Punjab Royals vs Kandy Samp Army Match Prediction & Betting Tips – Legends Cricket Trophy 2024
Punjab Royals will take on Kandy Samp Army at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Match 17 of the Legends Cricket Trophy. This match gets underway at 19:00 local time on Saturday, 16th March, 2024.
PUNRS vs KSA, Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele Pitch Report
This remains a good batting track in Pallekele and there was even a total of 190/7 on Friday! Batters will get full value for their shots once more in this game.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds, and match prediction for Punjab Royals vs Kandy Samp Army, Legends Cricket Trophy 2024
Punjab Royals Team News & Playing 11
PUNRS Team News
Anton Devcich hit a six with 16 balls remaining of Punjab Royals’ last game to secure victory over Colombo Lions on Friday, a result which sees them move onto six points from five matches. The Royals will begin Saturday’s fixtures in fourth place in the table.
PUNRS Team Batting
Set a target of 128 for victory in Friday’s clash with Colombo Lions, Punjab Royals had captain Tillakaratne Dilshan and Dilshan Munaweera to thank after both made scores in the 40s. Naman Ojha and Anton Devcich make for a formidable top four batting line-up in this game.
PUNRS Team Bowling
Siddharth Trivedi was the only bowler for Punjab Royals to go wicketless in their last victory with Tillikaratne Dilshan, Javon Searles, S Sreesanth and Monty Panesar all dismissing at least one batter. The Royals have a fine line-up of bowlers with excellent variety to call upon against Kandy Samp Army.
PUNRS Team Form
Punjab Royals have been inconsistent so far in the tournament and are yet to record back to back victories.
Punjab Royals Predicted Playing 11
Naman Ojha (wk), Tillakaratne Dilshan (c), Dilshan Munaweera, Anton Devcich, Cameron White, Phil Mustard, Neil Broom, Siddharth Trivedi, Javon Searles, Monty Panesar, S Sreesanth
Kandy Samp Army Team News & Playing 11
KSA Team News
After winning two matches in a row, there was plenty of optimism in the Kandy Samp Army squad ahead of their fixture with Dubai Giants on Friday. However, they were well beaten by 56 runs and now will be looking for an immediate reaction in this game.
KSA Team Batting
Kandy Samp Army have an over-reliance on their opening pair of Ireland’s Kevin O’Brien and Australia’s Aaron Finch and that was highlighted against Dubai Giants as they put on 67 for the first wicket before the team slumped to 100/8. Captain Finch and O’Brien are set to be the key batters once again for Kandy in this fixture.
KSA Team Bowling
It was a tough afternoon with the ball for Kandy Samp Army’s bowlers against Dubai Giants with all six of their bowlers conceding over 10 runs per over. Tino Best and Chris Mpofu will be dangerous in this game even if they continue to leak runs.
KSA Team Form
Kandy Samp Army beat Colombo Lions and New York Superstar Strikers before their 54 run loss on Friday.
Kandy Samp Army Predicted Playing 11
Kevin O’Brien, Aaron Finch (c), Navin Stewart, Jonathan Foo, Rahul Yadav (wk), Jesal Karia, Tino Best, Rahul Shukla, Jon-Russ Jaggesar, Chris Mpofu, Shahbaz Nadeem
🏆 Punjab Royals vs Kandy Samp Army Prediction
We expect this to be a close contest between two teams who are only two points apart in the table with Punjab Royals having played one additional match so far. Our prediction is for the greater depth in Punjab Royals’ batting to be crucial and we are backing them to win this game.
