DHG vs CLS Match Preview
It's essential to balance your Dream11 team with batters who can dismantle bowling attacks and bowlers who can secure vital wickets. All-rounders will play a key role by contributing with both bat and ball.
Matheesha Pathirana will rattle the best batters in the tournament. The angle that he delivers the ball from will be awkward for any batter to face. His T20 career has started off well with three four-wicket hauls currently.
Nuwanidu Fernando is a top-order batter who can compliment a powerful opening partnership. He has over 450 runs in his LPL career.
Sadeera Samarawickrama should be in your Dream11 team for the package he brings. He will be more than handy behind the stumps, while having the versatility to build an innings or push the run rate up with the bat.
Mohammad Nabi is an efficient allrounder as a strong middle-order batter with the ability to bowl flighted off-spin too. His entire cricket career is compiled of more than 11500 runs and 650 plus wickets.
Mark Chapman will add the spark that the Sixers' batting lineup needs in the middle overs. The left-handed power-hitter would be expected to dominate the Strikers attack. His highest score in T20s is 104 not out which he scored against Pakistan in 2023.
Weather Report
The weather in the day is expected to be wet, hot and humid. There is a 92 percent chance of rain.
Pitch Report
Not many high totals were chased down at Colombo in the 2023 LPL. The bowlers may struggle to grip the ball with the recent wet weather. That could make chasing slightly easier in this game than most games before.
Notable stats
The one that got away
Neither of these sides have managed an LPL title, however, both sides' highest finish in the tournament was as runners-up. Colombo were finalists in 2022. Dambulla were finalists in 2023.
Team News
The time for experimentation is over. As both teams draw closer to the play-offs, they will need to find settled sides which can take them through the knockout stages.
DHG vs CLS Probable 11
DHG Playing 11
- Reeza Hendricks
- Kusal Perera (Wk)
- Ibrahim Zadran
- Lahiru Udara
- Mark Chapman
- Chamindu Wickramasinghe
- Mohammad Nabi (C)
- Dushan Hemantha
- Dilshan Madushanka
- Nuwan Pradeep
- Nuwan Thushara
CLS Playing 11
- Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Wk)
- Angelo Perera
- Muhammad Waseem
- Glenn Phillips
- Thisara Perera (C)
- Sadeera Samarawickrama
- Shadab Khan
- Isitha Wijesundara
- Dunith Wellalage
- Matheesha Pathirana
- Binura Fernando
Dream11 Prediction
This game pits two teams who have largely been around third and fourth place on the table against each other. This could be a tight affair, but the Sixers may have the better of the Strikers for the second time this season.
Top Picks
Matheesha Pathirana: The right-arm pacer will be troubling at the death. His toe-crushing yorkers will make him impossible to score off. He has delivered over 40 wickets for his teams in the T20 death overs.
Nuwanidu Fernando: Fernando made his international debut for Sri Lanka in 2023. He has one international half-century to his name in his five internationals.
Sadeera Samarawickrama: The wicketkeeper-batter is tidy behind the stumps. You can expect him to affect a few dismissals, while also contributing to the batting effort.
DHG vs CLS Dream11 Team 1
Keeper: Kusal Perera, Rahmanullah Gurbaz
Batters: Mark Chapman , Chamindu Wickramasinghe , Muhammad Waseem
All-rounders: Thisara Perera (C), Glenn Phillips (VC)
Bowlers: Matheesha Pathirana, Nuwan Pradeep , Isitha Wijesundara, Nuwan Thushara
