Pitch Condition:
Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium,
The wicket is expected to be batting-friendly. You can see scores in the range of 180-200 provided batsmen play well. The Indian team has scored 200+ totals in the last 2 matches.
India Legends Team Preview:
They are looking very strong on the paper as per name and fame. They have won 5 out of the 6 matches this season. Their batting is very deep and that will give a somewhat extra advantage against the opposition. In the batting, Sachin Tendulkar, V Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, and Yusuf Pathan are looking in very good touch.
Probable 11:
Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar(c), Mohammad Kaif, Yuvraj Singh(LHB), Yusuf Pathan, Irfan Pathan(LHB), Naman Ojha(w), Manpreet Gony, Vinay Kumar, Munaf Patel, Pragyan Ojha,
Manpreet Gony can get promoted above Irfan Pathan.
Yusuf Pathan is expected to bowl full quota of overs as there are a good no. of left-handers in the Lanka team.
Expected Death Overs: Vinay Kumar and Manpreet Gony/Munaf Patel
Performance in this tournament:
- V Sehwag: 80, 6, 6, 35,
- S Tendulkar: 33, 9, 60, 65,
- I Pathan(LHB): 13/0(2), 61+28/2(4), 25/0, 48/1,
- M Kaif: 1, 27,
- N Ojha: 12,
- V Kumar: 25/2(3.4), 14/1, 26/2,
- S Badrinath: 8+10/0(2), 41
- M Patel: 21/0(2), 30/2(3), 11/0, 46/0,
- M Gony: 19/1(4), 35+22/0(2), 16+14/0, 35/1,
- P Ojha(LAO): 12/2(4), 43/0(4), 28/1, 24/1,
- Y Singh(LHB+LAO): 13/2(3), 22+21/0(2), 52+18/2, 49,
- Y Pathan(RAO): 3/1(1), 17+28/3(3), 23+34/3(4), 37+20/0,
Performance and Stats of the Players:
N Ojha:
T20D: 182 M, 162 I, 2972 R, 20.92 A, 118.78 SR
ODI:
S Tendulkar:
T20D: 96 M, 96 I, 2797 R, 32.90 A, 121.08 SR
ODI:
V Sehwag:
T20I: 19 M, 18 I, 394 R, 21.88 A, 145.38 SR
ODI:
Y Pathan(RHB+RAO, Was playing Ranji till 2020):
T20I: 22 M, 18 I, 236 R, 18.15 A, 146.58 SR+ 17 I, 50 O, 13 W,
ODI:
S Badrinath(RHB, Last played in 2017):
T20D: 142 M, 110 I, 2300 R, 28.75 A, 112.74 SR
ODI:
M Kaif(RHB):
T20D: 75 M, 68 I, 1237 R, 21.70 A, 102.99 SR
ODI:
Yuvraj Singh(LHB):
T20I: 58 M, 51 I, 1177 R, 28.02 A, 136.38 SR+ 31 I, 70 O, 28 W,
ODI:
I Pathan(LHB+LAM, Played Ranji till 2019 + played SPL 2020 without much success):
T20I: 24 M, 14 I, 172 R, 24.57 A, 199.44 SR+ 23 I, 77 O, 28 W,
ODI:
Noel David(RHB+RAO, Last played in 2018):
T20:
ODI: 4 M, 2 I, 9 R, 90.0 SR+ 4 I, 32 O, 4 W,
Z Khan(LAM):
T20I: 17 M, 17 I, 58 O, 17 W,
ODI:
P Ojha(LAO):
T20D: 142 M, 139 I, 482 O, 156 W,
ODI:
V Kumar(Played Ranji till 2020, RAM):
T20D: 181 M, 180 I, 453 O, 194 W,
ODI:
M Patel(RAM, Took 3 wicket in the 4 matches of SPL):
T20D: 101 M, 101 I, 366 O, 104 W,
ODI:
M Gony(RAM):
T20D: 91 M, 90 I, 316 O, 97 W,
ODI:
Sri Lanka Team Preview:
They are looking very strong on the paper and many of their players were active in the domestic circuit in recent times. They have won 6 of the 7 matches this season. Upul Tharanga, T Dilshan, and N Kulusekara are the star performers of the team till now.
Performance in this year:
- T Dilshan(RAO): 47+28/1(4), 50+11/1(4), 33+21/3(4), 61+6/4(4), 18+16/0(2),
- S Jayasuriya(LHB+LAO): 12, 8+24/2(4), 4, 18+12/1(4),
- U Tharanga(LHB): 53, 27, 99, 6, 39,
- C Silva: 22, 24, 8,
- K Weeraratne(LHB+RAM): 1+11/1(3), 12/1(2),
- C Jayasinghe(RHB+RAM): 7+8/1(1), 0, 47
- A Mendis(RAO): 0, 10/1(4)
- R Arnold(LHB+RAO): 5, 1+24/1(2), 4+23/1(3),
- D Wijesinghe: 0,
- N Kulsasekara: 23/0(4), 13/2(4), 1+17/0(2), 1/0(1), 25/5(4)
- D Prasad: 36/0(4), 14/1(4), 22/2(4), 6/0(2), 9/0(1),
- F Maharoof: 24/0(3), 12+15/0(4), 12/1(3), 18/1(3),
- T Thushara: 32/0(4),
- R Herath(LAO): 32/0(4),11/2(4), 17/2(4), 29/0(4),
Ajantha Mendis has bowled only 1 overs in the 4 matches.
Probable 11 :
Tillakaratne Dilshan(c), Sanath Jayasuriya(LHB), Upul Tharanga(LHB), Chamara Silva(RHB), C Jayasinghe, Russel Arnold(LHB), Farveez Maharoof, K Weeraratne, Nuwan Kulasekara, Dhammika Prasad, Rangana Herath,
Rangana Herath, T Dilshan, and N Kulasekara are bowling their full quota of overs in most of the matches. Even Jayasuriya has also bowled full quota of overs in the last 2 matches.
Team Breakup:
Main Batters: Tillakaratne Dilshan(c), Upul Tharanga, Chamara Silva
Main Pacers: Nuwan Kulasekara, Dhammika Prasad and F Mahroof
Main Spinners: R Herath, and T Dilshan (Jayasuriya and R Arnold can bowl some overs also)
Stats and Performance of the Players:
C Kapugedera(RHB, Active till 2019):
T2OI: 43 M,38 I, 703 R, 22.67 A, 118.95 SR
ODI:
LS: 28, 23
U Tharanga(LHB, Currently active):
T2OI: 26 M, 26 I, 407 R, 16.28 A, 123.33 SR
ODI:
Sanath Jayasuriya(LHB+LAO, Last played in 2015):
T2OI: 31 M, 30 I, 629 R, 23.29 A, 129.15 SR+ 24 I, 61 O, 19 W,
ODI:
C Silva(RHB+LS, Last played in 2020):
T2OD: 84 M, 80 I, 1760 R, 25.50 A, 123.24 SR+ 3 I, 4 O, 1 W,
ODI:
D Wijesinghe(RAO, Last played in 2009):
Record of only 1 match 27+13/+0
M Warnapura(LHB+RAO, Last played in 2015):
T2OD: 18 M, 18 I, 373 R, 21.94 A, 135.63 SR+ 7 I, 19 O, 6 W,
ODI:
T Dilshan(RHB+RAO, Was playing city level cricket in Australia some months ago):
T2OI: 80 M, 79 I, 1889 R, 28.19 A, 150.54 SR+ 25 I, 43 O, 9 W,
T20D: 221 M, 5193 R, 27 A + 116 I, 64 W
LS: 23+21/0, 18+35/3
F Maharoof(RHB+RAM, Played competitive cricket till 2018):
T2OD: 99 M, 73 I, 948 R, 17.88 A, 117.91 SR+ 92 I, 302 O, 94 W,
ODI:
LS: 20+28/2, 10+34/0
R Arnold(LHB+RAO, Middle order, last played in 2010):
T2O:
ODI: 180 M, 155 I, 3950 R, 35.26 A, 72.57 SR+ 84 I, 359 O, 40 W,
C Jayasinghe(RHB+RAM, Last played in 2012):
T2OD: 45 M, 39 I, 752 R, 26.85 A, 131.23 SR+ 29 I, 87 O, 30 W,
ODI:
R Herath(LAO, played till 2019)
T2OI: 17 M, 17 I, 60 O, 18 W,
LS: 5/2, 22/1
Ajantha Mendis(RAO, active till 2019 but did not bowl in the last season):
T2OI: 39 M, 39 I, 147.5 O, 66 W,
ODI:
Dhammika Prasad(RAM, Currently active):
T2OD: 21 M, 20 I, 58 O, 19 W,
ODI:
N Kulasekara(RAM, Swing Bowler, active till 2018):
T2OI: 58 M, 58 I, 205 O, 66 W,
ODI:
Thilan Thushara(LAM, Currently playing):
T2OD: 53 M, 53 I, 184 O, 71 W,
ODI:
