SL vs NAM Dream11 Prediction, T20 WC Fantasy Cricket Tips, Playing XI, Pitch Report & Injury Updates For Match 1
Both teams played one warm-up game and won the same.
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Sri Lanka and Namibia will play the first match of the T20 World Cup 2022 on Sunday (October 16) at the Simonds Stadium in Geelong. Both the teams are a part of Group A along with the United Arab Emirates and the Netherlands. The top two teams from this group will move to the Super 12 Stage which will start from the next Saturday. Both teams played one warm-up game and won the same. Sri Lanka defeated Zimbabwe by 33 runs after scoring 188 runs for the loss of five wickets. Kusal Mendis and Wanindu Hasaranga played a key role for Sri Lanka with the bat in that game. Namibia won their warm-up game against Ireland by 11 runs. The bowlers did a great job as they defended a total of 138 runs.
Match Information
Namibia vs Sri Lanka, 1st Match
ICC Men's T20 World Cup, 16 Oct 2022, Sun, 9:30 AM IST, Simonds Stadium, South Geelong, Victoria
Weather Report
Simonds Stadium, South Geelong, VictoriaClear
21.5°C
64% (Humidity)
Team Form (Last 5 matches)
Probable Playing XI
Sri Lanka
Pathum Nissanka, D Shanaka (C), D Gunathilaka, D de Silva, W Hasaranga, K Mendis, B Rajapaksa (wk), M Theekshana, C Karunaratne, D Chameera, D Madushanka
Bench : C Asalanka, JF Vandersay, L Kumara, PM Liyanagamage, D Chandimal
Namibia
Gerhard Erasmus (C), Jonathan Smit, Divan la Cock, Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton, Jan Frylinck, D Wiese, R Trumpelmann, Zane Green (wk), Bernard Scholtz, M van Lingen, Ben Shikongo
Bench : Stephan Baard, Tangeni Lungameni, Karl Birkenstock, L Louwrens, Helao-Pikkie YaFrance, Pikky Ya France
Injury and availability news
Pitch Report
173
Average Score
Player Picks
Kusal Mendis SL | WK
He was dismissed for a duck in the last two matches of the Asia Cup including the final of the tournament against Pakistan. However, Mendis played a key role for Sri Lanka throughout the group stage. He made 155 runs in six matches at an average of 25.83 and a strike rate of 156.56. In the first warm-up game against Zimbabwe, he scored 54 runs off 29 deliveries and helped Sri Lanka post a total of 188 runs on the board.
Wanindu Hasaranga SL | ALL
He won the Player of the Tournament award in the Asia Cup as he picked nine wickets in six matches and made 66 runs as well. Hasaranga was the leading wicket-taker for Sri Lanka in the tournament. In the warm-up game, he made 37 runs off 14 deliveries which consisted of four fours and two sixes.
Bhanuka Rajapaksa SL | BAT
He finished as the leading run-scorer for Sri Lanka in the Asia Cup 2022. He made 191 runs in six matches at an average of 47.75 and a strike rate of 149.21. He made 71 runs off just 45 deliveries in the final against Pakistan and helped the team post a total of 170 runs.
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Charith Asalanka
SL | BAT
In four matches of the Asia Cup 2022, he made nine runs and didn’t get a chance to bat in the warm-up game as well.
Pikky Ya France
NAM | BAT
In five T20Is this year, he has picked only two wickets at an average of 18.5.
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