SL vs IND Dream11: Welcome to the first T20I between India and Sri Lanka here at the R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo. This is the last T20I series for India before the WT20 so they will be looking to try out some new players and this is going to be the audition series for some youngsters. Dhawan who will captain the side will also look to continue his IPL form as he fights for a comeback to the T20I side. Sri Lanka has struggled in this format recently.
Fixture: Sri Lanka vs India, 1st T20I
When: July 25, 2021. at 8:00 PM IST
Venue: R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
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Form Guide:
SL: LLLWL
IND: WWLWW
Avishka Fernando, Minod Bhanuka, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dhananjaya de Silva, Charith Asalanka, Dasun Shanaka, Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Isuru Udana, Akila Dananjaya, Dushmantha Chameera
Avishka Fernando has played 17 matches and scored 201 runs at an average of 12.5 and a strike rate of 96.3 in his T20I career. He is an aggressive batsman and this format should suit him.
Wanindu Hasaranga has played 19 matches and scored 163 runs at an average of 14.81 and a strike rate of 107.40, He has also picked up 26 wickets, 15.7 average, 6.75 economy rate & best figures of 3/12 in his T20I career.
Bhanuka Rajapaksha has played 7 matches and scored 140 runs at an average of 28 and a strike rate of 130.80 in his T20I career.
Dasun Shanaka has played 43 matches and scored 255 runs at an average of 19.61 and a strike rate of 138.40 in his T20I career.
1 Prithvi Shaw, 2 Shikhar Dhawan (capt), 3 Ishan Kishan (wk), 4 Sanju Samson, 5 Suryakumar Yadav, 6 Hardik Pandya, 7 Krunal Pandya/K Gowtham, 8 Deepak Chahar, 9 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 10 Varun Chakravarthy, 11 Yuzvendra Chahal/Rahul Chahar
Shikhar Dhawan has played 65 matches and scored 1673 runs at an average of 27.8 and a strike rate of 127.40 in his T20I career. He was among the leading run-scorers in IPL and will be a default captaincy choice.
Shikhar Dhawan has 1519 runs in 41 IPL fixtures since the start of the 2019 season. He hasn’t been able to replicate that form for India, as he has just 363 runs in 14 T20Is at an average of 25.92 and a strike rate of 117.47 in the same period
Prithvi Shaw has played 9 matches and scored 237 runs at an average of 26.33 and a strike rate of 132.40 in his T20I career.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar has played 48 matches and picked up 41 wickets, 19.5 average, 8.37 economy rate & best figures of 5/24 in his T20I career.
Yuzvendra Chahal has played 48 matches and picked up 62 wickets, 25.26 average, 8.4 economy rate & best figures of 6/25 in his T20I career.
Venue stats (T20I) :
Total Matches Played: 36
Average first innings total: 157
Average second innings total: 138
Matches won by Team batting first: 17
Matches won by Team batting second: 18
In SL vs IND Dream11 match prediction, India despite fielding a second-string side, all these players have done well in IPL and they are suited to this format, Sri Lanka will look to put on a fight but the visitors just seem so strong. India is expected to win this match.
Wicket-keepers: I Kishan, S Samson
Batsmen: S Dhawan(C), D Shanaka, A Fernando, B Rajapaksha, P Shaw
All-rounders: H Pandya
Bowlers: Bhuvneshwar Kumar, V Chakravarthy, Dushmantha Chameera
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