Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh Match Prediction, 3rd T20I – Who will win today’s match between SL vs BAN?

Bangladesh would be aiming to end their all-format series on a sweet note after losing the Tests and ODIs.

Published - 15 Jul 2025, 22:19 IST | Updated - 15 Jul 2025, 22:21 IST

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Sri Lanka will take on Bangladesh in the third T20I of the five-match series on July 16. This will be the final game of the all-format tour.

The Lankans won the T20I series opener by seven wickets with Kusal Mendis starring with a 73-run knock to chase down 155.

Bangladesh bounced back comprehensively by securing an 83-run victory, courtesy of Litton Das' 76 followed by a couple of catches and stumpings each.

Match Details

Match	Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh, 3rd T20I, Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka 2025
Venue	R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Date & Time	Wednesday, July 16, 7:00 pm (IST)
Live Broadcast and Streaming Details	FanCode (App & Website)

Pitch Report

The side batting first in night games has lost nine out of the last ten T20Is at this venue. The team winning the toss will be looking on bowling first.

Head-to-Head Record

Matches Played	16
Won By Sri Lanka	10
Won By Bangladesh	6
No Result	0
First-ever Fixture	September 17, 2007
Most-recent Fixture	June 13, 2025

Predicted Playing XIs

Sri Lanka

Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis (wk), Kusal Perera, Avishka Fernando, Charith Asalanka (c), Dasun Shanaka, Chamika Karunaratne, Jeffrey Vandersay, Maheesh Theekshana, Binura Fernando, Nuwan Thushara

Bangladesh

Tanzid Hasan, Parvez Hossain Emon, Litton Das (c & wk), Towhid Hridoy, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Shamim Hossain, Jaker Ali, Rishad Hossain, Mohammad Saifuddin, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam

Probable Top Performers

Kusal Mendis

The previous match was the first instance of Kusal Mendis registering a single-digit score in the five white-ball matches which have been played so far. He would be to finish on a high note.

Maheesh Theekshana

Maheesh Theeshana has not had the best of forms against Bangladesh up until now. It could be expected that he delivers his best performance of the series in this match.