GT vs BLK Dream11 Prediction, Fantasy Stats, Venue Report, Recent Performances, Probable XIs, Weather Forecast, Head to Head, Toss Based Analysis, C/VC Choices - Qualifier 2

Author: Shubham
18 Aug 2023 15:35:23
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Galle Titans vs B-Love Kandy - Qualifier 2 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 

GT - 8 - 4w/4l (2nd)
BLK - 8 - 4w/4l (3rd) 

(ii) Toss Based Analysis

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, 19(17)&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), 12(8)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(3)&0w, 0w

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

9. Seekuge Prasanna 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 8(5)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 3w

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

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

12. Tabraiz Shamsi 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 2w, 0w, 2w, 1w
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), 80(61)
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, 15(12)&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 - 8(7)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(4)

28. Najibullah Zadran
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2(3)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

B-Love Kandy (BLK)

1. Fakhar Zaman 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 45(35), 22(17), 0(2)
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), 79(49)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(4), 2(7)

4. Dinesh Chandimal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 25(17), 1(3), 41(24)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 10(11), 0(2), 48(29), 22(16), 50(46)

5. Kamindu Mendis 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 17(13)
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, 19(11)&6w
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, 7(5)&0w
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, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 2w

11. Isuru Udana
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3(2)*&0w, 9(6)&1w, 0w
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), 1(1)*&1w
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, 1w
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), 15(13)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3(8), 16(8)*, 33(15)

2. VENUE AND PITCH INFO 

Venue - R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

(i) Total Matches - T20s

Overall - 180

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

GT - 17 - 8w/9l
BLK - 18 - 6w/12l

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

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

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

(iv) Recent Matches on this venue 

1) B-Love Kandy vs Jaffna Kings - 17th August'2023
188/8 vs 127/10 (BLK won by 61 runs)

Pacers - 6w+1w=7w
Spinners - 2w+8w=10w

2) Galle Titans vs Dambulla Aura - 17th August'2023
146/10 vs 147/4 (DA won by 6 wkts)

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

3) 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

4) 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

5) 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

6) 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

7) 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

8) 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

9) 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

10) 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

SUMMARY

Pacers
1st Innings - 41w
2nd Innings - 28w

Spinners
1st Innings - 31w
2nd Innings - 34w

Overall
69w:65w (Pacers:Spinners)


(v) Toss Based Analysis on this venue

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, 19(17)&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, 12(8)&1w
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), 0(2)
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, 8(5)&1w
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, 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, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3w, 2w, 2w

12. Tabraiz Shamsi 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 1w
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), 80(61)
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, 15(12)&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 - 8(7)
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), 2(3)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 5(2), 16(9)

B-Love Kandy (BLK)

1. Fakhar Zaman 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 22(17), 0(2)
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), 79(49)
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, 17(13)
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, 19(11)&6w
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, 7(5)&0w
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, 1w
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, 0w
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), 1(1)*&1w
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, 1w
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), 15(13)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3(8), 33(15), 3(3)

3. HEAD TO HEAD 

(i) Overall
8 - 4w/4l (Tied)

(ii) Last 5 Matches
3w/2l (in favour of BLK)

(iii) On This Venue
3 - 2w/1l (In favour of GT)

(iv) Recent Head to Head Matches

1) B-Love Kandy vs Galle Titans - 8th August'2023
203/5 vs 114/10 (BLK won by 89 runs)

Wanindu Hasaranga - 64(27)&4w
Fakhar Zaman - 45(35)
Angelo Mathews - 40(23)
Dinesh Chandimal - 25(17)
Nuwan Pradeep - 3w
Mujeeb Ur Rahman - 2w
Dushmantha Chameera - 1w
Lahiru Samarakoon - 36(25)&2w
Ashan Priyanjan - 25(23)
Lasith Croospulle - 27(17)
Kasun Rajitha - 1w
Richard Ngarava - 1w
Tabraiz Shamsi - 1w

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

Tim Seifert - 74(39)
Shakib Al Hasan - 30(21)&2w
Shavon Daniel - 25(31)
Kasun Rajitha - 2w
Richard Ngarava - 2w
Tabraiz Shamsi - 2w
Akila Dananjaya - 1w
Lahiru Samarakoon - 1w
Ashen Bandara - 27(19)
Aamer Jamal - 1w
Mohammad Hasnain - 1w
Wanindu Hasaranga - 1w

3) Galle Titans vs B-Love Kandy - 12th December'2022
153/6 vs 141/7 (GT won by 12 runs)

Thanuka Dabare - 70(51)
Ashen Bandara - 41(30)
Isuru Udana - 2w

4) Galle Gladiators vs Kandy Falcons - 7th December'2022 
121/8 vs 123/5 (KF won by 5 wkts)

Nuwan Pradeep - 2w
Kamindu Mendis - 44(34)
Isuru Udana - 1w
Wanindu Hasaranga - 1w

(vi) Toss Based Analysis (H2H)

Galle Titans (GT) 

1. Minod Bhanuka
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 8(7)*

2. Tim Seifert 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 74(39)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(5)

3. Chad Bowes
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

4. Ashan Priyanjan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
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 - 30(21)&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 11(12)&0w

7. Dasun Shanaka 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 9(5)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(3)&0w

8. Bhanuka Rajapaksa 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 22(13), 3(4), 4(7)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 12(8), 5(8)

9. Seekuge Prasanna 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1(1)*&1w, 1(3)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

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

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

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

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

14. Lasith Croospulle
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 11(14)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 27(17)

15. Sohan de Livera
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
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 - 25(31)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(2)

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

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

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

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

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

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

B-Love Kandy (BLK)

1. Fakhar Zaman 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 45(35)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

2. Ashen Bandara 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3(5), 41(30)*, 27(19)

3. Mohammad Haris
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 17(14)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

4. Dinesh Chandimal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 25(17)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(2)

5. Kamindu Mendis 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 28(16)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 32(25)&1w, 7(15)&3w, 44(34), 9(14), 3(9)&0w

6. Wanindu Hasaranga 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 64(27)&4w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 8(3)*&1w, 6(7)&0w, 9(7)&1w

7. Chaturanga de Silva 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

8. Angelo Mathews 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 40(23)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2(6)

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

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

11. Isuru Udana
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 16(12)&0w

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

13. Sahan Arachchige
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w

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

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

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

17. Lahiru Madushanka 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2(4)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 22(13)*

18. Thanuka Dabare
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 70(51)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 12(11)

19. Aamer Jamal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 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)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3(8)

4. SQUAD INFO WITH DETAILING

A) GALLE TITANS (GT) SQUAD : 

Probable XI

1) Lasith Croospulle - RHB, RAO
Last 10 - 80, 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 - 0, 6, 15, 5, 31, 0, 4, 48, 25, 0, 20, 9, 7, 1, 8, 24 14, 9

3) Litton Das - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 8, 1, 12, 16, 10, 59, 25, 21, 9, 35

4) Shakib Al Hasan - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 19r 1w, 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 - 2, 0, 15, 18, 8*, 5, 23, 10

6) Dasun Shanaka - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 12r 1w, 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 - 8r 1w, 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 - 15r 0w, 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, 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 - 0w, 2w, 2w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 3w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 3w

11) Tabraiz Shamsi - RHB, Left Arm Wrist Spin
Last 10 - 1w, 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 

B) B-LOVE KANDY (BLK) SQUAD : 


Probable XI

1) Mohammad Haris - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 79, 8, 1, 81, 17, 2, 52, 14, 55, 9, 17*, 0, 1, 15, 6

2) Fakhar Zaman - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 0, 2, 11, 22, 45, 42, 28, 22, 73, 23, 36, 33, 14, 19, 180*, 117

3) Dinesh Chandimal - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 41, 50, 1, 25, 22, 48, 0, 10, 34, 1, 1, 28, 39, 105*, 76, 8, 13*, 102*, 111*, 10, 37, 62

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

5) Wanindu Hasaranga - RHB, Legbreak 
Last 10 - 19r 6w, 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

6) Angelo Mathews - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 7r 0w, 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Differential GL C/VC choices

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

BLK - Angelo Mathews, Fakhar Zaman, Dinesh Chandimal 

*Important*

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Kohli set up India for a semi-final spot and all but crossed out Pakistan from the 2025 Champions Trophy
Mon, 24 Feb 2025 04:46:36 GMT
India batter gets to the milestone in the Champions Trophy match against Pakistan in Dubai, breaking Sachin Tendulkar's record
Sun, 23 Feb 2025 08:34:14 GMT
A PCB official said that as this is an ICC tournament, the anthem playlist has been produced and distributed by the ICC
Sun, 23 Feb 2025 05:13:15 GMT
Aaqib Javed gives his vote of confidence to Pakistan's quicks, but Urooj Mumtaz and Anil Kumble feel the team, on the whole, lack firepower
Sat, 22 Feb 2025 19:55:32 GMT
They have opened together only 28 times in ODIs, but their numbers are staggering
Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:02:25 GMT
After the defeat to New Zealand in Karachi, Pakistan must travel to Dubai to play India, a team they have struggled to beat for several years
Fri, 21 Feb 2025 07:22:38 GMT
"The difference between Shreyas Iyer and Shubman Gill is that Gill will take you right till the end," Sanjay Manjrekar says
Fri, 21 Feb 2025 07:21:13 GMT
Manjrekar feels Kohli is down on confidence, and that has affected his ability to take bowlers on
Fri, 21 Feb 2025 07:07:42 GMT
Despite a quick 69-run opening stand, India were tested by the 229 target
Fri, 21 Feb 2025 02:35:39 GMT
Axar finished with 2 for 43, and Jaker Ali, the beneficiary of the drop, went on to score 68
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:45:25 GMT
Former India spinner says head coach Gautam Gambhir has tough decisions irrespective of Champions Trophy result
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:45:24 GMT
Yash Rathod's century set Mumbai a target of 406, before Vidarbha ended the day with three key wickets
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:26:25 GMT
Shami opens up about his struggles and recovery after injuries and a surgery sidelined him from international cricket for over a year
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 02:34:23 GMT
The former Mumbai captain represented the state in first-class cricket for over a decade in the 1960s and 70s but is best remembered as a Mumbai selector and administrator
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 16:02:00 GMT
The venue last hosted a 50-over match in March 2024 while India and Bangladesh last played an ODI there in 2018
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 15:48:32 GMT
India captain says their three allrounders gives them a lot of options
Wed, 19 Feb 2025 08:43:56 GMT
This is the second time Gill is at the summit; the last time was during the 2023 ODI World Cup
Tue, 18 Feb 2025 14:38:32 GMT
India international set for first taste of county cricket after agreeing deal for first red-ball block
Sun, 16 Feb 2025 18:04:37 GMT
Qualifier 1 and the Eliminator will be played in Hyderabad, and Qualifier 2 in Kolkata
Sun, 16 Feb 2025 10:09:59 GMT
Chennai Super Kings are expected to host Mumbai Indians on March 23
Fri, 14 Feb 2025 07:05:18 GMT
The total prize pot has gone up by 53% to $6.9 million
Thu, 13 Feb 2025 12:23:35 GMT
Parunika Sisodia and Nuzhat Parween will replace them at MI and RCB respectively
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:45:03 GMT
India are without their bowling spearhead, Australia are without their entire first-choice pace attack
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:12:47 GMT
In two of India's chases against England, they promoted Axar Patel, and that left KL Rahul with little to do
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:29:23 GMT
Visitors were 126 for 2 after 18 overs in pursuit of 357, but eventually folded for 214
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 08:37:50 GMT
He is expected to take a month to recover after the surgery
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 07:17:13 GMT
While the latest scan, which Bumrah underwent in Bengaluru over the weekend, did not reveal anything untoward, it is learned he is not entirely ready to return to bowling yet
Tue, 11 Feb 2025 09:40:31 GMT
Their run-scoring methods haven't worked on this tour and part of that is due to the variety in the Indian bowling attack
Mon, 10 Feb 2025 10:20:54 GMT
Bumrah has not played any cricket since the Border-Gavaskar Trophy ended in early January
Mon, 10 Feb 2025 11:22:25 GMT
Hamstring injury leaves England looking at potential replacements ahead of Australia opener
Sun, 09 Feb 2025 20:09:09 GMT
"I bowled almost 30 overs in that match [against Delhi in the Ranji Trophy]. So I never lost my rhythm"
Sun, 09 Feb 2025 17:54:12 GMT
India chased down their target of 305 with 33 balls to spare as Rohit and Shubman Gill reuinited at the top of the order with a 136-run stand
Sun, 09 Feb 2025 17:39:13 GMT
"He makes things much easier than what it is," Shubman Gill says about Rohit Sharma's century in the Cuttack ODI
Sat, 08 Feb 2025 14:45:42 GMT
There is an opportunity for both teams to use this series as a kind of laboratory ahead of the Champions Trophy
Sat, 08 Feb 2025 13:56:24 GMT
India batter had missed the series opener in Nagpur due to a knee injury
Fri, 07 Feb 2025 14:07:58 GMT
Your ready reckoner for the Ranji Trophy quarter-finals, to be played in Pune, Nagpur, Kolkata and Rajkot from Saturday
Fri, 07 Feb 2025 13:40:39 GMT
Iyer, who scored a match-winning half-century, was originally meant to sit out the first ODI
Fri, 07 Feb 2025 06:48:56 GMT
We answer all your questions about the upcoming Champions Trophy in Pakistan and the UAE
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 19:42:42 GMT
India batter suffered a knee injury on the eve of the match
Thu, 06 Feb 2025 19:01:27 GMT
Harshit Rana and Ravindra Jadeja picked up three wickets each to restrict England to a very gettable 248
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 18:13:05 GMT
Adil Rashid lost his spot as the leader in the bowling charts, while Jofra Archer dropped four places to tenth
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 17:57:11 GMT
They are also set to tour India for two Tests in 2025
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 17:11:31 GMT
Javagal Srinath and Nitin Menon "mutually agreed" with the ICC that they would not undertake any officiating assignments in Pakistan
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 16:05:56 GMT
Two weeks ahead of the Champions Trophy, both teams have an air of vulnerability
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 15:49:33 GMT
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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