Kandy Falcons are favorites to win
Kandy Falcons will take on Jaffna Kings at the R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo. Match 21, Qualifier 1, of the 2022 Lanka Premier League gets underway at 15:30 local time on Wednesday 21st December.
It has been an excellent tournament from Kandy Falcons so far who topped the group stage with seven wins and only one defeat. The Falcons only loss came against Galle Gladiators and a win in this match will secure their place in the final on Friday.
Andre Fletcher has had a brilliant competition so far and is only four runs from being the leading run scorer in the 2022 LPL. He began the tournament with 102 not out and will be one of the key wickets in the Kandy Falcons batting line-up in this match.
Kandy Falcons have a brilliant bowling attack and in Carlos Brathwaite have the leading wicket taker across all teams in the campaign. Alongside Fabian Allen, Oshane Thomas and captain Wanindu Hasaranga, the Falcons make life very tough for opposing batters.
Kandy Falcons are targeting their fifth successive victory of the tournament in this match.
With six wins from eight matches in the group stage, Jaffna Kings lost only two games and finished six points above Colombo Stars who finished in third. The Kings beat the Stars by a very convincing margin of eight wickets on Monday.
With an opening batting pair of Afghanistan’s Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Sri Lanka’s Avishka Fernando, there is always the chance that the opposition bowling attack will be blown away. The openers put on 105 in the win over Colombo Stars and will be full of confidence in this match.
Jaffna Kings restricted Colombo Stars to 128-9 in Monday’s victory with all six bowlers used picking up at least one wicket. Thisara Perera took 2-14 from three overs but we expect Binura Fernando to come back in for this match after being rested for the final group stage fixture.
Jaffna Kings have won four of their last five matches in this competition.
The match will be played at the R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo. The wicket has slowed down over the last week and we expect a par score of around 140 in this match.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, match odds, and prediction for Kandy Falcons vs Jaffna Kings, Qualifier LPL 2022
Pathum Nissanka, Andre Fletcher (wk), Ashen Bandara, Kamindu Mendis, Chamika Karunaratne, Carlos Brathwaite, Wanindu Hasaranga (c), Fabian Allen, Isuru Udana, Ashian Daniel, Zahoor Khan
Avishka Fernando, Ashan Randika, Sadeera Samarawickrama (wk), Dhananjaya de Silva, Shoaib Malik, Thisara Perera (c), Dunith Wellalage, James Fuller, Maheesh Theekshana, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth, Zaman Khan
These two sides have been the standout teams in the tournament so far and we expect them to put on an entertaining contest with a place in the final up for grabs. Although Jaffna Kings have an excellent opening batting partnership, we think that Kandy Falcons have the more complete team. We are backing Kandy Falcons to win this Qualifier 1.
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