Oct 18, 2022
13:30 IST / 8:00 GMT
Simonds Stadium - Geelong, Australia
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Sri Lanka are favorites to win
Sri Lanka and UAE face off in Pool A’s fourth match on Tuesday evening at Kardinia Park, Geelong. Both teams lost their opening games on Sunday. Sri Lanka suffered a surprise heavy defeat to Namibia with UAE losing a close match with Netherlands. Read on as we preview this fixture. The 2022 T20 World Cup First Round match begins at 19:00 local time.
After suffering the embarrassment of a 55 run defeat to Namibia, we expect to see a big response from Sri Lanka in this game. They lost their opening game of the Asia Cup by eight wickets and went on to triumph.
UAE may struggle to get closer to another team than in the three wicket defeat to Netherlands on Sunday. We expect a focused Sri Lanka side to be too strong for them in this match.
TV channels: This match will be shown live on Sky Sports Cricket, Star Network, Fox Sports, ESPN and PTV.
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UAE chose to bat first after winning the toss on Sunday evening but we predict that both teams will elect to field first if they win the toss ahead of this game.
Any score of over 160 will be very hard to chase down in the second innings of this match. Expect there to be movement for the pace and spin bowlers from this surface.
The humidity will rise in the second half of the game with the level reaching 80% by the close. There will be no rain interruptions.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds, and match prediction for Sri Lanka vs UAE Match, T20 World Cup 2022
The Asia Cup Champions were dealt a blow on the eve of Sunday’s game when left-arm pace bowler Dilshan Madushanka got injured during a training session and ruled himself out of the tournament. Apart from that injury, Sri Lanka have a full squad to select from.
Sri Lanka came into Sunday’s game after winning the Asia Cup and the defeat was their first in six matches.
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Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis (wk), Dhananjaya de Silva, Danushka Gunathilaka, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dasun Shanaka (c), Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Pramod Madushan, Dushmantha Chameera, Maheesh Theekshana
There were no surprises in the UAE line-up for the opening game against Netherlands in T20 World Cup 2022 on Sunday evening and, after getting so close to victory, we expect the same XI to be selected. 16 year old Aayan Afzal Khan became the youngest player to play in a Men’s T20 World Cup fixture.
UAE very nearly beat Netherlands but instead have now lost four successive IT20s.
Chirag Suri, Muhammad Waseem, Kashif Daud, Vriitya Aravind (wk), Zawar Farid, Basil Hameed, Chundangapoyil Rizwan (c), Aayan Afzal Khan, Karthik Meiyappan, Junaid Siddique, Zahoor Khan
There has been only one previous meeting between Sri Lanka and UAE in this format with Sri Lanka winning by 14 runs in Mirpur during the T20 Asia Cup in 2016.
| Matches Played | SL Won | UAE Won | Tie | No Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
In spite of their 55 run defeat to Namibia in Match 1 on Sunday, Sri Lanka are overwhelming favourites with the bookies ahead of this match.
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Sometimes a game goes completely wrong and that is pretty much what happened to Sri Lanka on Sunday afternoon. With the quality in their side, we expect to see them respond with a very professional performance.
Kusal Mendis, Pathum Nissanka and Dhananjaya de Silva are our batting recommendations for Sri Lanka. Mendis has scored eight half centuries for Sri Lanka in IT20s.
We have selected Chirag Suri, Muhammad Waseem and Kashif Daud with the bat for UAE. Suri has scored two centuries in ODIs and seven half centuries in IT20s.
We have picked Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana and Pramod Madushan with the ball for Sri Lanka. Madushan has eight wickets from only three IT20 appearances.
Junaid Siddique, Zahoor Khan and Karthik Meiyappan are our bowling tips for UAE. Meiyappan got the big wicket of Bas de Leede in the defeat to Netherlands.
Although Namibia were never going to be easy opponents, Sri Lanka should never have been in a position to lose against them let alone by the large margin we saw on Sunday. As a result, we expect Sri Lanka to come out and show what they can do in this game. We are predicting a big win for Sri Lanka.
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