Dasun Shanaka: It’s been really good for me, the captain has given me a role and I’m enjoying that role, especially with my bowling. I feel good that I’m able to bowl in the powerplay and I’m happy that the captain has shown trust in me. I’m playing with the same intensity, whenever I go out I try to give my best. Whenever I go in the middle, I try to deliver and I’m confident about that. We need to make sure not to repeat the same mistake that we did in the last game, till 15 overs we will right there but we lost it in the last moments, we need to make sure we keep up the intensity throughout the game.
Teams:
Kandy Falcons (Playing XI): Dinesh Chandimal(w), Andre Fletcher, Mohammad Haris, Kamindu Mendis, Wanindu Hasaranga(c), Angelo Mathews, Chaturanga de Silva, Dasun Shanaka, Pawan Rathnayake, Dushmantha Chameera, Shoriful Islam
Slightly gloomy conditions, same pitch that was used yesterday where a lot of runs were scored. The grass covering is good and there’s a lot of hardness. I’m not surprised that Hasaranga won the toss and chose to bowl because the pitch is good and there's the wind factor as well. I reckon 180-190 is still a par score on this pitch, mentions Farvez Maharoof in the pitch report
Perera: Good toss to lose, I'm happy with this situation and I'm happy with our combination. We have three changes.We have to give 100 percent in this match.
Wanindu Hasaranga: We are going to bowl first, we didn't play here and we want to check the wicket. We have few changes - Chaturanga and Shoriful Islam come in. We didn't do well last game in last three department, we want to give our best
Kandy Falcons have won the toss and have opted to field
14:05 Local Time, 08:35 GMT, 14:05 IST: Hello and a warm welcome to our live coverage of the 7th match of LPL 2024 between Kandy Falcons and Colombo Strikers. Kandy Falcons began their campaign with a comprehensive victory over Dambulla Sixers. But, the Falcons faultered against Colombo Strikers a few days back. Shadab Khan and Wellalage derailed the Falcons’ batters by taking 4-fers each. After a winning start, the Strikers lost their last game against Galle Marvels. Wellalage tried his best as he played a blazing knock but he had too much to do eventually.