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Sri Lanka will face the Australian side in the 2nd encounter of the three-match T20I series at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Wednesday, 8th June.
Australia will be keen to take an unassailable 2-0 lead by winning the second game while Sri Lanka will need to put their A-one game to make a comeback in this series
Australia thrashed the Sri Lankan side in the 1st T20I as they registered a convincing win by 10 wickets.
Batting first in the match, Sri Lanka was bowled out for just 128 runs in the final over.
The top-order of Sri Lanka give a good start as they were looking good at 1 down for 100 runs in the 12th over.
But after the dismissal of Pathum Nissanka, the batting lineup of Sri Lanka collapsed badly from 100-1 to 128-10.
Josh Hazlewood was superb with the ball as he picked 4 wickets for just 16 runs while Mitchell Starc also scalped 3 wickets for his side.
Charith Asalanka and Pathum Nissanka scored 38 and 36 runs respectively for Sri Lanka.
Later, Australia comfortably chased down this low total without losing a single wicket in 14 overs.
David Warner and Aaron Finch scored brilliant half-centuries.
Warner reminded not out on 70 runs from 44 balls including 9 fours while Aaron Finch scored an unbeaten 61 runs including 4 fours and 4 sixes.
Match details
Teams: Australia vs Sri Lanka
Match: 2nd T20I, 2022.
Venue: R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Date: 8th June, Wednesday
Time: 07:00 PM IST
Head to head record
Here is the head-to-head record between Australia and Sri Lanka in T20I cricket.
Total Matches Played: 23
Australia won: 14
Sri Lanka won: 9
Tie/no results: 0
Pitch Report
The pitch at the R Premadasa Stadium assisted both the batting and bowling sides as we have seen in the 1st game.
The fast bowlers ruled on this pitch in the first T20I and the spinners didn’t manage to pick up a single wicket here.
The batters can also score runs freely by playing sensible cricket early on in their innings.
Both teams will again like to bat second on this pitch.
Average 1st innings total
The average first innings total on this pitch in 43 games has been 152 runs.
Possible Playing XIs for Sri Lanka vs Australia
Australia
Aaron Finch (c), David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Steve Smith, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade, Ashton Agar, Mitchell Starc, Kane Richardson, Josh Hazlewood
Sri Lanka
Danushka Gunathilaka, Pathum Nissanka, Charith Asalanka, Kusal Mendis (wk), Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dasun Shanaka (c), Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Dushmantha Chameera, Maheesh Theekshana, Nuwan Thushara
Jeetbig star bowler of the match
Josh Hazlewood continued his IPL form and he was outstanding in the 1st T20I against Sri Lanka.
The right-arm pacer scalped 4 wickets for just 16 runs from his 4 overs and he will be the star bowler of the second match as well.
Jeetbig star batsman of the match
David Warner played an outstanding knock of 70*runs in the first game and he was looking in great touch.
The veteran left-handed batsman is expected to play another big knock in the next game against Sri Lanka.
Who will win?
Australia was just too good for Sri Lanka in the opening game as they outplayed them in all departments of the game.
Australia has a world-class lineup as compared to the young Sri Lankan side.
Sri Lanka needs to put their 100 effort in the next game to keep this series alive but it is going to be very difficult for them to beat this mighty Australian side.
Hence, we predict that Australia will beat Sri Lanka in the 2nd T20I.
