JSK vs CLS 13th Match Prediction

JSK vs CLS Team Previews

Jaffna Kings

As far as the Jaffna batting line-up is concerned, the team depends on hitters such as Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Towhid Hridoy, David Miller, Thisara Perera, and Charith Asalanka to score the majority of runs. The Jaffna Kings struggled to get their batters going in one of their earlier games. They could muster up just 117 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in their quota of 20 overs. In a game before that, Dunith Wellalage batted well for the team Jaffna Kings and ended the innings with a top score of 38 runs from 27 balls with 1 six and 6 fours.

Apart from Wellalage, Priyamal Perera also put together 22 runs from 22 balls. David Miller also chipped in with 21 runs from 22 balls. As far as the bowling department is concerned the team will rely on bowlers such as Nandre Burger, Thisara Perera, Dunithy Wellalage, Vijaykanth, Mahesh Theekshana, and Nuwan Thushara to get their team some timely wickets. Some of the Jaffna bowlers such as Nandre Burger and Mahesh Theekshana did a fair job in one of their last matches picking up a wicket apiece.

Jaffna Kings played their last game against Dambulla Aura yesterday. In the 11th game of the Lanka Premier League, the Dambulla Aura team batted first to score 134 runs for the loss of 8 wickets. This modest total proved to be too good for the Jaffna team who scored 125 runs for the loss of 7 wickets from their 20 overs. Shoaib Malik from Jaffna Kings was adjudged the most valuable player for the game. The Player of the Match award was bestowed on Hasan Ali. Shoaib Malik was the lone warrior for Jaffna Kings with the bat when he smashed 74 runs from 53 balls with 6 sixes and 5 fours.

Colombo Stars

As far as the batting line-up is concerned Colombo Strikers will depend on batters such as Pathum Nissanka, Chamika Karunaratne, Niroshan Dickwella, and Babar Azam to score most of the runs for Colombo. In one of their last encounters, Nuwanldu Fernando batted well for the team of Colombo Strikers. He was the leading run-getter for Colombo with a top score of 56 runs from 39 balls with 4 sixes and 4 fours. He was also supported by Babar Aam who hit 41 from 24 balls with 7 fours.

As far as the bowling department is concerned the Colombo team will rely on bowlers such as Naseem Shah, Matheesha Pathirana, Dhananjaya Lakshan, and Matheesha Pathirana for achieving well-timed breakthroughs. In one of the earlier games, Matheesha Pathirana was the leading bowler for Colombo Strikers with figures of 3 for 31 from his quota of 4 overs. As far as the Colombo powerplay overs are concerned, the Pakistani bowler Naseem Shah put in a top performance to finish with figures of 2 for 21 from his quota of 4 overs in this game. But the Colombo bowlers went for a lot of runs in their last match against Galle.

Unlike Jaffna Kings, Colombo Strikers won their last game against Galle Titans yesterday. This was the 10th match of the Lanka Premier League for the 2023 season. The Pakistani batter Babar Azam was in sublime form hitting a brilliant hundred with 104 runs from 59 balls. He was promptly adjudged player of the match and was also awarded the most valuable player award. The Colombo Strikers team was successful in winning the match with 7 wickets to spare. They reached the target in the last over of their inning.