DAT vs KAF 2nd Match, 18 Jul 2026 Fantasy AI Predictions

Kandy

Colombo

Sinhalese Sports Club

157

DAT

205/6 (20.0)

Thunders chose to BAT

KAF

187/6 (20.0)

Sixers won by 18 runs

Lanka Premier League DAT 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
Niroshan Dickwella	DAT	WK	✅	173	LHB	165	12	3266	79	21.34	144.83	17	510		0	0					0	-	123	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	57.01	4.96	4.83		16	25	13	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	64.2	2.02	3.74	✅	7	80	0	76	0
Dhananjaya Lakshan	DAT	ALL	✅	75	LHB	65	7	838	63	14.44	123.23	3	96	RMF	52	51	2.5	22.33	8.91	15	1	4/30	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	22.51	0.96	1.3		22	15	6	-3	8
Maheesh Theekshana	DAT	BOWL	✅	250	RHB	96	43	341	16	6.43	73.33	0	32	OB	248	250	3.8	27.02	7.17	22.5	4	4/15	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	65.47	1.85	3.98	✅	10	51	0	39	8
Vishen Halambage	KAF	BAT	✅	29	RHB	29	0	637	83	21.96	154.98	4	103	LB	14	11	2.2	19.36	6.87	16.9	1	4/13	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	11.41	0.42	0.56		23	6	2	0	0
Gulbadin Naib	DAT	ALL	⚡	200	RHB	173	45	2866	91	22.39	134.3	13	347	RMF	143	119	2.6	26.71	8.54	18.7	3	4/12	71	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	13.41	0.63	1.22	✅	2	163	88	71	0
Pavan Rathnayake	DAT	BAT	✅	62	RHB	51	6	778	60	17.28	129.23	3	92	OB,LB	1	2	2	5.5	5.5	6	0	2/11	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	21.34	1.16	1.42		17	23	11	0	8
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	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	29.83	2	2.02	✅	4	98	94	0	0
Muditha Lakshan	KAF	ALL	✅	48	RHB	35	12	575	73	25	124.72	4	63	SLA	36	44	3	15.22	6.22	14.6	1	4/18	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	24.08	1.29	1.23		24	4	0	0	0
Marques Ackerman	DAT	BAT	✅	80	LHB	71	10	1589	74	26.04	129.18	7	195	OB,LBG	10	3	2	54	8.1	40	0	2/27	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	19.32	1.08	1.32		15	28	24	0	0
Asitha Fernando	KAF	BOWL	✅	65	RHB	16	8	45	10	5.62	97.82	0	7	RMF	62	66	3.4	27.8	8.82	18.9	3	6/8	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	28.24	0.76	1.11		14	39	0	35	0
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	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	82.33	20.58	13.03	✅	9	59	43	4	8
Kusal Perera	KAF	WK	⚡	238	LHB	230	18	5428	102	25.6	136.58	39	725		0	0					0	-	99	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	11.22	0.95	0.97		19	20	16	0	0
Vijay Shankar	KAF	BAT	✅	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	13.69	0.68	0.77	✅	3	101	81	0	16
Dushmantha Chameera	DAT	BOWL	✅	188	RHB	76	34	269	24	6.4	82.26	0	29	RF	185	210	3.6	26.22	8.36	18.8	7	5/24	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	70.56	2.77	4.79		12	43	0	39	0
Dinesh Chandimal	DAT	WK	✅	227	RHB	211	30	5293	101	29.24	124.54	31	645	OB	0	0					0	-	140	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	63.12	4.33	4.66		20	18	14	0	0
Vishwa Lahiru	DAT	BOWL	✅	26	RHB	16	5	139	25	12.63	86.33	0	7	SLA	23	25	3.1	17.16	6.07	16.9	0	3/14	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	14.18	0.39	0.59		18	21	0	9	8
Reeza Hendricks	DAT	BAT	✅	315	RHB	296	37	9018	117	34.81	128.53	74	1117	OB	22	8	1.9	41.25	7.88	31.3	0	2/7	136	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	66.13	8.73	8.35	✅	1	165	161	0	0
Lahiru Udara	KAF	WK	✅	93	RHB	88	5	1919	132	23.12	136.29	10	283		0	0					0	-	58	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	27.07	1.63	1.64	✅	5	88	84	0	0
Sahibzada Farhan	DAT	BAT	✅	181	RHB	175	13	5526	162	34.11	139.47	44	793		0	0					0	-	81	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	72.35	16	13.81	✅	11	49	45	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	50.6	3.79	4.81		21	17	12	1	0
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	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	75.11	5.87	7.25		13	42	0	30	8
Mohammad Wasim	DAT	BOWL	✅	118	RHB	58	27	398	34	12.83	123.6	0	53	RFM	118	135	3.5	27.6	8.96	18.4	3	4/24	58	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	27.77	0.8	1.35	✅	8	71	0	67	0
Dushan Hemantha	KAF	ALL	✅	99	RHB	78	17	960	59	15.73	118.66	2	97	LB	78	95	3.2	18.47	7.05	15.7	4	6/23	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	26.36	1.32	1.84	✅	6	84	11	69	0

Completed matches of Dambulla Thunders
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
DAT vs JK	19 Jul - 03:00 PM	Colombo	Jaffna	DATThunders	JK	130/10 (19.3)	133/5 (19.0)	Jaffna Jaffna won by 5 wickets (with 6 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
DAT vs GAM	22 Jul - 07:30 PM	Dambulla	Thunders	GAMGalle	DAT	178/8 (20.0)	180/4 (16.1)	Thunders Sixers won by 6 wickets (with 23 balls remaining)
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
DAT vs GAM	26 Jul - 07:30 PM	Dambulla	Galle	GAMGalle	DAT	220/6 (20.0)	176/7 (20.0)	Galle Gallants won by 44 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)

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 Sinhalese Sports Club
Teams	Date	Toss	Bat First	Bat Second	Inning 1	Inning 2	Winner
GAM vs JK	17 Jul - 07:45 PM	Jaffna	GAMGalle	JK	213/6 (20.0)	177/10 (19.4)	Galle Gallants won by 36 runs
DAT vs KAF	18 Jul - 03:00 PM	Thunders	DATThunders	KAF	205/6 (20.0)	187/6 (20.0)	Thunders Sixers won by 18 runs
CLS vs GAM	18 Jul - 07:30 PM	Galle	CLSColombo	GAM	189/8 (20.0)	191/5 (19.2)	Galle Gallants won by 5 wickets (with 4 balls remaining)
DAT vs JK	19 Jul - 03:00 PM	Jaffna	DATThunders	JK	130/10 (19.3)	133/5 (19.0)	Jaffna Jaffna won by 5 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)
CLS vs KAF	19 Jul - 07:30 PM	Colombo	KAFKandy	CLS	179/10 (20.0)	182/4 (19.4)	Colombo Kaps won by 6 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)

Top batting performance for DAT
Match	#	Player	Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
DAT vs KAF	4	Reeza Hendricks	not out	87	50	11	2	174
CLS vs DAT	3	Reeza Hendricks	lbw	80	54	9	3	148.14
DAT vs KAF	1	Sahibzada Farhan	caught	74	45	7	4	164.44
DAT vs GAM	3	Reeza Hendricks	not out	64	37	9	1	172.97
DAT vs CLS	4	Pavan Rathnayake	caught	50	30	6	1	166.66
DAT vs JK	4	Pavan Rathnayake	caught	47	28	3	2	167.85
DAT vs KAF	8	Gulbadin Naib	not out	46	23	2	4	200
DAT vs JK	2	Dinesh Chandimal	caught	44	24	2	4	183.33
DAT vs CLS	5	Marques Ackerman	lbw	40	33	3	1	121.21
DAT vs GAM	8	Ramesh Mendis	not out	39	22	6	1	177.27
DAT vs GAM	5	Marques Ackerman	caught	35	25	1	2	140
CLS vs DAT	6	Gulbadin Naib	not out	33	13	4	2	253.84
DAT vs GAM	1	Niroshan Dickwella	caught	32	19	7	0	168.42
DAT vs GAM	4	Pavan Rathnayake	bowled	29	11	2	3	263.63
DAT vs CLS	6	Gulbadin Naib	lbw	28	13	1	3	215.38
DAT vs KAF	4	Reeza Hendricks	caught	27	21	2	1	128.57
DAT vs JK	6	Pavan Rathnayake	caught	27	16	5	0	168.75
DAT vs KAF	3	Niroshan Dickwella	lbw	26	23	2	0	113.04
DAT vs JK	1	Sahibzada Farhan	caught	24	19	3	1	126.31
CLS vs DAT	5	Sikandar Raza	caught	23	25	2	0	92

Top bowling performance for DAT
Match	Player	Ov	Run	W	Eco
DAT vs GAM	Dushmantha Chameera	4	55	5	13.75
DAT vs GAM	Fazalhaq Farooqi	4	39	3	9.75
CLS vs DAT	Dushmantha Chameera	4	32	2	8
CLS vs DAT	Akila Dananjaya	4	32	2	8
DAT vs GAM	Marques Ackerman	3	27	2	9
DAT vs KAF	Fazalhaq Farooqi	4	20	2	5
DAT vs JK	Dushmantha Chameera	4	29	2	7.25
DAT vs KAF	Mohammad Wasim	4	39	2	9.75
DAT vs KAF	Gulbadin Naib	2	19	2	9.5
CLS vs DAT	Sonal Dinusha	1	8	1	8
CLS vs DAT	Ramesh Mendis	2	24	1	12
DAT vs GAM	Mohammad Wasim	4	60	1	15
DAT vs CLS	Dushmantha Chameera	4	41	1	10.25
DAT vs CLS	Ramesh Mendis	1	5	1	5
DAT vs CLS	Gulbadin Naib	2	15	1	7.5
DAT vs CLS	Fazalhaq Farooqi	4	41	1	10.25
DAT vs GAM	Vishwa Lahiru	3	20	1	6.66
DAT vs GAM	Maheesh Theekshana	3	29	1	9.66
DAT vs GAM	Gulbadin Naib	3	23	1	7.66
DAT vs KAF	Maheesh Theekshana	4	39	1	9.75

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

Dambulla Thunders vs Kandy Falcons, 2nd Match