Winning their previous two league games, Colombo Kings will be heading into this fixture very high on confidence. Tussling for top-spot in the group stage, Matthews charges secured an eight-wicket win over Dambulla Viiking to finish at the summit. Claiming first-place on the standings afforded CK a rather favorable semifinal fixture against GG, who arent at their races this term. From the top, they will be counting on both Laurie Evans and Dinesh Chandimal to deliver massive runs to get them off to a flyer. A tactic we have seen the Colombo Kings adopt countless times so far, all-rounder Andre Russell could be called upon to kill the game in the closing innings. In the bowling setup, the likes of Qais Ahmed, Isuru Udana and Dushmantha Chameera are all expected to come good.
Of course, Kubrat is an outsider against Anthony’s background, although he had 28 professional meetings and won 27 wins. At the moment, he is on a series of eight victories and will probably try to prove himself from the best side in the upcoming battle and prove to everyone the opposite, that he is worthy to win the belts of the world champion. True, he is now 39 years old and this fight is almost the last chance to stay at the very top. Recall that the Bulgarian lost only to Vladimir Klitschko back in 2014. In two previous fights Pulev confidently dealt with Bogdan Dinu and Rydell Booker, winning by technicalknockout and decision.
