Players to watch out:

Dinesh Chandimal: scores in his previous LPL innings are as follows 35*,68*,0,80

Andre Russell: has scored 126 runs at SR of 217.24 in LPL and taken 5 wickets

Qais Ahmad: has taken 5 wickets in his last 2 LPL matches (total 7 wickets in 5 matches)

Dushmantha Chameera: has taken minimum one wicket in his last 3 LPL matches (total 5 wickets in last 3 matches)

Danushka Gunathilaka: scores in his previous LPL innings are as follows 78,56,82,30*,38

Dhananjaya Lakshan: has taken 3 wickets in his 2 LPL innings bowled

Squads

Colombo Kings: Angelo Mathews, Andre Russell, Faf du Plessis, Manpreet Gony, Manvinder Bisla, Isuru Udana, Dinesh Chandimal, Amila Aponso, Ashan Priyanjan, Ravinderpal Singh, Dushmantha Chameera, Jeffrey Vandersay, Thikshila de Silva, Tharindu Kaushal, Lahiru Udara, Himesh Ramanayake, Kalana Perera, Tharindu Ratnayake, Navod Paranavithana

Galle Gladiators: Lasith Malinga, Shahid Afridi, Colin Ingram, Hazratullah Zazai, Mohammad Amir, Danushka Gunathilaka, Akila Dananjaya, Milinda Siriwardana, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Azam Khan, Lakshan Sandakan, Shehan Jayasuriya, Asitha Fernando, Nuwan Thushara, Mohamed Shiraz, Dhananjaya Lakshan, Chanaka Ruwansiri, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Sahan Arachchige, Duvindu Tillakaratne