Pitch Conditions:
Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium,
Wicket is expected to be a sporting wicket, i.e all the departments are expected to get some support. We can see scores in the vicinity of 150.
Total Match Played: 6
Batting First Won: 2
Batting Second Won: 4
Tie: 0
Avg. Score in 1st bat: 146
Highest Score: Delhi Capitals 164/5
Lowest Score: Chennai Super Kings 119/6
Fantasy Tips:
Srilanka team is looking stronger on the paper so try to make your small league team by assuming upper hand of them
Srilanka Team Preview:
They are looking very strong on the paper and many of their players were active in the domestic circuit in the recent times.
They had won 1 and lost 1 match in the last season. Surprisingly Ajantha Mendis did not bowl a single over in the last season.
Probable 11 :
Tillakaratne Dilshan(c), Sanath Jayasuriya, Upul Tharanga, Chamara Kapugedera(w), Chamara Silva, Russel Arnold, Farveez Maharoof, Ajantha Mendis, Nuwan Kulasekara, Dhammika Prasad, Rangana Herath,
Team Breakup:
Main Batters: Tillakaratne Dilshan(c), Sanath Jayasuriya, Upul Tharanga, Chamara Kapugedera
Main Spinners: Nuwan Kulasekara, Dhammika Prasad and F Mahroof
Main Pacers: R Herath, A Mendis and T Dilshan (even S Jaysuriya can bowl some overs)
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:
West Indies Team Preview:
Their team is looking very weak on the paper specially in the batting department. Most of the scoring will be done by Dwayne Smith, William Perkins, Brian Lara.
Probable 11:
Dwayne Smith, William Perkins, Brian Lara(c), Carl Hooper, Narsingh Deonarine, Ridley Jacobs(w), Tino Best, Sulieman Benn, Mahendra Nagamootoo/R Austin, Adam Sanford, Pedro Collins,
Carl Hooper was bowling in the death overs in the last season.
Team Breakup:
Main Batters: Dwayne Smith, William Perkins, Brian Lara
Main Spinners: C Hooper and S Benn
Main Pacers: Tino Best and P Collins
Performance and Stats of the Players:
Ridley Jacobs(LHB, Last played regular cricket in 2006 but has played 2 games in the last edition of this tournament, 4-6 D):
T2O:
ODI: 147 M, 112 I, 1865 R, 23.31 A, 70.6 SR
LS: 0, 2
B Lara(LHB, One of the greats of the cricket):
T2O:
ODI: 299 M, 289 I, 10405 R, 40.48 A, 79.51 SR+ 5 I, 8 O, 4 W,
LS: 17, 4
N Deonarine(LHB+RAO, Last played in 2016, bats in Lower middle order):
T2OD: 42 M, 37 I, 528 R, 18.85 A, 108.19 SR+ 28 I, 71 O, 21 W,
ODI:
W Perkins(RHB, Last played in 2017 CPL, Open ):
T2OD: 57 M, 57 I, 1084 R, 20.07 A, 118.21 SR
ODI:
D Smith(RHB+RAM, Open, may be best player of this format in the team, Last played in 2019 CPL):
T2OI: 33 M, 32 I, 582 R, 18.18 A, 122.78 SR+ 11 I, 23 O, 7 W,
ODI:
C Hooper(RHB+RAO, 2-4 D, Last played in the last season):
T2O:
ODI: 227 M, 206 I, 5761 R, 35.34 A, 76.63 SR+ 203 I, 1595 O, 193 W,
LS: 23+42/0, 2+19/2
M Nagamootoo(LHB+LS, last played in 2010):
T2O: 7 M, 9 W
ODI: 24 M, 18 I, 162 R, 13.50 A, 60.0 SR+ 24 I, 198 O, 18 W,
Tino Best(RAM, Played competitive cricket till 2017):
T2OD: 6 M, 6 I, 6 W
ODI: 26 M, 26 I, 216 O, 34 W,
LS: 11+12/2, 11+27/0
P Collins(LAM, Played competitive cricket till 2012):
T2OD: 29 M, 26 W
ODI: 30 M, 30 I, 262 O, 39 W,
LS: 33/0
S Benn(LAO, Played competitive cricket till 2018):
T2OI: 24 M, 24 I, 84 O, 18 W,+ T20D: 96 M, 94 I, 325 O, 88 W,
ODI:
LS: 26/1, 21/1
Adam Sanford(RAM, Played till 2014):
T2OI: 3 M, 3 I, 8 O, 3 W,
ODI:
LS: 29/1
R Austin(RAO, Played till 2015):
T2OD: 13 M, 13 I, 44 O, 12 W,
ODI:
D Ramnarine(LS):
T2O:
ODI: 4 M, 4 I, 33 O, 3 W, Took 35 wickets in 12 test matches he played
LS: 39/0
