Who Will Win Australia vs Sri Lanka 2nd T20?
The 2nd T20 match between Australia and Sri Lanka will be played on February 19, 2017. The match will be played at the Simonds Stadium in South Geelong, Victoria and the live action will begin at 19:20 local time.
Read ahead for our prediction of the Australia vs Sri Lanka 2nd T20.
Australia vs Sri Lanka 2nd T20 Where to Watch/Live Streaming
TV channels: Star sports, Fox Sports, Willow TV
Live streaming: Bet365, Cricfix
Australia Team News & Playing 11
Team News
No injuries have been reported to any of the players and the team is expected to play against Sri Lanka without any major changes.
Key Players
Aaron Finch is expected to be the top scorer based on his recent form and performances. Ben Dunk and Travis Head have also been scoring well recently and will hopefully do good in this match too. The bowling side has James Faulkner and Jhye Richardson who will be the key players to take the wickets against Sri Lankan batsmen.
Recent Form
The team has played 12 T20 matches in the past year, and they won 50% of the games. Not having the best of the records in the format recently, and the absence of major players in the team, Australia will have to push their players and work hard to win this match.
Australia Predicted Playing 11
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Aaron Finch (c), Pat Cummins, Ben Dunk, James Faulkner, Tim Paine (wk), Travis Head, Moises Henriques, Michael Klinger, Jhye Richardson, Ashton Turner, Adam Zampa.
Sri Lanka Team News & Playing 11
Team News
The team will be playing the match against Australia with no major changes in the squad, and none of the players have been reported to be injured.
Key Players
Niroshan Dickwella, Kusal Mendis and Upul Tharanga will be the key batsmen in this match for Sri Lanka, and will be expected to put up a big score on the board for the team. Lakshan Sandakan and Nuwan Kulasekara will be the big hopes for the bowling side as they have been performing very good in their recent matches.
Recent Form
Out of the 19 T20 matches the team has played since last year, Sri Lanka have managed to win only 5. The players will have to give in all their efforts to give a tough competition to Australia in this match.
Sri Lanka Predicted Playing 11
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Upul Tharanga (c), Niroshan Dickwella, Seekkuge Prasanna, Kusal Mendis, Asela Gunaratne, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lakshan Sandakan, Isuru Udana, Lasith Malinga, Chamara Kapugedera, Sachith Pathirana.
Team Form in Last Five Matches (most recent first)
Australia: L W W L W
Sri Lanka: W W W L L
Australia vs Sri Lanka Head to Head
This is the second match in this series where the two teams will be fighting off against each other. Overall, the teams have faced each other 10 times in this format, where Sri Lanka won 6 matches.
Australia vs Sri Lanka Prediction
Even though Australia have quite a few inexperienced players in the team, but the domestic performances have been admirable. Sri Lanka, too, may not be going in with the strongest players, but are well equipped to meet Australia with confidence. It will be interesting to see how the teams manage to fight off each other.
Final Verdict: Australia have a stronger team in comparison to Sri Lanka, plus having the advantage of playing at home, we predict them to win this match
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