Match Details
Date: July 28, 2024
Time : 7:00 PM IST
Venue : Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele
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Preview
In the second T20I of the three-match series, Sri Lanka will take on India at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Pallekele. Following a string of tough results in the T20I format in the recent months, Sri Lanka will be needing to bring their A game against a highly formidable Indian cricket team, to have the best chance of defeating them. For the visiting team, it is important to keep their good form going from the tour to Zimbabwe, where they didn’t have some of the top players available.
Pitch Report
The pitches at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Pallekele have been known to be very good for batting with a lot of high scores being put on the board in the T20I format consistently over the years. With that, the average first innings score of 168 is just about par for the course when Sri Lanka take on India in the T20I series.
Team Analysis
Sri Lanka
Charith Asalanka is the newly appointed captain of the Sri Lankan cricket team, taking the responsibility of the leadership role from Wanindu Hasaranga after a disappointing T20 World Cup 2024 campaign. He will be relying on the experienced players, including names like Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis, Dinesh Chandimal, Dasun Shanaka, Wanindu Hasaranga, and Maheesh Theekshana to deliver consistent performances in the T20I series against the world champions India.
Sri Lanka squad for T20I series
Charith Asalanka (c), Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Janith Perera (wk), Avishka Fernando, Kusal Mendis (wk), Dinesh Chandimal, Kamindu Mendis, Dasun Shanaka, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dunith Wellalage, Maheesh Theekshana, Chamindu Wickramasinghe, Matheesha Pathirana, Binura Fernando, Asitha Fernando, Dilshan Madushanka
India
The Indian cricket team is going to be led by Suryakumar Yadav in a full-time capacity in T20Is after dominating the format with the bat in the last couple of years. He will be working with a lot of young players in the squad, namely the vice-captain, Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, and Arshdeep Singh, to take them to the next level during the T20I series.
India squad for T20I Series
Suryakumar Yadav (c), Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rinku Singh, Riyan Parag, Rishabh Pant (wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Khaleel Ahmed, Mohammed Siraj
Match Prediction
Conclusion
India are a superior team on current form and the quality of the players at their disposal in comparison to Sri Lanka, which is why they are the favourites to turn them over in the T20I series.
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