KT vs CK Dream11 Team Prediction: With just 1 win in 5 games, Kandy Tuskers are surviving on a ventilator in the Lanka Premier League. They need points to revive their campaign and in this pursuit, they meet Colombo Kings on December 05. The Colombo Kings have 3 wins in 4 games so far. So, let’s look at the KT vs CK Prediction.
Fixture: Kandy Tuskers vs Colombo Kings; Lanka Premier League T20
When: 5 December, 08:00 PM IST
Venue: Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Sooriyawewa, Hambantota
Points table:
KT: 4th place
CK: 2nd place
Live Stream Online: Watch Kandy Tuskers vs Colombo Kings; Lanka Premier League T20 live cricket streaming on SonyLiv.
KT Team News:
Injuries, unavailability: No injury news.
Playing combination: R Gurbaz and MDKJ Perera will be the openers. They will be followed by BKG Mendis and B Taylor in the middle order. S Prasanna and D Gunaratane will be the finishers. In the bowling department, M Patel and S Prasanna are critical.
KT Playing 11:
Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Kusal Perera, Kusal Mendis, Asela Gunaratne, Seekkuge Prasanna, B Taylor Nuwan Pradeep, Naveen-ul-Haq, Kamindu Mendis, Lasith Embuldeniya, M Patel
CK Team News:
Playing combination: D Chandimal and L Evans have done well as openers. DJ Bell-Drummond was drafted in at number 3 but was out for a duck. But he should be given another chance while A Mathews, A Russell, and I Udana make up for an explosive middle-order. PVD Chameera and Q Ahmed will be the strike bowlers for the team.
CK Playing 11:
Dinesh Chandimal, Laurie Evans, T de Silva, Andre Russell, Angelo Mathews (C), Isuru Udana, Qais Ahmed, Ashan Priyanjan, Manpreet Gony, Amila Aponso, and Dushmanta Chameera
In KT vs CK Dream11 prediction, BKG Mendis and MDKJ Perera have got the runs for Kandy so far while B Taylor has provided strength as well. D Gunaratne has been the most successful bowler so far with Naveen-ul-Haq. On the other hand for CK, D Chandimal and A Russell are the main batters and their bowling revolves around Q Ahmed and P Chameera.
KT vs CK Dream11 Prediction:
Wicket-keepers: K Perera, D Chandimal,
Batsmen:A Gunratane, K Mendis, B Taylor, L Evans, A Russell
All-rounder: I Udana
Bowlers: Naveen-ul-Haq, Q Ahmed, T kaushal
Captain and vice-captain:
D Chandimal made 68 runs from 51 balls in the last game and has once again shown he is in great form. He has made 2 fifties in 4 innings. He has scored 148 runs at an average of 74.00 and has a strike-rate of 151.02.
A Russell has been very effective with his all-round skills. He has made 126 runs at a strike-rate of 217.24 and has already hammered 15 fours and 8 sixes. He made 32 runs from just 20 balls in the previous match and picked 1 wicket as well. He has taken 4 wickets so far at a strike-rate of 7.5.
Kusal Mendis has been highly consistent in this tournament and has got runs in all games so far. His scores read: 55, 20, 49, 34* and 30. He averages 47.00 in this tournament and has scored 188 runs at a strike-rate of 147.69. He made 55 runs off 45 balls in the last game.
Q Ahmed was very effective with his bowling in the last match. He claimed 3 wickets for just 24 runs in 3 overs. He now has 5 wickets in 3 games in this tournament and he could be the X Factor in this match.
Kandy is not able to pack punch as a team so far while Comlombo’s mighty batting line-up is a big advantage. So in the KT vs CK Dream11 today match prediction, expect CK to win the game.