w

27) Shevon Daniel - LHB, RAO
Last 10 - 7, 0, 49, 25, 25, 33, 111, 209*, 64, 19*, 30, 40, 31*, 11, 6r 0w, 67r 0w, 140

28) Tim Seifert - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 55, 15, 1, 54*, 18, 74, 14, 30, 4, 11, 0, 8, 46, 1, 44, 71*, 7

Safe C/VC choices
Shakib Al Hasan, Dasun Shanaka 


Differential GL C/VC choices

DA - Binura Fernando, Noor Ahmad, Hasan Ali, Dushan Hemantha 

GT - Tabraiz Shamsi, Lahiru Kumara, Kasun Rajitha, Litton Das 

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India captain dismisses talks of complacency in the wake of India's 2-0 series loss
Wed, 07 Aug 2024 06:02:40 GMT
"We are really prepared to be on top of the game in all aspects tomorrow," says India allrounder
Tue, 06 Aug 2024 15:58:49 GMT
India have won the last 10 ODI series against Sri Lanka, but that record is in danger of falling on Wednesday
Tue, 06 Aug 2024 11:15:42 GMT
The 39-year-old is set to become the first Indian player to feature in the tournament
Mon, 05 Aug 2024 11:12:01 GMT
A collective effort by their bowlers limited Lyca Kovai Kings, in their third straight final, to 129 for 7
Mon, 05 Aug 2024 07:33:02 GMT
India's assistant coach said that the team will have to assess the misfiring batting but praised the impact of Jeffrey Vandersay
Mon, 05 Aug 2024 02:46:46 GMT
On a pitch where the ball gripped and turned, India, chasing 241, slipped from 97 for 0 to 147 for 6 with Vandersay ripping through the top half
Sun, 04 Aug 2024 02:35:31 GMT
Expect the Khettarama to aid spinners again, but rain could well disrupt the game
Sat, 03 Aug 2024 09:42:32 GMT
Shweta Sehrawat, Priya Punia among first picks in the four-team inaugural women's DPL
Sat, 03 Aug 2024 05:05:21 GMT
Dube had helped India draw level with his power-hitting against spin but could not take them over the line
Fri, 02 Aug 2024 14:41:36 GMT
Most franchises agree that retired India players should be allowed to lower their base price
Thu, 05 Sep 2024 04:52:27 GMT
Says he will take a call on whether he plays IPL 2025 after the rules and regulations around retention - which are currently up for review - are firmed up
Thu, 05 Sep 2024 04:51:50 GMT
They are okay if there is legitimate cause though, like injury or family and international commitments
Fri, 02 Aug 2024 08:05:54 GMT
India ODI captain says team will be looking to beat Sri Lanka first and foremost, rather than using this series as a testing ground for the Champions Trophy
Fri, 02 Aug 2024 05:13:35 GMT
Sri Lanka have lost five fast bowlers to injuries or illness, while India will be boosted by the return of Rohit, Kohli and Kuldeep
Thu, 05 Sep 2024 04:53:02 GMT
The frequency of the mega auctions and the auction purse were among the other points discussed
Thu, 01 Aug 2024 13:12:04 GMT
He played 40 Tests and 15 ODIs for India between 1975 and 1987, before becoming a selector, and later, the coach of the national team
Wed, 31 Jul 2024 09:24:10 GMT
The allrounder called Suryakumar's leadership skills "amazing" for thinking out of the box
Thu, 05 Sep 2024 04:53:33 GMT
The IPL is meeting with all ten franchise owners on Wednesday to discuss auction and retention processes
Wed, 31 Jul 2024 05:53:09 GMT
Sri Lanka lost seven wickets for 22 runs and could score just two in the Super Over
Wed, 31 Jul 2024 04:32:08 GMT
India captain provided the star turn with the ball, and his captaincy, as his team defended 137
Tue, 30 Jul 2024 12:23:09 GMT
Having already sealed the series, India will be hoping to give the likes of Rinku, Samson and Parag more time in the middle
Mon, 29 Jul 2024 15:22:10 GMT
The 2025 edition will be a T20 tournament and the 2027 one an ODI event, serving as precursors to the respective format's World Cups
Mon, 29 Jul 2024 09:59:50 GMT
Smriti Mandhana's half-century took India to 165 but it proved inadequate
Mon, 29 Jul 2024 03:34:12 GMT
Ravi Bishnoi and Axar Patel starred with the ball in the rain-hit game
Sun, 28 Jul 2024 04:56:44 GMT
Sri Lanka were 140 for 1 in a chase of 214 but then lost nine wickets for 30 runs
Sat, 27 Jul 2024 06:16:51 GMT
Dravid sent a touching message to his successor wishing him luck which featured advice and some humour
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 16:14:29 GMT
"I'm going to play the way I've been playing so far, nothing will change," says India's new T20I captain
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 15:32:37 GMT
During the recently concluded LPL, spin held sway over pace in Pallekele - will that trend continue in this T20I series?
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 13:01:26 GMT
Renuka Singh and Radha Yadav derailed Bangladesh's innings, before India's in-form openers finished the small chase themselves
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 06:58:42 GMT
The former India coach says Gambhir has the "tools, experience and goods" for being the head coach
Sat, 31 Aug 2024 04:37:19 GMT
The son of former India captain and coach is playing a state's T20 league for the first time
Sat, 27 Jul 2024 12:02:37 GMT
India vice-captain looking forward to forging opening partnership with Yashasvi Jaiswal
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 12:22:57 GMT
Heading into the business end of the Asia Cup, here's all you need to know about recent form, key players, and even where to catch the action
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 07:24:14 GMT
There is a view that the mega auction should only be held once every five years, and not three
Wed, 24 Jul 2024 11:16:36 GMT
An integral part of ECB's privatisation of the Hundred involves the eight teams being run as a joint venture
Tue, 23 Jul 2024 17:40:33 GMT
The opener made 81, while Rodrigues chipped in with a 15-ball unbeaten 28 to help India out-bat Nepal
Mon, 22 Jul 2024 09:31:48 GMT
On Rohit and Kohli: "Obviously any team would want to have both of them for as long as possible"
Mon, 22 Jul 2024 09:14:25 GMT
India's chief selector said the move will also help them manage Hardik Pandya's workload better
Mon, 22 Jul 2024 09:09:35 GMT
"It is important to give players freedom - that's what I believe in - and not have a relationship of a head coach and a player"
Mon, 22 Jul 2024 05:02:50 GMT
We go behind the scenes to bring you all the answers to your questions about India's selections for the white-ball tour of Sri Lanka
Sun, 21 Jul 2024 13:22:22 GMT
Fifties from Harmanpreet Kaur and Richa Ghosh powered India to 201, and UAE barely got going in the chase
Sun, 21 Jul 2024 05:11:52 GMT
Shreyanka has fractured the fourth finger on her left hand
Sat, 20 Jul 2024 13:14:01 GMT
ESPNcricinfo has learnt that Morne Morkel is the leading candidate to become India's new bowling coach
Fri, 19 Jul 2024 17:08:35 GMT
Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana smacked 85 in 9.3 overs in reply, making short work of the target of 109
Fri, 19 Jul 2024 04:05:50 GMT
Hardik doesn't even have the consolation of vice-captaincy for the Sri Lanka T20Is, where he will be led by his IPL team-mate Suryakumar
Thu, 18 Jul 2024 17:44:05 GMT
Hardik and Natasa got married in May 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic, and had a larger celebration in February 2023
Thu, 18 Jul 2024 16:39:34 GMT
Says Gambhir, whom he'll continue to work with in Sri Lanka after his maiden India call-up, boosted his confidence to help him handle pressure better when at KKR
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