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 Super 12 Group 1 match of the T20 World Cup right here on Sunday.
Both Sri Lanka and Bangladesh needed to undergo the primary spherical group stage to safe their locations within the Super 12s.
While 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 Ireland by 70 runs. In their final qualifying match in opposition to Netherlands, they skittled out the opposition for 44 after which collected the runs with eight wickets in hand.
Bangladesh, then again, 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 Super 12s.
But the street forward could be powerful for each Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. The two groups must 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 must take care of their stuttering top-order.
After successive failures in opposition to Namibia and Ireland, Dinesh Chandimal misplaced out his place to Charith Asalanka, who didn’t assist his trigger both, scoring simply 6 within the low-scoring sport in opposition to 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 accountability.
On the bowling entrance, the stress could be excessive on tempo trio of Lahiru Kumara, Chamika Karunaratne and Dushmantha Chameera to ship the products whereas the spin division shall be offie Maheesh Theekshana and all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga de Silva’s accountability.
Just like Sri Lanka, Bangladesh too have a shaky batting order to take care of. The shock loss to Scotland and scrappy win in opposition to Oman highlighted the insecurity amongst their batters.
In Mohammad Naim, Liton Das and Afif Hossain, Bangladesh have some proficient batters up the order however the mantle of guiding the facet 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 help.
But 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 searching floor. After their success within the inaugural version in 2007, after they made it to Super 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 Super 10 stage. It was an identical story in 2016, the place they crashed out after a devastating loss to India.
But 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 in opposition to Scotland, it has been a superb construct as much as the occasion for Bangladesh.
In truth, since dropping to New Zealand in March away from dwelling, Bangladesh have registered collection wins over Zimbabwe (2-1), Australia (4-1) and New Zealand (3-2).
Teams (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.
