Pitch Condition:
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
This wicket is looking slow and low since IPL. Batters are struggling on this wicket. Change of pace bowlers and Spinners are getting good support here. You can see scores in the range of 130-150.
Last 6 Matches at this ground:
SL: 142, SA: 146/6 (Pace: 7, Spin: 6)
NZ: 134/8, PAK: 135/6 (Pace: 7, Spin: 5)
AFG: 190/4, SCO: 160/10 (Pace: 4, Spin: 9)
BAN: 171/4, SL: 172/5 (Pace: 4, Spin: 4)
NED: 44/10, SL: 45/2 (Pace: 6, Spin: 5)
IRE: 125/8, NAM: 126/2 (Pace: 8, Spin:1)
Batting First(since the start of the IPL): 4
Batting Second(since the start of the IPL): 12
Head 2 Head:
ENG: 8, SL: 4
Srilanka Team Preview:
They generally remain inconsistent in the T20I however they can surprise any opposition on this slow wicket. They are expected to go with the same playing11.
Probable 11 :
KJ Perera: LHB:
P Nissanka: RHB
C Asalanka: LHB:
Avishka Fernando: RHB
W Hasaranga: LHB+LS:
Bhanuka Rajapaksa: LHB:
D Shanaka: RHB+RAM:
C Karunaratne: RHB+RAM:
D Chameera: RAF:
Maheesh Theekshana: RAO(mystery spinner):
Lahiru Kumara: RAF
Team Breakup:
Main Batters: P Nissanka, C Asalanka and KJ Perera
Main Spinners: W Hasaranga and M Theekshana
Main Pacers: D Chameera and L Kumara (C Karunaratne will assist him along with D Shanaka)
Expected Death Overs: D Chameera and L Kumara
Full Stats and Analysis of the players:
D Chandimal(RHB):
H2H: 4 I, 57 R, 14.2 A, 114.0 SR
VENUE:
T20I: 61 M, 54 I, 950 R, 19.76 A, 104.51 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20I): 66, 5, (T20D): 0, 18, 3,
RM: 5, 6,
K Perera(LHB):
H2H: 6 I, 80 R, 13.3 A, 90.9 SR
VENUE(T20I): 3 I, 41 R, 20.5 A, 110.8 SR
T20I: 58 M, 57 I, 1503 R, 26.83 A, 131.61 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(ODI): 73, 0, 9, (T20I): 30, 39,
RM: 11, 0, 33, 1, 35, 7,
Avishka Fernando(RHB):
H2H: 2 I, 6 R, 3.0 A, 42.9 SR
VENUE(T20I): 3 I, 5 R, 2.5 A, 41.7 SR
T20I: 28 M, 27 I, 312 R, 12.48 A, 93.97 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20I): 12, (T20D): 83, 33, 62, 61,
RM: 30, 0, 2, 0, 4, 3,
B Rajapaksa(LHB):
H2H:
VENUE(T20I): 2 I, 53 R, 26.5 A, 155.9 SR
T20I: 16 M, 134I, 294 R, 26.72 A, 135.48 SR
T20D: 88 M, 77 I, 1620 R, 29.40 A, 137.38 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20I): 5, (T20D): 15, 35, 0, 2,
RM: 42, 1, 53, 33* 0,
C Asalanka(LHB+RAO):
H2H:
VENUE(T20I): 3 I, 107 R, 53.5 A, 146.6 SR+ 1 I, 1 O, 0 W,
T20I: 7 M, 7 I, 206 R, 34.33 A, 124.84 SR
T20D: 33 M, 31 I, 663 R, 25.50 A, 123.0 SR+ 15 I, 39 O, 15 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(ODI): 47+3/1, (T20I): 6, 14, 5, 8,
RM: 6, 80*+14/0(1), 35, 21,
P Nissanka(RHB):
H2H:
VENUE(T20I): 3 I, 96 R, 32.0 A, 114.3 SR
T20I: 10 M, 9 I, 250 R, 27.77 A, 115.74 SR
T20D: 29 M, 26 I, 702 R, 28.08 A, 129.04 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20D): 22, 8 , 26 , 15, 76,
RM: 5, 61, 0, 24, 7, 72,
D Shanaka(RHB+RAM):
H2H: 6 I, 91 R, 15.2 A, 94.8 SR+ 2 I, 2 O, 0 W,
VENUE(T20I): 2 I, 12 R, 12.0 A, 92.3 SR+ 2 I, 3 O, 0 W,
T20I: 55 M, 51 I, 656 R, 16.0 A, 105.97 SR+ 25 I, 43 O, 16 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20I): 18+14/0, (T20D): 51+41/0, 0+24/1, 7+17/1, 2+5/1, 21*
RM: 21*, 1+14/0(2), 12+6/1(1), 11,
W Hasaranga(RHB+LES):
H2H: 3 I, 9 R, 3.0 A, 40.9 SR+ 3 I, 11 O, 2 W,
VENUE(T20I): 2 I, 10 R, 5.0 A, 100.0 SR+ 3 I, 10 O, 6 W,
T20I: 31 M, 26 I, 285 R, 14.25 A, 116.32 SR+ 29 I, 106 O, 47 W,
T20D: 66 M, 56 I, 771 R, 17.52 A, 131.34 SR+ 61 I, 209 O, 85 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20I): 4+35/0, (T20D): 0+20/0, 1+40/0, 7+24/1, 16/2,
RM: 24/2(4), 71+12/1(4), 9/3(3), 6+29/0(3), 4+22/2(4), 4+20/3(4),
Dhananjay De Silva(RHB+RAO):
H2H: 2 I, 20 R, 10.0 A, 87.0 SR+ 1 I, 2 O, 1 W,
VENUE:
T20I: 23 M, 22 I, 412 R, 20.60 A, 108.42 SR+ 12 I, 24 O, 5 W,
T20D: 69 M, 64 I, 1477 R, 25.91 A, 128.32 SR+ 39 I, 90 O, 23 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20I): 31+18/0, 1+12/0, 4+18/0, 1, (T20D): 1,
D Chameera(RAF):
H2H: 4 I, 15 O, 6 W,
VENUE(T20I): 3 I, 10 O, 3 W,
T20I: 36 M, 36 I, 124 O, 34 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20I): 35/1, 13/0, 9/0, (T20D): 27/3, 20/2,
RM: 19/1(4), 16/1(1), 13/1(2), 41/0(4), 33/0(3), 27/2(4),
Akila Dananjaya(RAO):
H2H: 3 I, 9 O, 2 W,
VENUE:
T20I: 31 M, 31 I, 111 O, 28 W,
T20D: 89 M, 85 I, 304 O, 98 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(ODI): 65/2, 46/0, (T20D): 28/0, 16/0, 33/0,
L Kumara(RAF):
H2H:
VENUE(T20I): 3 I, 11 O, 4 W,
T20I: 13 M, 12 I, 45 O, 14 W,
T20D: 24 M, 23 I, 81 O, 27 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20D): 23/0, 30/4, 20/2, 24/1, 21/1,
RM: 9/2(3.3), 22/2(4), 7/3(3), 29/1(4), 41/0(3), 35/0(3.5),
C Karunaratne(RAM):
H2H:
VENUE(T20I): 3 I, 7 O, 1 W
T20I: 12 M, 11 I, 27 O, 5 W,
T20D: 34 M, 28 I, 73 O, 22 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20D): 24+13/0, 28/2, 35+39/0, 29+11/0, 8+24/0,
RM: 17/1(4), 27/2(3.3), 7/0(1), 12/1(3), 9+19/0(2), 23/0(3),
B Fernando(LAF):
VENUE(T20I): 1 I, 3 O, 1 W,
T20I: 5 M, 5 I, 17 O, 6 W,
T20D: 52 M, 51 I, 176 O, 68 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20I): 17/1, 20+26/1, (ODI): 50/1, 53/0, (T20D): 9/1, 27/1(3),
M Theekshana: RAO
H2H:
VENUE(T20I): 2 I, 5 O, 2 W,
T20I: 8 M, 8 I, 29 O, 9 W,
T20D: 27 M, 27 I, 95 O, 25 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20I): 28/0, (T20D): 20/0, 24/1, 31/1, 34/1,
RM: 25/3(4), 17/3(4), 3/2(1), 27/0(4), 31/0(4),
