Jaffna Kings vs Kandy Falcons LPL T20 Match Prediction & Betting Tips

JK vs KF T20 Match Prediction & Betting Tips, LPL 2022

Jaffna Kings will take on Kandy Falcons at the Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Kandy. Match 13 of the 2022 Lanka Premier League gets underway at 15:00 local time on Wednesday 14th December.

Jaffna Kings

With four wins from five games, Jaffna Kings go head to head with the only team who has beaten them so far in the tournament. The Kings have won their last two matches, by 51 runs against Dambulla Aura and six runs against Colombo Stars.

JK Batting

The Kings have an excellent opening pair in Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Avishka Fernando but also have depth throughout their batting line-up. Shoaib Malik and captain Thisara Perera put on 36 runs from 16 balls for the fifth wicket in the last game. Expect the top order to be attacking with the knowledge that there are more runs to come.

JK Bowling

19 year old left-arm spinner Dunith Wellalage was the only wicketless bowler in the Jaffna Kings’ attack on Monday with Viyakanth Viyaskanth and James Fuller both picking up two wickets each. Viyaskanth has eight wickets in the competition and has been a threat in every game so far.

JK Form

Jaffna Kings are looking to make it three wins in a row and five wins from six matches.

Kandy Falcons

With a net-run-rate of 2.193, Kandy Falcons come into this match at the top of the LPL group stage with eight points from five games. Although they lost Match 9 to Galle Gladiators, they responded with a large win, by 77 runs, over Dambulla Aura on Tuesday.

KF Batting

Kamindu Mendis top scored for Kandy Falcons in the win on Tuesday, hitting 58 runs from 40 balls in the number three position. Andre Fletcher hit 44, the first time that he has gone past 20 since hitting 102 not out in Match 2. Like their opponents in this game, there are plenty of runs across the top half of their batting order.

KF Bowling

After starting the campaign with wickets against all-comers, Kandy Falcons’ skipper, Wanindu Hasaranga has gone wicketless for 23 runs over both of his last two games. Fortunately for the Falcons, Carlos Brathwaite has found the pitch in Pallekele to be responsive to his bowling and taken six wickets across those matches.

KF Form

Kandy Falcons have won four of their five matches so far this season.

JK vs KF Pitch Report

The match will be played at the Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Kandy. This ground continues to deliver high scoring games and any score under 150 on this pitch is unlikely to generate a victory.

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