Sri Lanka Vs Afghanistan, 1st T20I dream11 prediction today match

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Match : Sri Lanka Vs Afghanistan, 1st T20I

Venue : Rangiri Dambulla International Cricket Stadium, Dambulla

Date & Time : 17th February, Saturday at 7:00 PM IST

H2H Record :

Total matches - 05
SL won - 03
AFG won - 02
NR - 00,

Pitch Report :

The pitch at the Ranigiri Dambulla International Stadium is mainly helpful to batters in nature. Spinners are expected to be more effective here with good turn and bounce on offer by the pitch. Spinners and slow bowlers will enjoy bowling here while batting first will be right choice at this venue. The team batting first at this venue has won 50% of its matches, so the toss does not make much of a difference here. The team winning the toss may decide to bat or bowl depending on the ground conditions.

The average first innings score is here 168 runs.

Weather Report :

The temperature is expected to hover around 25°C on the Saturday with 90% humidity and 16 km/hr wind speed. There are no chances of rain during the game.

Probable XI :

Sri Lanka :

Kusal Mendis, Kusal Perera, Charith Asalanka, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Angelo Mathews, Dhanjaya de Silva, Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Patirana, Nuwan Thusara, Dilshan Madhushanka.

Afghanistan :

Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Najibullah Zadran, Azmatullah Omarzai, Hazratullah Zazai, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Noor Ahmad, Naveen-ul-Haq.

Preview :

Sri Lanka (SL) will be up against Afghanistan (AFG) in the 1st T20I of the Afghanistan tour of Sri Lanka at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium in Dambulla on February 17. Both these teams have struggled in this format recently as they both have lost three matches a piece in the last five T20I games.

Sri Lanka played against Zimbabwe in their last game, where Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field. Zimbabwe had a forgettable match with the bat as their top-order batters got starts but failed to convert. They had a collapse as Wanindu Hasaranga took four scalps and Zimbabwe was reduced to just 82 runs. Sri Lanka, in return, was simply sensational right from the start. They easily cruised to the win by nine wickets with more than nine overs to spare. Sri Lanka completely dominated the game.

Afghanistan squared off against India in their last encounter, where India won the toss and elected to bat. India had a decent start but was soon in trouble as they lost four of their batters within no time. Skipper Rohit and Rinku joined hands for the fourth wicket and they absolutely batted Sri Lanka out of the game as they had an unbeatable stand of 190 runs and posted a huge total of 212. Afghanistan started brilliantly in reply as all their top-order batters scored fifties each. Nabi’s experience took the match to the Super Over where it was tied again and another Super Over was played where India finally nailed the win.

Team Guide

Makes various team combinations with the help of these information.

Rahmanullah Gurbaz :

Rahmanullah Gurbaz is the star wicket keeper batter has been playing sensational innings for his team. He has smashed 1271 runs in 42 matches and has been keeping the wickets as well. Good pick.

Kusal Mendis :

Kusal Mendis has a blend of class and aggression in his batting. He had a quiet T20I series against Zimbabwe, making 54 runs in 3 matches with the highest score of 33. Must have pick.

Pathum Nissanka :

Pathum Nissanka was in brilliant form in the ODI series. He put up a highest score of 210 which is now the highest score ever by any Sri Lankan player in ODIs. He smashed another century in the 3rd ODI as well. Default c/vc pick.

Charith Asalanka :

Charith Asalanka is the man of crisis for Sri Lanka who's scored 111 runs in 3 ODIs and he is a good batter in the white-ball format. He has accumulated 908 runs in 39 T20Is at an average of 25.94. Punt pick.

Azmatullah Omarzai :

Azmatullah Omarzai is the top all-rounder from the Afghanistan team. In 3 ODIs, Omarzai scored 206 runs and picked 3 wickets. We are expecting another thrilling performance from him in the 1st T20. Another safest c/vc pick.

Wanindu Hasaranga :

Wanindu Hasaranga is the star Sri Lankan allrounder who's looks in good form now after coming back from an injury treatment. He is 2 wickets away from completing the 100-wicket mark in the T20Is. He had a good stint for Desert Vipers in the ILT20, picking up 12 wickets and scoring 133 runs. The Sri Lankan T20 captain, scalped 7 wickets in the T20I series against Zimbabwe last month. Popular c/vc pick.

Mohammad Nabi :

Mohammad Nabi is the most experienced player of the lot, Nabi has been contributing to the wins for Afghanistan with the bat as well as the ball. He can be another fine choice for leadership roles. Must have pick.

Matheesha Pathirana :

Matheesha Pathirana will mainly operate in the middle and death overs as he executes the yorkers well. He is coming into the series with 9 scalps for Desert Vipers in the ILT20. Must have pick.

Qais Ahmed :

Qais Ahmed will get chance in the playing 11 after picking 3 wickets in 2 ODIs. We are backing him to pick more wickets in the short format. Punt pick.

Noor Ahmed :

Noor failed to show his magic in the ODI series and managed to pick just 1 wicket in 2 matches but we are expecting him to do well on this spin track. Hit or miss type player.

Details Analysis

Cheat sheet

Sri Lanka T20I

Wk :

Kusal Mendis -

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open,
33(27), 4(5), 17(15), 22(23), 49(45), 7(10),

Sadeera Samarwickrama -

2dwn, 2dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, Open, 1dwn,
16(12), 9(7), 36(30), 13(15), 31(26), 1(3),

Batter :

Pathum Nissanka -

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open,
39(23), 1(7), 2(3), 2(4), 51(38), 12(8),

Charith Asalanka -

3dwn, 3dwn, Open, 2dwn, 1dwn, Open
69(39), 16(22), 1(6), 2(7), 12(15), 5(9)

Dasun Shanaka -

5dwn, 5dwn, 4dwn, 5dwn, 4dwn, DNB,
0(1)*, 11(13), 10(11), 24(26)*, 6(13), DNB,
DNB, DNB, DNB, DNB, 0/24(2), 0/15(2),

Kusal Perera -

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open
22(17), 11(6), 34(25), 65(46), 47(27), 0(2),

All-rounder :

Wanindu Hasaranga - Leg break

3dwn, 2dwn, 5dwn, 3dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn
8(7), 1(3), 12(7), 26(22), 6(4), 14(8),
1/30(4), 2/15(4), 2/25(4), 1/19(4), 3/30(4), 2/13(4),

Angelo Mathews - Right Arm Medium

4dwn, 4dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 5dwn, 3dwn,
66(51)*, 46(38), 17(16), 0(3), 9(7), 15(8),
0/35(2), 0/13(2), DNB, DNB, DNB, DNB,

Dhananjaya de Silva - Off break

1dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn,
15(15)*, 40(29), 2(2)*, 10(16), 11(9), 6(7)*,
1/1(1), 0/16(3), 1/29(4), 4/6(2), 0/24(2), 1/14(2),

Kamindu Mendis - Left Arm orthodox

DNB, Open, 3dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn,
DNB, 44(37), 17(13), 18(28), 3(9), 15(10),
DNB, 0/16(2), DNB, DNB, 0/16(1), 0/11(1),

Bowler :

Maheesh Theekshana - Off break

0/30(4), 0/21(4), 0/26(4), 4/20(4), 0/33(4), 1/31(4),

Dilshan Madushanka - Left Arm Fast Medium

0/29(3), 0/49(4), 0/43(4), 1/28(4), 2/32(4), 2/23(4)

Matheesha Pathirana - Right Arm Fast

3/28(4), 1/28(4), 1/32(3), 2/38(4), 0/30(4), 2/32(4),

Nuwan Thushara - Right Arm Medium Fast

1/40(4), 3/37(4), 0/18(1), 2/32(4), 2/27(4), 4/40(4),

Binura Fernando - Left Arm Medium Fast

2/31(4), 1/33(4), 2/18(4), 1/14(4), 1/8(4), 0/21(3),

Akila Dhananjaya - Off break

0/35(3), 0/45(3), 1/21(4), 0/19(3), 1/39(4), 0/18(1),

Afghanistan

Wk :

Rahmanullah Gurbaz -

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open
15(14), 0(3), 4(3), 9(9), 1(5), 21(7),

Mohammad Ishaq -

4dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn,
0(2), 6(13), 13(13), 0(0)*, 8(5)*, 3(6),

Batter :

Ibrahim Zadran -

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, 1dwn,
11(16), 12(16), 50(41), 8(10), 25(22), 23(30)

Hazratullah Zazai -

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open
36(32), 36(27), 13(16), 7(8), 0(2),

Najibullah-Zadran -

3dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn,
4(2), 11(16), 18(19), 32(19)*, 24(22), 61(30)*,

All-rounder :

Mohammad Nabi - Off break

4dwn, 5dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn,
29(16)*, 7(9), 13(7), 1(2), 50(30),
0/18(3), 3/17(3), 1/19(4), 1/10(2), 0/7(1),

Azmatullah Omarzai - Right Arm Medium Fast

2dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 6dwn,
3(7), 22(14), 36(20)*, 32(15), 4(3), 47(35)*
0/19(3), 1/17(3), 2/31(4), 2/14(3), 0/41(4), 0/10(2),

Gulbadin Naib - Right Arm Medium Fast

3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn,
13(18), 12(18), 3(6), 55(23)*, 57(35),
0/11(1), 0/25(3), 0/17(2), DNB, DNB,

Karim Janat - Right Arm Medium

5dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 5dwn, 5dwn,
1(4), 17(13), 2(2), 20(10), 9(5)*,
DNB, 0/9(1), 0/54(3), 2/13(2), DNB,

Bowler :

Naveen-ul-Haq - Right Arm Medium Fast

0/39(4), 2/27(4), 1/31(4), 0/44(4), 1/20(3), 1/6(1),

FazalHaq Farooqi - Left Arm Medium Fast

4/31(4), 1/22(4), 2/23(4), 3/35(4), 1/19(2), 1/28(3),

Noor Ahmad - Left Arm Chinaman

2/16(4), 1/23(4), 5/11(4), 1/25(4), 3/22(4), 0/39(4),

Fareed Ahmed Malik - Left Arm Medium Fast

3/20(4), 3/15(3), 0/18(4), 1/17(2), 1/28(2), 0/15(3)

Qais Ahmad - Leg break

0/18(2), 0/38(3), 0/28(4), 3/24(4), 2/15(3), 1/28(2),

Wafadar Momand - Right Arm Medium

2/33(4), 3/26(4), 2/24(4), 1/32(3), 1/29(4), 1/26(4),

Sharafuddin Ashraf - Left Arm orthodox

0/21(4), 0/17(3), 1/20(2), 1/24(3), 0/34(3), 1/33(4),

Cheat Sheet

Team