Sri Lanka Vs Afghanistan, 2nd T20I dream11 prediction today match

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Match : Sri Lanka Vs Afghanistan, 2nd T20I

Venue : Rangiri Dambulla International Cricket Stadium, Dambulla

Date & Time : 19th February, Monday at 7:00 PM IST

H2H Record :

Total matches - 06
SL won - 04
AFG won - 02
NR - 00,

Pitch Report :

The pitch at the Rangiri 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 Monday with 90% humidity and 16 km/hr wind speed. There are no chances of rain during the game.

Probable XI :

Sri Lanka :

Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis (wk), Dhananjaya de Silva, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Wanindu Hasaranga (c), Angelo Mathews, Dasun Shanaka, Maheesh Theekshana, Binura Fernando, Matheesha Pathirana.

Afghanistan :

Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran (c), Gulbadin Naib, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Najibullah Zadran, Karim Janat, Naveen ul Haq, Noor Ahmed, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Fareed Ahmad Malik.

Preview :

Sri Lanka will be up against Afghanistan in the 2nd T20I of the Afghanistan tour of Sri Lanka at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium in Dambulla on February 19. After clean-sweeping Afghanistan in the ODI series 3-0, Sri Lanka has started the T20I series with a bang as well. They have won the first game and lead the three-match series.

Playing against each other in the last game at the same venue, Afghanistan had won the toss and elected to field. Sri Lanka Lanka lost the opener Nissanka in the first over itself but had a decent second-wicket partnership to keep them in the game. The highlight of the innings was the skipper’s knock of 67 off just 32 balls and the fifth wicket stand which lasted for 72 runs. Farooqui scalped three while Naveen and Omarzai took two each as they bowled the Lankans on an average total of 160.

Afghanistan had a decent chase ahead of them and they started aggressively for it. Gurbaz, who had looked good so far, was lost at the score of 25. The second wicket stand between Ibrahim and Naib was a good one where they amassed 43 runs at a good rate. However, they struggled after that as they were not able to have good partnerships. Skipper Ibrahim Zadran stood his ground from one end but kept losing partners from the other end and in a very interesting turn of events Afghanistan lost the game in a close call of four runs.

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 1284 runs in 50 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.

Ibrahim Zadran :

Ibrahim Zadran is the lone warrior from the Afghan side, Zadran did a great job with the bat. Playing 55 deliveries, he scored 67 runs and remained unbeaten as well. Overall he's scored 766 runs, Avg - 29.46 in 31 matches so far. Must have 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 911 runs in 40 T20Is at an average of 25.31. 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 2nd 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 just a wicket 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. Hasaranga played a captain's knock as he was the highest run-scorer for his team. He came back to do a great job with the ball too. 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. Pathirana bowled exceptionally well in the last match where he scalped away four in his quota of four overs. 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.

Fazalhaq Farooqi :

Fazalhaq Farooqi is the leading Afghanistan's pacer. As expected from the speedster, he made the most of the form he was in. He took away three wickets in his quota of four overs giving away just 25 runs. Good pick.

Details Analysis

Cheat sheet

Sri Lanka T20I

Wk :

Kusal Mendis -

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open,
10(8), 33(27), 4(5), 17(15), 22(23), 49(45), 7(10),

Sadeera Samarwickrama -

2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, Open, 1dwn,
25(24), 16(12), 9(7), 36(30), 13(15), 31(26), 1(3),

Batter :

Pathum Nissanka -

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open,
6(4), 39(23), 1(7), 2(3), 2(4), 51(38), 12(8),

Charith Asalanka -

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

Dasun Shanaka -

6dwn, 5dwn, 5dwn, 4dwn, 5dwn, 4dwn, DNB,
6(4), 0(1)*, 11(13), 10(11), 24(26)*, 6(13), DNB,
2/17(2), 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

4dwn, 3dwn, 2dwn, 5dwn, 3dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn
67(32), 8(7), 1(3), 12(7), 26(22), 6(4), 14(8),
1/20(4), 1/30(4), 2/15(4), 2/25(4), 1/19(4), 3/30(4), 2/13(4),

Angelo Mathews - Right Arm Medium

5dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 5dwn, 3dwn,
6(6), 66(51)*, 46(38), 17(16), 0(3), 9(7), 15(8),
1/16(2), 0/35(2), 0/13(2), DNB, DNB, DNB, DNB,

Dhananjaya de Silva - Off break

1dwn, 1dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn,
24(17), 15(15)*, 40(29), 2(2)*, 10(16), 11(9), 6(7)*,
DNB, 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

1/31(4), 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

4/24(4), 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

0/44(4), 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, Open
13(6), 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, Open, 1dwn,
67(55)*, 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 -

4dwn, 3dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn,
0(1), 4(2), 11(16), 18(19), 32(19)*, 24(22), 61(30)*,

All-rounder :

Mohammad Nabi - Off break

3dwn, 4dwn, 5dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn,
9(8), 29(16)*, 7(9), 13(7), 1(2), 50(30),
DNB, 0/18(3), 3/17(3), 1/19(4), 1/10(2), 0/7(1),

Azmatullah Omarzai - Right Arm Medium Fast

2dwn, 2dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 6dwn,
2(5), 3(7), 22(14), 36(20)*, 32(15), 4(3), 47(35)*
2/30(4), 0/19(3), 1/17(3), 2/31(4), 2/14(3), 0/41(4), 0/10(2),

Gulbadin Naib - Right Arm Medium Fast

1dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn,
16(17), 13(18), 12(18), 3(6), 55(23)*, 57(35),
DNB, 0/11(1), 0/25(3), 0/17(2), DNB, DNB,

Karim Janat - Right Arm Medium

5dwn, 5dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 5dwn, 5dwn,
20(16), 1(4), 17(13), 2(2), 20(10), 9(5)*,
1/23(3), DNB, 0/9(1), 0/54(3), 2/13(2), DNB,

Bowler :

Naveen-ul-Haq - Right Arm Medium Fast

2/25(3), 0/39(4), 2/27(4), 1/31(4), 0/44(4), 1/20(3), 1/6(1),

FazalHaq Farooqi - Left Arm Medium Fast

3/25(4), 4/31(4), 1/22(4), 2/23(4), 3/35(4), 1/19(2), 1/28(3),

Noor Ahmad - Left Arm Chinaman

1/18(2), 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

0/36(3), 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

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