Dambulla Sixers vs Jaffna Kings Weather Report And Pitch Report Of Pallekele Stadium- LPL 2024, Match 4
Updated - 03 Jul 2024, 12:24 PM
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Pallekele hosts the Dambulla Sixers vs Jaffna Kings LPL 2024 match on Wednesday, July 3 from 3 pm IST. The first five games will be played in Pallekele. The caravan then moves to Dambulla and then finally ends at Colombo including the playoffs and the final.
2024 matches will be played in the LPL across 21 days in Pallekele, and Dambulla in Colombo. There are five teams in the Lanka Premier League namely B-Love Kandy, Dambulla Sixers, Jaffna Kings, Galle Marvels, and Colombo Strikers.
The tournament will be played in the double round-robin format with each team playing the other team twice. Thus all the teams will play eight matches each. The top four teams will reach the knockout stages followed by the top two in the final.
LPL 2024 will see a mix of international and local Sri Lankan superstars. The Sri Lanka fans will be excited to see the national team players represent various franchises. It might help them forget Sri Lanka's plight in international cricket when they have won nothing off late.
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A few big names of international cricket will play in this year's LPL namely Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Mustafizur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Agha Salman, Andre Fletcher, Fabian Allen, Mohammad Nabi, Mujeeb Ur Rehman, Noor Ahmad, Rilee Rossouw, and Reeza Hendricks, among others.
With 24 matches to be played over 21 days, season 5 will feature doubleheaders on most days, except for three days where only one match is scheduled. Day matches will start at 3 PM IST, and evening matches will commence at 7:30 PM IST.
Dambulla Sixers vs Jaffna Kings Weather Report And Pitch Report Of Pallekele Stadium- LPL 2024, Match 4
Dambulla Sixers vs Jaffna Kings Weather Report Of Pallekele
The match starts at 3 pm local time in Pallekele. The weather conditions will be "Cloudy and humid with a stray thunderstorm" in the afternoon.
There is a 78 percent chance of rain throughout the day. Particularly in the afternoon chances of rain are around 40 percent. There will be a cloud cover of almost 100 percent. It is generally rainy season in Sri Lanka in April or May to September and is wettest from April to June.
Dambulla Sixers vs Jaffna Kings Pitch Analysis
The average first innings score in Pallekele in T20Is is 168. It might well go beyond that with some power hitters on show in this tournament.
The average first innings score might be close to 200 in this tournament. The impact of dew in this tournament will be an interesting observation and hence more teams might prefer chasing at this venue.
Weather Impact on Dambulla Sixers vs Jaffna Kings LPL 2024-Match 4
This is well and truly rainy season in Sri Lanka. Hence many of these games might be affected by rain. The Asia Cup 2022 in Sri Lanka played between August and September was affected by rain. This tournament is being played in July and hence it will be interesting to see how big a rain will the rain be.
Conclusion
The LPL 2024 will be played from July 1-21 spanning over 21 days. 24 matches will be played with the final scheduled on July 21 in Colombo. Rain will play a determining factor in all these games.
