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Colombo Stars are favorites to win
Colombo Stars will take on Galle Gladiators at the Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Kandy. Match 7 of the 2022 Lanka Premier League gets underway at 15:00 local time on Sunday 11th December.
After suffering a heavy defeat in their opening match against Kandy Falcons on Tuesday, Colombo Stars got their first victory of the campaign with a tight nine run win over Dambulla Aura on Thursday. A win in this match could see the Stars move up to the top places in the group stage.
The experienced keeper-batter, Niroshan Dickwella, produced the runs for Colombo Stars in the opening position against Dambulla Aura. He hit 62 runs from 41 balls whilst the rest of the top order failed to get past six runs. AT the other end of the batting order, expect Dominic Drakes to hit some quickfire runs in this match.
One of the strong features in this Colombo Stars team is the amount of bowling they have on offer. In the win in Match 5, they used eight bowlers with Karim Janat, Suranga Lakmal and Dominic Drakes all taking two wickets each. The team always has plenty of wicket taking possibilities.
Colombo Stars ended a run of three defeats from four games with the win in Hambantota on Thursday.
The Gladiators sit bottom of the 2022 LPL at this stage after picking up zero points from the opening two games. They were beaten by Jaffna Kings by 24 runs in the opening match of the tournament before going down by five wickets to Kandy Falcons on Wednesday.
Although their batting line-up has produced a competitive score in both games, Galle Gladiators are yet to post a really strong total in this competition. They posted 121-8 in the last match with Movin Subasingha top scoring from number six. The likes of Kusal Mendis and Azam Khan will be expected to deliver in this clash.
Nuwan Pradeep took 2-34 against Kandy Falcons but his opening bowling partner Wahab Riaz, went wicketless after taking 2-23 in the opening game. Riaz should enjoy the extra pace in this pitch with Iftikhar Ahmed likely to exploit the additional bounce.
Galle Gladiators need to win this game to avoid their fourth straight defeat in the LPL.
The match will be played at the Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Kandy. A par score will be above 150 on this surface but we expect all types of bowlers to get assistance from the wicket.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, match odds, and prediction for Colombo Stars vs Galle Gladiators, LPL 2022
Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Angelo Mathews (c), Charith Asalanka, Ravi Bopara, Dinesh Chandimal, Navod Paranavithana, Karim Janat, Dominic Drakes, Suranga Lakmal, Jeffrey Vandersay, Naveen-ul-Haq
Thanuka Dabare, Kusal Mendis (c), Azam Khan (wk), Nuwanidu Fernando, Iftikhar Ahmed, Movin Subasingha, Imad Wasim, Pulina Tharanga, Wahab Riaz, Nuwan Pradeep, Nuwan Thushara
Although Colombo Stars have been far from the best team in the opening exchanges of the tournament, Galle Gladiators have been very disappointing in their first two games. We expect the Gladiators to produce their best performance of the competition so far but our prediction is for a Colombo Stars victory.
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