Published on: Jul 28, 2021 1:55 pm IST|Updated on: Jul 28, 2021 4:47 pm IST
Sri Lanka vs India Dream11: It is now time for the 2nd T20I match between the host Sri Lankan team and India rescheduled to be played on 28 July at the R.Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. With Krunal Pandya testing positive for Covid-19, the game that was originally supposed to happen on 27 July had to be postponed. A total of 8 India players who have been identified as close contacts of Krunal, will miss the last 2 T20I matches. After losing the third and final ODI, India came back strongly to register a brilliant 38-run win in the first T20I against Sri Lanka. India also won the three-match ODI series with a 2-1 scoreline. On the other hand, hosts Sri Lanka would want to put an improved performance especially with the bat as they were fine with the ball in the previous match. India will be aiming to seal the three-match T20I in their favour.
Fixture Name: 2nd T20I, Sri Lanka vs India
Competition: Sri Lanka vs India T20I
Date: 28 July
Time: 8 PM IST
Ground: R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Team Form Guide: SL (recent last): L L L L L IND (recent last): W W W L W
ICC Rankings: SL 9, IND 2
Pitch Report: The pitch at the R.Premadasa Stadium was really sporting in the first match and the same will be the case in this game as well. However, ball won’t come nicely onto the bat and there will some decent help for the spinners. Thus, bowling first will be the best option on this track.
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SL Team News
Injury Update, Unavailability
Expected Team Changes
Avishka Fernando Minod Bhanuka Dhananjaya de Silva Ashen Bandara Charith Asalanka/Dhananjaya Lakshan Dasun Shanaka Wanindu Hasaranga Isuru Udana Chamika Karunaratne Dushmantha Chameera Akila Dananjaya
IND Team News
READ IND vs SL 2nd T20I Rescheduled; Krunal Pandya Covid Positive
Shikhar Dhawan Ruturaj Gaikwad Devdutt Padikkal Sanju Samson Nitish Rana Bhuvneshwar Kumar Navdeep Saini Rahul Chahar Yuzvendra Chahal Chetan Sakariya Varun Chakravarthy
Who will win today match
Sri Lanka will want that the likes of Avishka Fernando, Dhananjaya de Silva and Dasun Shanaka come up with an improved performance in the batting department. Dushmantha Chameera, Wanindu Hasaranga and Chamika Karunaratne will be their main bowlers. On the other hand, India will be hopeful that Shikhar Dhawan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Sanju Samson and Nitish Rana deliver well with the bat while Rahul Chahar, Yuzvendra Chahal and Bhuvneshwar Kumar will be their key bowlers. Team India will surely be the overwhelming favourites in this game but Sri Lanka can surprise them as well.In our Dream 11 Today Match Prediction we back India to win this match.
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Captain Options:
Sanju Samson: India swashbuckling wicket-keeper batsman Sanju Samson has performed very well in the IPL and also scored a magnificent hundred in the first half of the 2021 season. In 114 IPL matches, Sanju Samson has smashed 2861 runs at a strike-rate of 134.83.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar: India’s senior pace bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowled really well in the previous T20I for his side. Bhuvneshwar Kumar took Man of the Match figures of 4 for 22 to dominate the hosts.
Differential Pick:
Akila Dhananjaya: Sri Lanka spinner Akila Dhananjaya bowled really well in the third ODI picking three crucial wickets. Overall, in 28 T20Is, Akila has taken 26 wickets at an economy of 8.42.
Grand League Team 1
We are making Sanju Samson as the Captain of this side as he was looking in a good touch in the first match scoring runs at a blazing strike-rate.
WICKET-KEEPERS: Sanju Samson (C) BATSMEN: Shikhar Dhawan, Avishka Fernando, Dasun Shanaka, Devdutt Padikkal, Ruturaj Gaikwad (VC) ALL-ROUNDERS: Wanindu Hasaranga BOWLERS: Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Dushmantha Chameera, Rahul Chahar
Grand League Team 2
We are selecting Shikhar Dhawan as the Captain of this team because of his brilliant T20I record having scored 1719 runs in 65 T20Is that includes 11 fifties.
WICKET-KEEPERS: Sanju Samson, Minod Bhanuka BATSMEN: Shikhar Dhawan (C), Nitish Rana, Avishka Fernando (VC), Dasun Shanaka ALL-ROUNDERS: Dhananjaya de Silva, Wanindu Hasaranga BOWLERS: Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rahul Chahar, Varun Chakravarthy
Grand League Team 3
We are making Ruturaj Gaikwad as the Captain of this team as he was impressive with the bat in the first phase of IPL 2021 where he smashed 196 runs at a strike-rate of 128.94 that included 2 fifties.
WICKET-KEEPERS: Minod Bhanuka, Sanju Samson BATSMEN: Avishka Fernando, Ruturaj Gaikwad (C), Shikhar Dhawan, Nitish Rana ALL-ROUNDERS: Wanindu Hasaranga (VC) BOWLERS: Chetan Sakariya, Akila Dananjaya, Rahul Chahar, Varun Chakravarthy
Grand League Team 4
We are picking Avishka Fernando as the Captain of this team because he scored two brilliant half-centuries in the ODI series against India.
WICKET-KEEPERS: Sanju Samson BATSMEN: Avishka Fernando (C), Dasun Shanaka, Devdutt Padikkal, Nitish Rana, Ruturaj Gaikwad ALL-ROUNDERS: Wanindu Hasaranga BOWLERS: Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Dushmantha Chameera, Kuldeep Yadav, Rahul Chahar (VC)
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