The 9th match of LPL T20 is scheduled to play between Kandy Falcons and Galle Gladiators on Monday, 12th December 2022 at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele.

Kandy Falcons had beaten Jaffna Kings in their previous match by the margin of three wickets where they won the toss and decided to field first. The performance of their bowling unit was good. They leaked 147 runs in 20 overs. Fabian Allen proved the most successful bowler from their side with two wickets to her name in four overs against 23 runs. The skipper, W Hasaranga also performed well and picked two wickets in four overs while he was charged for 26 runs. Isuru Udana was the other bowler with two wickets to his name in four overs while he leaked 32 runs.

Zahoor Khan picked one wicket in the previous match while C Brathwaite and Kamindu Mendis were the bowlers who failed to pick any wicket. The batting order of Kandy Falcons also failed to give the best performance but they chased the target of 148 runs in 20 overs. Ashen Bandara was the most successful and highest run-scorer from their side. He scored 44 runs on 39 balls with the help of three boundaries. Ashen Bandara scored 29 runs while he faced 24 balls and smashed two boundaries. Chamika Karunaratne was the leading batsman who played the main role in the win of the Kandy Falcons. He scored 26 runs while he faced just 16 balls and smashed two boundaries and the same huge sixes.

Galle Gladiators lost their most recent completed match against the same team, Kandy Falcons by the margin of five wickets. They won the toss and decided to bat first but their batting order failed to give the best performance and scored just 121 runs in 20 overs. Movin Subasingha was the only successful batsman from their side. He scored 40 runs on 38 balls and smashed four boundaries and two huge sixes. Imad Wasim also performed well and scored 34 runs on 39 balls with the help of two boundaries.

The skipper, Kusal Mendis scored 14 runs while Nuwanidu Fernando had 13 runs to his name. The bowling unit of Galle Gladiators failed to defend a low target on the board and leaked the target of 122 runs in just 15 overs. Nuwan Pradeep was their side’s highest wicket-taker but leaked a lot of runs. He picked up two wickets while he was charged with 34 runs in just three overs. Nuwan Thushara also performed well and picked one wicket in three overs against just 18 runs. Nuwan Thushara and Pulina Tharanga also picked one wicket each while Wahab Riaz and Imad Wasim were the bowlers who failed to pick any wicket.

Kandy Falcons are overall a strong team as compared to the Galle Gladiators at least on paper. According to our match prediction, Kandy Falcons are the favorite team who will win this match. There are many factors that make Galle Gladiators a favorite team to win this match. Some of the key factors are mentioned as under:

• Kandy Falcons had won all three matches played so far
• Kandy Falcons had already beaten Galle Gladiators in this tournament earlier
• Galle Gladiators had not won any match till now
• The key players of Kandy Falcons are performing well in this tournament
• Galle Gladiators had totally failed to give the best performance in this tournament

Kandy Falcons is full of experienced and young players of the t20 format. The batting order of this team is also strong and some well-known hitters of the t20 format are part of the squad of this team, so the winning chances of today’s match for Kandy Falcons have been increased. The equation of who will win today’s cricket match prediction and who will win the cricket match today is mentioned as under.

Kandy Falcons have a 58% chance to win this match
Galle Gladiators has a 42% chance to win this match

The toss is going to play important in the result of every match of LPL T20 as we had observed in the previous games. According to our toss prediction, the team who will win the toss will elect to bat first as chasing had been difficult in the most recent matches of LPL.

The 9th Match of the Lanka Premier League is going to be held at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele. We had observed in the previous matches played here that the pitch here at this venue is good for batting. The track is slower than the others we have seen and helps the spinners quite a bit. We are hoping that the surface is bound to get slower and be a bit more difficult for batting in this match. A score of 185 is going to be tough to chase.

The weather forecast for Pallekele is good this cricket match. There are almost no chances of rain in the region and we are hopeful that we will have a full match to enjoy.

It will be updated shortly

Date: Monday, 12th December 2022
Time: 09:30 AM GMT / 03:00 PM LOCAL / 03:00 PM IST

• Stadium: Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
• Location: Pallekele, Sri Lanka
• Capacity: 35000
• Dimensions: 80m long, 75m wide
• Ends: Hunnasgiriya End, Rikillagaskada End
• Time Zone: UTC +05:30
• Home to: Kandurata
• Floodlights: Yes
• Curator: Asitha Wijesinghe

• Total matches: 23
• Matches won batting first: 12
• Matches won bowling first: 8
• Average 1st Inns scores: 168
• Average 2nd Inns scores: 149
• Highest total recorded: 263/3 (20 Ov) by AUS vs SL
• The lowest total recorded: 88/10 (16 Ov) by NZ vs SL
• The highest score chased: 178/2 (18.4 Ov) by PAK vs BAN
• The lowest score defended: 125/8 (20 Ov) by SL vs NZ

Janith Liyanage, Chamindu Wijesinghe, Matheesha Pathirana, Ahmed Daniyal, Avishka Perera, Oshane Thomas, Kaveen Bandara, Minod Bhanuka, Malinda Pushpakumara, Najibullah Zadran, Lasith Abeyratne, Ashan Priyanjan, Pathum Nissanka, Andre Fletcher (wk), Ashen Bandara, Kamindu Mendis, Chamika Karunaratne, Carlos Brathwaite, Wanindu Hasaranga (c), Fabian Allen, Isuru Udana, Ashian Daniel, Zahoor Khan.