SL vs IRE Dream11 Prediction, Fantasy Cricket Tips, Playing XI, Pitch Report & Injury Updates For 2nd Test
Sri Lanka won the first Test by an innings and 280 runs.
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Sri Lanka (SL) will be hosting Ireland (IRE) in the second Test match at Galle International Stadium starting on April 24. Sri Lanka won the first match to take a 1-0 lead in the two-match Test series at home. Four Sri Lankan batters recorded centuries, including 179 runs from skipper Dimuth Karunaratne, to post a big total of 591/6 in the first innings while batting first. Curtis Campher took two wickets for Ireland as the hosts clearly dominated the match with both bat and ball.
Spinner Prabath Jayasuriya then picked up seven wickets to bowl out Ireland on just 143 runs in their first innings. Wicketkeeper batter Lorcan Tucker top-scored with 45 off 73, while Harry Tector added 34 runs. Ireland's second innings collapsed on just 168 runs to suffer a heavy defeat by an inning and 280 runs. Tector top-scored with 42 runs for Ireland, while Ramesh Mendis took four wickets for Sri Lanka.
Match Information
Sri Lanka vs Ireland, 2nd Test
Ireland tour of Sri Lanka, 24 Apr 2023, Mon, 10:00 AM IST, Galle International Stadium
Weather Report
Galle International StadiumClouds
26.0°C
86% (Humidity)
Team Form (Last 5 matches)
Probable Playing XI
Sri Lanka
D Chandimal (wk), KNM Fernando, K Mendis, D Karunaratne (C), A Mathews, D de Silva, RTM Mendis, MVT Fernando, NGRP Jayasuriya, AM Fernando, M Priyanath
Bench : N Dickwella, O Fernando, PHKD Mendis, C Karunaratne, K Rajitha, L Kumara
Ireland
L Tucker (wk), A Balbirnie (C), M Commins, JA McCollum, H Tector, GH Dockrell, Curtis Campher, AR McBrine, Fionn Hand, B White, MR Adair
Injury and availability news
Pitch Report
289
Average Score
Player Picks
Prabath Jayasuriya SL | BOWL
Prabath took seven wickets in the first innings and four more in the second innings as he dominated the Galle's pitch in the first match. He has taken 43 wickets from just six Tests at an average of 21.46 so far.
Dimuth Karunaratne SL | BAT
The Sri Lankan skipper top-scored with 179 off 245 in the first match with 15 fours in the first innings. He recorded three fifties from four innings in the recent Tests against New Zealand.
Kusal Mendis SL | WK
The star wicketkeeper-batter was excellent in the first match as he smashed 140 runs from just 193 runs to end his poor run of form in red-ball cricket.
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Nishan Madushka
SL | WK
The Sri Lankan top-order batter scored 29 runs in the first innings as he failed to convert a good start into a big knock.
Murray Commins
IRE | BAT
The Irish opener was dismissed on a duck in both innings of the first match and scored just six across two innings against Bangladesh earlier this month.
Last Updated On - Apr 24 2023 6:32 PM
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