CLS vs KAF Eliminator, 05 Aug 2026 Fantasy AI Predictions

Kandy

Colombo

R.Premadasa Stadium

171

CLS

203/7 (20.0)

Colombo chose to BAT

KAF

135/10 (18.4)

Kaps won by 68 runs

Lanka Premier League CLS vs KAF players T20 past performance, current series performance, projected points and selection percentage.

Player					Batting									Bowling										Series Performance							Lineup selection			Match Performance
Name	T	R	S	M#	Bat	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50+	4/6	Bowl	Inn	Wk	Ov	Avg	Eco	SR	4w	Best	C/St	M	A. Pt	Pts	Run	Wk	DT	P	S%	C	VC	iDt	#	PTS	Bat	Bowl	Field
Lahiru Udara	KAF	WK	✅	93	RHB	88	5	1919	132	23.12	136.29	10	283		0	0					0	-	58	8	103	824	384	0	87.5	1	94.15	24.26	16.3	✅	4	96	92	0	0
Shahnawaz Dahani	CLS	BOWL	⚡	77	RHB	16	10	57	16	9.5	113.99	0	7	RFM	77	102	3.4	22.51	8.75	15.4	6	5/12	16	5	63.8	319	2	7	60	11	3.05	0.17	0.06	✅	9	75	0	71	0
Rubin Hermann	CLS	WK	✅	87	LHB	76	8	1874	102	27.55	126.53	10	242		0	0					0	-	50	8	40.4	323	149	0	37.5	1	67.96	3.64	3.6		19	22	2	0	16
Janith Liyanage	CLS	BAT	✅	102	RHB	94	14	1600	70	20	119.22	8	177	RFM	58	34	2.2	32.58	8.73	22.3	0	3/17	37	7	45.6	319	152	0	42.9	6	22.79	0.38	0.57	✅	10	74	62	0	8
Nuwan Thushara	KAF	BOWL	✅	153	RHB	41	30	56	8	5.09	57.73	0	6	RMF	151	193	3.3	21.41	8.25	15.5	8	5/13	19	8	64.6	517	1	12	62.5	9	77.57	0.73	2.49	✅	5	90	10	76	0
Kamindu Mendis	CLS	ALL	✅	144	LHB	127	16	2968	99	26.73	133.15	18	359	OB,SLA	70	30	2.3	42.76	8.1	31.6	0	3/21	52	8	64.2	514	252	0	62.5	4	90.8	4.27	11.68		13	70	58	0	8
Shaheen Shah Afridi	KAF	BOWL	✅	267	LHB	122	41	1021	55	12.6	127.46	2	132	LF	266	371	3.7	21.19	8.02	15.8	13	6/19	73	6	66.2	397	51	7	50	11	61.94	1.28	2.38	✅	6	84	0	80	0
Ben McDermott	CLS	WK	✅	242	RHB	230	30	5861	127	29.3	136.93	40	737	RM	0	0					0	-	135	8	44.2	354	182	0	37.5	5	65.66	3.62	3.56	✅	1	135	131	0	0
Mujeeb Ur Rahman	CLS	BOWL	✅	314	RHB	101	45	490	34	8.75	107.92	0	58	OB	314	351	3.8	23.34	6.89	20.3	7	5/15	61	8	57.5	460	1	10	50	12	71.72	0.42	1.11	✅	7	81	0	77	0
Milan Rathnayake	CLS	ALL	✅	40	LHB	22	9	235	41	18.07	135.83	0	28	RMF	38	37	2.8	21.91	7.68	17.1	1	6/12	16	6	55.7	334	77	4	50	8	23.93	0.21	0.52	✅	8	81	11	66	0
James Neesham	CLS	ALL	✅	366	LHB	299	81	5041	97	23.12	140.53	13	625	RMF	309	298	2.7	25.83	9.09	17	5	5/22	149	7	81.6	571	130	7	71.4	7	87.09	7.15	21.81	✅	2	114	82	0	28
Wanuja Sahan	CLS	ALL	✅	33	LHB	24	6	186	36	10.33	117.72	0	20	SLA	32	34	3.4	21.32	6.58	19.4	1	4/9	11	8	52	416	42	7	50	9	39.61	0.34	0.31	✅	3	96	0	92	0
Vijay Shankar	KAF	ALL	⚡	173	RHB	142	34	2877	69	26.63	129.88	13	320	RM	75	39	2.2	34.15	8.23	24.8	0	3/12	78	8	44	352	146	1	25	7	2.84	0.11	0.1		22	8	4	0	0
Sadeera Samarawickrama	CLS	WK	✅	143	RHB	136	19	3186	100	27.23	122.91	18	374		0	0					0	-	110	8	43	344	146	0	37.5	3	78.41	2.54	5.99		15	30	18	0	8
Kusal Perera	KAF	WK	✅	238	LHB	230	18	5428	102	25.6	136.58	39	725		0	0					0	-	99	7	27.7	194	84	0	0	3	50.57	1.45	1.44		21	12	2	0	6
Dale Phillips	KAF	BAT	✅	59	RHB	53	8	939	77	20.86	132.44	4	132	RFM	6	1	1.1	84	12.6	40	0	1/12	41	8	39.4	315	145	0	37.5	4	21.67	0.33	0.71		16	30	4	0	22
Malsha Tharupathi	CLS	BOWL	✅	47	RHB	29	9	291	36	14.55	164.4	0	43	LB	43	49	2.7	16.93	7.19	14.1	1	4/12	24	7	44.4	311	48	4	28.6	14	10.55	0.2	0.26		12	71	2	65	0
Pawan Sandesh	KAF	BAT	✅	22	RHB	20	0	195	48	9.75	119.63	0	25	RMF	0	0					0	-	5	3	52.3	157	79	0	66.7	2	26.72	0.48	1.09		14	51	39	0	8
Wanindu Hasaranga	KAF	ALL	✅	267	RHB	206	43	2782	77	17.06	143.1	9	361	LB	257	363	3.6	18.27	7.1	15.4	14	6/9	121	8	70.9	567	118	6	75	7	96.72	45.02	18.06		24	5	1	0	0
Angelo Mathews	KAF	BAT	✅	233	RHB	202	54	4090	81	27.63	123.41	13	443	RM	161	103	2.6	31.03	7.49	24.8	1	4/19	76	7	48.1	337	170	1	42.9	6	16.88	0.6	1.01		18	26	22	0	0
Garuka Sanketh	KAF	BOWL	✅	29	LHB	6	4	14	6	7	77.77	0	2	RM	27	26	3	30.69	9.83	18.7	1	4/31	5	3	6	18	2	0	0	13	2.87	0.09	0.12		20	19	10	-3	8
Binura Fernando	CLS	ALL	⚡	142	RHB	54	21	375	54	11.36	109.01	1	39	LMF	140	180	3.5	19.79	7.23	16.4	5	4/9	15	3	63	189	21	4	33.3	12	9.13	0.16	0.51		23	7	0	3	0
Zahir Khan	KAF	BOWL	✅	148	LHB	47	22	113	19	4.52	86.25	0	15	LWS	143	163	3.6	23.76	7.5	19	3	5/19	15	2	63	126	0	3	50	10	22.04	0.26	0.25	✅	11	72	0	68	0

Completed matches of Colombo Strikers
Teams	Date	Venue	Toss	Bat First	Bat Second	Inning 1	Inning 2	Winner
CLS vs GAM	18 Jul - 07:30 PM	Colombo	Galle	CLSColombo	GAM	189/8 (20.0)	191/5 (19.2)	Galle Gallants won by 5 wickets (with 4 balls remaining)
CLS vs KAF	19 Jul - 07:30 PM	Colombo	Colombo	KAFKandy	CLS	179/10 (20.0)	182/4 (19.4)	Colombo Kaps won by 6 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)
CLS vs JK	22 Jul - 03:00 PM	Dambulla	Colombo	JKJaffna	CLS	179/6 (20.0)	174/9 (20.0)	Jaffna Jaffna won by 5 runs
CLS vs KAF	23 Jul - 03:00 PM	Dambulla	Kandy	CLSColombo	KAF	192/9 (20.0)	169/8 (20.0)	Colombo Kaps won by 23 runs
DAT vs CLS	25 Jul - 07:30 PM	Dambulla	Thunders	CLSColombo	DAT	197/5 (20.0)	176/8 (20.0)	Colombo Kaps won by 21 runs
CLS vs JK	28 Jul - 07:30 PM	Kandy	Colombo	JKJaffna	CLS	202/5 (20.0)	183/9 (20.0)	Jaffna Jaffna won by 19 runs
CLS vs DAT	29 Jul - 07:30 PM	Kandy	Thunders	DATThunders	CLS	174/5 (20.0)	177/6 (19.0)	Colombo Kaps won by 4 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)
CLS vs GAM	01 Aug - 07:30 PM	Kandy	Colombo	GAMGalle	CLS	201/6 (20.0)	188/10 (19.4)	Galle Gallants won by 13 runs
CLS vs KAF	05 Aug - 07:30 PM	Colombo	Colombo	CLSColombo	KAF	203/7 (20.0)	135/10 (18.4)	Colombo Kaps won by 68 runs
CLS vs GAM	07 Aug - 07:30 PM	Colombo	Colombo	CLSColombo	GAM	176/10 (18.5)	177/4 (18.4)	Galle Gallants won by 6 wickets (with 8 balls remaining)

Completed matches of Kandy Falcons
Teams	Date	Venue	Toss	Bat First	Bat Second	Inning 1	Inning 2	Winner
DAT vs KAF	18 Jul - 03:00 PM	Colombo	Thunders	DATThunders	KAF	205/6 (20.0)	187/6 (20.0)	Thunders Sixers won by 18 runs
CLS vs KAF	19 Jul - 07:30 PM	Colombo	Colombo	KAFKandy	CLS	179/10 (20.0)	182/4 (19.4)	Colombo Kaps won by 6 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)
DAT vs KAF	21 Jul - 07:30 PM	Dambulla	Thunders	KAFKandy	DAT	194/6 (20.0)	151/8 (20.0)	Kandy Royals won by 43 runs
CLS vs KAF	23 Jul - 03:00 PM	Dambulla	Kandy	CLSColombo	KAF	192/9 (20.0)	169/8 (20.0)	Colombo Kaps won by 23 runs
GAM vs KAF	25 Jul - 03:00 PM	Dambulla	Galle	KAFKandy	GAM	165/6 (20.0)	154/8 (20.0)	Kandy Royals won by 11 runs
JK vs KAF	26 Jul - 03:00 PM	Dambulla	Jaffna	JKJaffna	KAF	199/4 (20.0)	106/10 (18.2)	Jaffna Jaffna won by 93 runs
KAF vs GAM	29 Jul - 03:00 PM	Kandy	Galle	GAMGalle	KAF	208/3 (20.0)	214/4 (18.5)	Kandy Royals won by 6 wickets (with 7 balls remaining)
KAF vs JK	30 Jul - 07:30 PM	Kandy	Kandy	JKJaffna	KAF	221/6 (20.0)	200/10 (20.0)	Jaffna Jaffna won by 21 runs
CLS vs KAF	05 Aug - 07:30 PM	Colombo	Colombo	CLSColombo	KAF	203/7 (20.0)	135/10 (18.4)	Colombo Kaps won by 68 runs

Completed matches at R.Premadasa Stadium
Teams	Date	Toss	Bat First	Bat Second	Inning 1	Inning 2	Winner
GAM vs JK	05 Aug - 03:00 PM	Galle	JKJaffna	GAM	242/2 (20.0)	228/8 (20.0)	Jaffna Jaffna won by 14 runs
CLS vs KAF	05 Aug - 07:30 PM	Colombo	CLSColombo	KAF	203/7 (20.0)	135/10 (18.4)	Colombo Kaps won by 68 runs
CLS vs GAM	07 Aug - 07:30 PM	Colombo	CLSColombo	GAM	176/10 (18.5)	177/4 (18.4)	Galle Gallants won by 6 wickets (with 8 balls remaining)
GAM vs JK	08 Aug - 07:30 PM	Jaffna	JKJaffna	GAM	123/10 (19.3)	126/5 (15.5)	Galle Gallants won by 5 wickets (with 25 balls remaining)

Top batting performance for CLS
Match	#	Player	Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
DAT vs CLS	4	Kamindu Mendis	not out	88	39	9	4	225.64
CLS vs GAM	2	Kusal Mendis	run out	79	53	2	7	149.05
CLS vs KAF	3	Ben McDermott	caught	71	39	1	7	182.05
CLS vs JK	4	Kamindu Mendis	caught	58	42	3	2	138.09
CLS vs GAM	5	Ben McDermott	lbw	57	34	6	2	167.64
CLS vs KAF	1	Rubin Hermann	caught	53	36	7	1	147.22
CLS vs KAF	6	Janith Liyanage	not out	53	32	6	1	165.62
CLS vs KAF	6	Janith Liyanage	not out	52	33	3	2	157.57
CLS vs GAM	7	Ravindu Fernando	caught	48	27	1	5	177.77
CLS vs DAT	1	Rubin Hermann	caught	48	26	8	1	184.61
CLS vs KAF	7	James Neesham	not out	48	36	5	2	133.33
CLS vs GAM	3	Rubin Hermann	run out	45	33	3	2	136.36
CLS vs JK	2	Sadeera Samarawickrama	bowled	44	36	4	2	122.22
CLS vs KAF	6	James Neesham	not out	42	23	6	1	182.6
CLS vs DAT	4	Kamindu Mendis	caught	40	28	5	1	142.85
DAT vs CLS	1	Rubin Hermann	run out	39	24	6	1	162.5
CLS vs GAM	3	Ben McDermott	caught	38	28	4	1	135.71
CLS vs GAM	2	Sadeera Samarawickrama	caught	37	19	5	2	194.73
CLS vs GAM	8	Malsha Tharupathi	caught	36	15	3	3	240
CLS vs JK	9	Wanuja Sahan	not out	34	15	6	1	226.66

Top bowling performance for CLS
Match	Player	Ov	Run	W	Eco
CLS vs KAF	Binura Fernando	4	45	4	11.25
CLS vs KAF	Mujeeb Ur Rahman	4	34	3	8.5
CLS vs KAF	Hasan Mahmud	4	31	3	7.75
CLS vs GAM	Ravindu Fernando	4	44	2	11
CLS vs KAF	Mujeeb Ur Rahman	4	41	2	10.25
CLS vs KAF	Malsha Tharupathi	3	23	2	7.66
CLS vs KAF	Wanuja Sahan	4	8	2	2
CLS vs KAF	Shahnawaz Dahani	2.4	16	2	6
CLS vs KAF	Milan Rathnayake	3	23	2	7.66
CLS vs GAM	Wanuja Sahan	3	28	2	9.33
CLS vs DAT	Shahnawaz Dahani	4	41	2	10.25
CLS vs JK	James Neesham	4	30	2	7.5
DAT vs CLS	Shahnawaz Dahani	4	20	2	5
DAT vs CLS	Mujeeb Ur Rahman	4	33	2	8.25
CLS vs JK	Mujeeb Ur Rahman	4	33	2	8.25
CLS vs JK	Shahnawaz Dahani	4	25	2	6.25
CLS vs KAF	James Neesham	4	42	2	10.5
CLS vs GAM	Wanuja Sahan	3	19	2	6.33
CLS vs GAM	Hasan Mahmud	2.2	31	2	13.28
CLS vs GAM	Mujeeb Ur Rahman	4	38	1	9.5

Top batting performance for KAF
Match	#	Player	Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
KAF vs GAM	1	Lahiru Udara	not out	132	63	15	7	209.52
JK vs KAF	2	Lahiru Udara	lbw	54	41	6	2	131.7
CLS vs KAF	2	Lahiru Udara	lbw	53	36	8	1	147.22
DAT vs KAF	4	Dale Phillips	caught	52	39	5	2	133.33
DAT vs KAF	3	Lahiru Udara	caught	51	34	5	2	150
CLS vs KAF	1	Lahiru Udara	caught	50	36	5	2	138.88
KAF vs JK	2	Pawan Sandesh	bowled	48	21	5	4	228.57
CLS vs KAF	5	Angelo Mathews	caught	45	41	2	2	109.75
DAT vs KAF	3	Lahiru Udara	caught	44	28	5	2	157.14
GAM vs KAF	6	Moeen Ali	caught	41	29	3	1	141.37
CLS vs KAF	6	Moeen Ali	caught	41	17	1	4	241.17
DAT vs KAF	7	Vijay Shankar	not out	41	18	3	3	227.77
CLS vs KAF	9	Angelo Mathews	not out	39	24	5	1	162.5
CLS vs KAF	3	Dale Phillips	caught	38	27	6	1	140.74
GAM vs KAF	4	Dale Phillips	bowled	34	25	3	2	136
KAF vs JK	1	Lahiru Udara	bowled	30	15	3	2	200
CLS vs KAF	7	Vijay Shankar	caught	30	23	1	2	130.43
DAT vs KAF	5	Wanindu Hasaranga	caught	29	15	2	2	193.33
DAT vs KAF	6	Angelo Mathews	not out	29	19	4	0	152.63
GAM vs KAF	7	Angelo Mathews	not out	28	22	2	0	127.27

Top bowling performance for KAF
Match	Player	Ov	Run	W	Eco
DAT vs KAF	Nuwan Thushara	4	29	4	7.25
JK vs KAF	Shaheen Shah Afridi	4	27	3	6.75
GAM vs KAF	Nuwan Thushara	4	33	3	8.25
CLS vs KAF	Nuwan Thushara	4	31	2	7.75
CLS vs KAF	Shaheen Shah Afridi	4	39	2	9.75
CLS vs KAF	Zahir Khan	4	32	2	8
KAF vs JK	Moeen Ali	4	38	2	9.5
KAF vs JK	Wanindu Hasaranga	4	37	2	9.25
KAF vs GAM	Zahir Khan	4	25	2	6.25
GAM vs KAF	Asitha Fernando	4	33	2	8.25
CLS vs KAF	Shaheen Shah Afridi	4	34	2	8.5
CLS vs KAF	Dushan Hemantha	2	20	2	10
CLS vs KAF	Moeen Ali	3	31	2	10.33
DAT vs KAF	Dushan Hemantha	3	23	2	7.66
CLS vs KAF	Wanindu Hasaranga	4	29	2	7.25
DAT vs KAF	Nuwan Thushara	4	35	2	8.75
DAT vs KAF	Dushan Hemantha	4	26	2	6.5
KAF vs JK	Asitha Fernando	2	25	1	12.5
KAF vs JK	Zahir Khan	4	30	1	7.5
KAF vs GAM	Nuwan Thushara	4	39	1	9.75

Colombo Strikers vs Kandy Falcons, Eliminator