After hosting several interesting competition, the Lanka Premier League T20 2020 is finally going to host the first semi-final round of the tournament on Sunday. The first two teams who have qualified for the semi-final round are Colombo Kings and Galle Gladiators. The 1st Semi-Final match of the tournament is going to be played at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota. It will be hosted on December 13 (Sunday) starting at 07:30 PM IST. In the group stage, team Galle Gladiators was the table topper and also defeated Colombo Kings in their previous match. However, CK has also won against their today’s opponent GG in one of their earlier matches in the tournament.
CK vs GG Live Score
Colombo Kings Squads
Navod Paranavithana, Angelo Mathews (c), Ashan Priyanjan, Jeffrey Vandersay, Amila Aponso, Andre Russell, Manpreet Gony, Isuru Udana, Dinesh Chandimal, Thikshila de Silva, Tharindu Kaushal, Lahiru Udara, Himesh Ramanayake, Kalana Perera, Tharindu Ratnayake, Laurie Evans, Daniel Bell-Drummond, Karim Sadiq, Dhammika Prasad, Qais Ahmad, Ravinderpal Singh, Dushmantha Chameera
Galle Gladiators Squads
Shahid Afridi, Shehan Jayasuriya, Ashan-Ali, Asitha Fernando, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Nuwan Thushara, Sahan Arachchige, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Azam Khan, Colin Ingram, Hazratullah Zazai, Mohammad Amir, Danushka Gunathilaka, Milinda Siriwardana, Akila Dananjaya, Lakshan Sandakan, Mohamed Shiraz,Dhananjaya Lakshan, Chanaka Ruwansiri, Duvindu Tillakaratne, Chadwick Walton, Lasith Malinga
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Team CK: Ashan Priyanjan, Angelo Mathews (c), Thikshila de Silva, Qais Ahmad, Tharindu Kaushal, Himesh Ramanayake, Lahiru Udara, Dushmantha Chameera, Laurie Evans, Daniel Bell-Drummond, Dinesh Chandimal (w)
Team GG: Bhanuka Rajapaksa(c), Azam Khan(w), Nuwan Thushara, Ahsan Ali, Shehan Jayasuriya, Sahan Arachchige, Hazratullah Zazai, Dhananjaya Lakshan, Lakshan Sandakan, Mohammad Amir, Danushka Gunathilaka
Colombo Kings vs Galle Gladiators Preview
Both the teams have also encountered each other earlier for the two times in this season and both have won one-one match each. In their 1st meeting in this season, team Colombo Kings achieved the success against their opponent by 25 runs, however, in their 2nd meeting in the tournament, team Galle Gladiators take their revenge by getting the win against their rival by 8 wickets. As we can see both the teams have balanced their earlier encounters and they were also among the top best teams in this season. This is going to be a very competitive match as both are very tough competitors in this on-going tournament and as the series is going to end both will give their best to win the title this season.
Key Players
The Colombo Kings (CK) and Galle Gladiators (GG) are both very tough teams and their third encounter in this season will be in the semi-final round of the tournament. The key players of CK are Chandimal, Qais Ahmad, D Bell-Drummond, and Dhammika Prasad. The high ranking players of the team Galle Gladiators (GG) are Nuwan Thushara, Azam Khan, Ahsan Ali and Mohammad Amir.
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