Sri Lanka U19 are favorites to win
Sri Lanka U-19 will take on Zimbabwe U-19 at Diamond Oval, Kimberley in Match 5 of the 2024 Under-19 World Cup. This match gets underway at 09:45 local time on Sunday 21st January, 2024.
This is a good batting surface and we expect to see a total of over 300 runs from one of the teams in this match on Sunday.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds, and match prediction for Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe, U19 World Cup 2024
Can Sri Lanka U-19s finish higher than their sixth place finish in 2022? That is the key question for the team who will fancy their chances against Zimbabwe U-19s as they get the campaign underway. With Australia U-19s also in the group, Sri Lanka U-19s can not afford to lose this game.
The pitches in South Africa will be very different to the slow, low turning surface in Sri Lanka but we expect this U-19s side to have batters capable of dealing with the different pitches. Pulindu Perera and Rusanda Gamage are both accomplished batters.
Plenty of pundits have picked out Sri Lanka U-19’s Garuka Sanketh as a potential top wicket taker in the tournament and the 18 year old will get pace and bounce from this surface. Alongside Sanketh, Dinura Klaupahana is a bowler to watch for the team.
Sri Lanka U-19s were beaten by 6 wickets in their last match but won their previous two games.
Pulindu Perera, Ravishan de Silva, Sineth Jayawardena (c), Dinura Kalupahana, Rusanda Gamage, Malsha Tharupathi, Sharujan Shanmuhanathan (wk), Vishwa Lahiru, Ruvishan Perera, Dinuka Tennakoon, Garuka Sanketh
After seeing five matches in the tournament take place already, Zimbabwe U-19s will be ready and raring to go ahead of this clash with Sri Lanka U-19s. They have not beaten the opposition in any o the last five head to heads but the last fixture between the teams was back in January 2018.
There are two different styles of batting at the top of the order for Zimbabwe U-19s and both could well be effective on this pitch on Sunday. Panashe Taruvinga has a strike-rate of 51.92 whereas Ryan Kamwemba scores his runs at a rate of 90.35. Both should be able to get on top of Sri Lanka’s pace bowlers.
Captain Matthew Schonken is an accomplished batter but it is his bowling where he has the most chance of producing a match-winning performance for his side. Alongside the skipper, we expect Newman Nyamhuri to be a threat with the ball.
Zimbabwe U-19’s lost one and won one of two matches against Ireland U-19s earlier this year.
After a few years in the cricketing wilderness, Zimbabwe are back consistently competing at all levels in international cricket. However, we expect them to lose this opening game against a talented and disciplined Sri Lanka U-19s.
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