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CLAIM NOWToss Winner - Sri Lanka Masters won the toss and choose to bowl first
Sri Lanka Masters beat England Masters by 9 wickets
Second placed Sri Lanka Masters will look to keep India Masters in their sights when they take on bottom of the table England Masters.
We are backing Sri Lanka Masters to win!
Tournament: | International Masters League T20, 2025 |
Format: | t20 |
Venue: | Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium, Raipur, Raipur, India |
Toss Prediction: | To Bat |
Weather: | 30.4°C|Clear |
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Two teams who have had almost polar-opposite tournaments will meet in this game on Monday evening in Raipur. Sri Lanka Masters' place in the top four and safe passage through to the play-offs is already secured whereas England Masters must win this game and their final clash of the group stage against Australia Masters on Wednesday to have any chance of making the top four places.
The tournament has so far been dominated by India Masters and Sri Lanka Masters although Australia Masters, who began with two successive defeats, have suddenly found their feet with back to back wins.
Most supporters and probably the players of England Masters will already be prepping for an exit from the tournament but it could well be that the lack of pressure on this fixture brings the best out of them.
We should be in for an entertaining clash on Monday!
222/7 in 19.2 11.48
217/4 in 20.0 10.85
180/6 in 20.0 9
183/3 in 17.2 10.56
222/4 in 20.0 11.1
IMLT
India Masters Won By 4 runs
218/9 in 20.0 10.9
159/3 in 18.1 8.75
157/6 in 20.0 7.85
179/6 in 20.0 8.95
171/8 in 20.0 8.55
After beginning the tournament with a narrow defeat against India Masters, many pundits commented that Sri Lanka Masters had the players who would suit the local conditions and also a very strong group of players.
And that has proved to be correct with convincing victories over South Africa Masters, Australia Masters and West Indies Masters, the latter on Thursday evening.
Ahead of this game in Raipur, Asela Gunaratne will be full of confidence after he made his second half-century of the campaign. He made 59 not out against South Africa Masters and then followed it up with 64 runs against West Indies Masters.
With the ball, Isuru Udana is still a real threat at this level and took his tournament best figures of 2/15 in Thurday's victory.
Upul Tharanga, Kumar Sangakkara (c) (wk), Lahiru Thirimanne, Asela Gunaratne, Jeevan Mendis, Chinthaka Jayasinghe, Seekkuge Prasanna, Isuru Udana, Chaturanga de Siva, Suranga Lakmal, Nuwan Pradeep
Kumar Sangakkara, Lahiru Thirimanne, Upul Tharanga, Asela Gunaratne, Chaturanga de Silva, Dilruwan Perera, Jeevan Mendis, Isuru Udana, Seekkuge Prasanna, Suranga Lakmal, Romesh Kaluwitharana
England Masters suffered another defeat in their last game when they were defeated by seven wickets with 11 balls remaining against South Africa Masters in Vadodara last Sunday.
The game could not have started any worse for England Masters who saw both of their openers, keeper-batter Phil Mustard and Ian Bell, dismissed without scoring.
And although captain Eoin Morgan and Tim Ambrose then put on 73 for the third wicket, and there were useful cameos from Darren Maddy, Chris Schofield, Tim Bresnan and Chris Tremlett, once again, the lack of top order runs cost the side.
They will be looking to remedy that in this game and in the bowling department, Stuart Meaker and Ryan Sidebottom look the most likely to cause problems!
Phil Mustard (wk), Ian Bell, Eoin Morgan (c), Tim Ambrose, Darren Maddy, Chris Schofield, Tim Bresnan, Chris Tremlett, Stuart Meaker, Monty Panesar, Ryan Sidebottom
Darren Maddy, Eoin Morgan, Dimitri Mascarenhas, Tim Bresnan, Phil Mustard, Tim Ambrose, Chris Tremlett, Monty Panesar, Chris Schofield, Ryan Sidebottom, Boyd Rankin
Although the tournament has moved from Vadodara to Raipur, the temperature remains the same. That means the game beginning with the temperature at 30 degrees before dropping to 28 by the close with minimal humidity.
This pitch in Raipur looks excellent for batting on. There will be good pace and bounce for all the bowlers but the batters should be able to take advantage. A par total is expected to be in the region of 210.
With matches nine, ten and 11 all won by the team batting first, it looks like being an easy call for the skippers ahead of this the 13th match of the tournament. At the time of writing, India Masters look set to win again after batting first so we predict that both captains will choose to bat first ahead of this game.
England Masters have been very disappointing throughout this competition and although there were improvement signs from the middle order in the last match, the team continues to come up short with the bat. We expect Sri Lanka Masters to be way too strong in this fixture.
We are backing Sri Lanka Masters to win!
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