Sri Lanka will rely closely on its bowling unit to make up for its comparatively weak batting division, whereas Bangladesh would search for consistency when the 2 groups conflict in a Tremendous 12 Group 1 match of the T20 World Cup right here on Sunday.
Each Sri Lanka and Bangladesh needed to undergo the primary spherical group stage to safe their locations within the Tremendous 12s.
Whereas Sri Lanka topped Group A with three wins out of as many video games, Bangladesh completed second in Group B behind Scotland.
Sri Lanka defeated Namibia by seven wickets, earlier than beating Eire by 70 runs. Of their final qualifying match towards Netherlands, they skittled out the opposition for 44 after which collected the runs with eight wickets in hand.
Bangladesh, however, have been removed from spectacular. The Tigers have been surprised by Scotland by six runs of their opener earlier than they scrapped previous Oman by 26 runs after which defeated Papua New Guinea by 84 runs to qualify for the Tremendous 12s.
However the highway forward can be robust for each Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. The 2 groups should go previous the challenges of fellow Group 1 sides England, Australia, defending champions West Indies and South Africa in the event that they want to go deeper into the match.
Going ahead within the match, Sri Lanka should take care of their stuttering top-order.
After successive failures towards Namibia and Eire, Dinesh Chandimal misplaced out his place to Charith Asalanka, who didn’t assist his trigger both, scoring simply 6 within the low-scoring recreation towards Netherlands.
Kusal Perera returned amongst runs however the likes of opener Pathum Nissanka, Avishka Fernando, Bhanuka Rajapaksa and skipper Dasun Shanaka must take up extra duty.
On the bowling entrance, the strain can be excessive on tempo trio of Lahiru Kumara, Chamika Karunaratne and Dushmantha Chameera to ship the products whereas the spin division will likely be offie Maheesh Theekshana and all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga de Silva’s duty.
Similar to Sri Lanka, Bangladesh too have a shaky batting order to take care of. The shock loss to Scotland and scrappy win towards Oman highlighted the insecurity amongst their batters.
In Mohammad Naim, Liton Das and Afif Hossain, Bangladesh have some gifted batters up the order however the mantle of guiding the aspect stays largely on the shoulders of veterans Shakib Al Hasan, skipper Mahmudullah and Mushfiqur Rahim.
Bangladesh’s bowling unit will led by star pacer Mustafizur Rahman with Taskin Ahmed, Mohammad Saifuddin and Shoriful Ahmed as assist.
However Bangladesh’s major weapon is the spin division, led by willy Shakib and Mahedi Hasan.
For Bangladesh, the T20 World Cup has not been a contented looking floor. After their success within the inaugural version in 2007, after they made it to Tremendous 8s, the Tigers did not register a single win within the 2009, 2010 and 2012 editions.
Bangladesh returned to successful methods in 2014 when the occasion was expanded to 16 groups, topping Group A within the first spherical solely to lose all 4 matches within the Tremendous 10 stage. It was the same story in 2016, the place they crashed out after a devastating loss to India.
However going by latest type, Bangladesh entered the match with 9 T20I wins within the calendar 12 months, solely behind South Africa who’ve 12.
Barring the loss towards Scotland, it has been construct as much as the occasion for Bangladesh.
The truth is, since shedding to New Zealand in March away from residence, Bangladesh have registered collection wins over Zimbabwe (2-1), Australia (4-1) and New Zealand (3-2).
Groups (from):
Sri Lanka: Dasun Shanaka (c), Kusal Janith Perera, Dinesh Chandimal, Dhananjaya De Silva, Pathum Nissanka, Charith Asalanka, Avishka Fernando, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Chamika Karunaratne, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dushmantha Chameera, Lahiru Kumara, Maheesh Theekshana, Akila Dananjaya, Binura Fernando.
Bangladesh: Mahmudullah (capt), Liton Das, Mohammed Naim, Mahedi Hasan, Shakib Al Hasan, Soumya Sarkar, Mushfiqur Rahim, Nurul Hasan (WK), Afif Hossain, Nasum Ahmed, Taskin Ahmed, Shamim Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Mohammed Saifuddin.
Match begins at 3:30 PM IST.
