ABOUT THE MATCH| SRI LANKA VS WEST INDIES

Sri Lanka had lost five matches in the T20 format so far, and now they are entering into the T20I series high on confidence after sweeping the West Indies 3-0 in the preceding ODI series. Whereas West Indies has won only four matches out of 15 from January 2019.

PROBABLE PLAYING XI OF SRI LANKA

Kusal Mendis, Kusal Perera (wk), Avishka Fernando, Niroshan Dickwella, Angelo Mathews, Thisara Perera/Dasun Shanaka, Shehan Jayasuriya, Wanindu Hasaranga, Isuru Udana, Lasith Malinga (C), Lahiru Kumara

PROBABLE PLAYING XI OF WEST INDIES

Shai Hope/Brandon King, Lendl Simmons, Shimron Hetmyer, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Kieron Pollard (C), Andre Russell, Rovman Powell/Fabian Allen, Dwayne Bravo, Hayden Walsh Jr, Kesrick Williams, Sheldon Cottrell

TEAM AND PLAYER PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS: SL VS WI

                            TOP ORDER ANALYSIS | SL VS WI

  • Shimron Hetymer stands top in this analysis with a 126.2 average strike rate and 22.2 average runs.
  • Avishka Fernando from Sri Lanka is on the second place with a 104.2 strike rate and 16.8 average runs.

MIDDLE ORDER ANALYSIS| SL VS WI

  • Kieron Pollard the captain of West Indies is at the top with an incredible strike rate of 182.6 with 116 average runs.

TOP AND MIDDLE ORDER ANALYSIS | SL VS WI

  • West Indies are maintaining their upper hand in the top and the middle order analysis with 19.33 and 15.93.

BOWLING ANALYSIS | SL VS WI

  • In the total wickets, both the teams are at the same stage in the bowling analysis. In this analysis, Sri Lanka had picked 23 wickets.
  • Whereas the West Indies also have taken 23 wickets.

TOP 3 BOWLERS ANALYSIS | SL VS WI

  • Kusal Mendis is the one who had picked 10 wickets from the last 5 matches.

TOSS PREDICTION

The batting second team won the majority of the matches, which played on this pitch, so we can expect the same trend will be followed in this match.

PITCH AND CONDITIONS

Traditionally, the pitch at Pallekele is perfect for batting, and the final ODI on Sunday was proof of that where both the teams scored over 300 runs. 167 is the average first-innings score in this ground in T20Is.

MATCH PREVIEW | SL VS WI

SRI LANKA

  • Sri Lanka will be leading by Lasith Malinga, and now they are looking to continue their winning streak when they take on West Indies in the first match of T20I.
  • In the last ODI match, Kusal Mendis and Dhananjaya de Silva are impressed with their 50+ runs.
  • Dimuth Karunaratne, Kusal Perera and Thisara Perera looked good with their 44,44, and 38 runs respectively.
  • Angelo Mathews had clinched four wickets in the bowling unit. Isuru Udana and Wanindu Hasaranga had picked one wicket each.

WEST INDIES

  • In the West Indies team, the top order was pretty good, and they are justifying their roles. But when it comes to middle-order, they are not performing well.
  • In the bowling unit, every player had picked wickets but they are leaking many runs. Alzarri Joseph had clinched 4 wickets but he leaked 65 runs.

HEAD TO HEAD

  • Overall Matches – 9
  • Sri Lanka WON – 6
  • West Indies WON – 3
  • Draw – 0
  • No- Result – 0

TEAM FORM IN LAST 5 MATCHES

Sri Lanka – L L NR L L

West Indies – W NR L L W

PROBABLE TOP PERFORMERS

Sri Lanka – Kusal Mendis

West Indies – Kieron Pollard

BROADCAST DETAILS

TV channels –  Star Sports, Sky Sports Cricket, SuperSport, Fox Sports, Sky Sport NZ, OSN Sports Cricket HD, Gazi TV

Live Streaming – Bet365, Hotstar, Now TV, Sky Go

Match Timings – 07:00 PM local time (01:30 PM GMT) (07:00 PM IST).

PROBABLE WINNING TEAM

The West Indies are the champions of T20 cricket. They have boosted by the return of Andre Russell and Dwayne Bravo and all set to start the series with a win on Wednesday.