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Playing XI:

West Indies: Chris Gayle, Johnson Charles, Marlon Samuels, Andre Fletcher, Dwayne Bravo, Andre Russell, Denesh Ramdin(w), Darren Sammy(c), Carlos Brathwaite, Samuel Badree, Sulieman Benn

Sri Lanka: Tillakaratne Dilshan, Dinesh Chandimal(w), Lahiru Thirimanne, Chamara Kapugedera, Angelo Mathews(c), Milinda Siriwardana, Thisara Perera, Nuwan Kulasekara, Jeffrey Vandersay, Dushmantha Chameera, Rangana Herath

Angelo Mathews: “Doesn’t matter but we wanted to bowl as well. Wicket wouldn’t change much. Missing Lasith is a big blow but we have a young leg spinner who is in the team today and he is very attacking. We have what we have and we need to move on. We are getting better and better from the practice games.”

Darren Sammy: “We’re going to bowl first. Chris knows the wicket very well here. We have played a lot of IPL cricket and we know that it’s a tough ground to defend. Everytime we play a Test, ODI and T20I his name is always up there. But there are enough match winners in our dressing room too. Hope to restrict them to a low total and then chase. Spinners have been the ones getting wickets against us. One change with Fletcher coming in for Jerome. It does feel like a home game.”

TOSS: West Indies have won the toss and have opted to field

Pitch Report by Ian Bishop: “The pitch at the Chinnaswamy are always exciting more from the batsman’s point of view. This pitch was used 4-5 days ago in a women’s match. You can see some dry dark patches. Among it is some live grass. It’s rolled pretty well. From what I observed from the women’s game, the ball skids on when new. But then the slower bowlers got some purchase.”

The 21st match of the World T20 between West Indies v Sri Lanka at the M. Chinnaswamy stadium, Bengaluru promises to be yet another mouth-watering clash. Defending champions Sri Lanka have got a morale boosting win against Afghanistan in the Super 10 stage openers and will anticipate to continue with their winning momentum.

West Indies clobbered the South Africans in their last outing, thanks to Chris Gayle’s whirlwind knock. He remains the most crucial player to watch out for this evening. Chris Gayle who calls Bengaluru his ‘Home Town’ may create yet another storm after feasting on the Proteas bowlers in Mumbai. Remember, Chinnaswamy is one of his most favorite venues. It was at the same venue that that he hit the world record individual total of 175 runs.