Sri Lanka Vs Afghanistan, 3rd T20I dream11 prediction today match

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Match : Sri Lanka Vs Afghanistan, 3rd T20I

Venue : Rangiri Dambulla International Cricket Stadium, Dambulla

Date & Time : 21st February, Wednesday at 7:00 PM IST

H2H Record :

Total matches - 07
SL won - 05
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 Wednesday 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 (SL) will be up against Afghanistan (AFG) in the 3rd T20I of the Afghanistan tour of Sri Lanka at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium in Dambulla on February 21. After clean-sweeping Afghanistan in the ODI series 3-0, Sri Lanka have won the T20I series as well having won both the games so far and would be eyeing another clean sweep here.

In the last game at the same venue, Afghanistan had won the toss and elected to field. Sri Lanka started the innings with a bang as the openers tried to make the most of the batting powerplay. They lost two wickets in quick succession but Samarawickrama got to bat at four and solidified the innings. Hasaranga and Mathews provided the finish they needed to end the innings on a high. They finished with a score of 187 runs on the board.

Against a good bowling attack and having failed to chase a decent total in the last game, Afghanistan had a huge task ahead of them. They needed to start well for the same but were unfortunate to have lost both the openers early. They lost their five wickets at the score of 31 and looked in deep trouble. Mohammad Nabi and Karim Janat did play handy knocks but could not save their team from a loss by 72 runs as they were bowled out for 115 within 17 overs.

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 1297 runs in 51 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, but scored aggressive 23 runs in the last game. 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 in first game. Playing 55 deliveries, he scored 67 runs and remained unbeaten as well. Overall he's scored 776 runs, Avg - 28.74 in 32 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 915 runs in 41 T20Is at an average of 24.73. 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 3rd 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 was completed the 100-wicket mark in the T20Is in last game. 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 was showcased his all-round skills in last game scored 27 runs and took 2 wickets. 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 first 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 in first match. Good pick.

Details Analysis

Cheat sheet

Sri Lanka T20I

Wk :

Kusal Mendis -

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open,
23(14), 10(8), 33(27), 4(5), 17(15), 22(23), 49(45), 7(10),

Sadeera Samarwickrama -

2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, Open, 1dwn,
51(42), 25(24), 16(12), 9(7), 36(30), 13(15), 31(26), 1(3),

Batter :

Pathum Nissanka -

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open,
25(11), 6(4), 39(23), 1(7), 2(3), 2(4), 51(38), 12(8),

Charith Asalanka -

4dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, Open, 2dwn, 1dwn, Open
4(8), 3(7), 69(39), 16(22), 1(6), 2(7), 12(15), 5(9)

Dasun Shanaka -

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

3dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn, 2dwn, 5dwn, 3dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn
22(9), 67(32), 8(7), 1(3), 12(7), 26(22), 6(4), 14(8),
2/19(4), 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, 5dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 5dwn, 3dwn,
42(22)*, 6(6), 66(51)*, 46(38), 17(16), 0(3), 9(7), 15(8),
2/9(2), 1/16(2), 0/35(2), 0/13(2), DNB, DNB, DNB, DNB,

Dhananjaya de Silva - Off break

1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn,
14(14), 24(17), 15(15)*, 40(29), 2(2)*, 10(16), 11(9), 6(7)*,
DNB, 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

1/30(4), 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

2/22(3), 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

2/18(2), 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 -

1dwn, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open
13(8), 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, Open, 1dwn,
10(7), 67(55)*, 11(16), 12(16), 50(41), 8(10), 25(22), 23(30)

Hazratullah Zazai -

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open
1(2), 36(32), 36(27), 13(16), 7(8), 0(2),

Najibullah-Zadran -

6dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn,
9(15), 0(1), 4(2), 11(16), 18(19), 32(19)*, 24(22), 61(30)*,

All-rounder :

Mohammad Nabi - Off break

4dwn, 3dwn, 4dwn, 5dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn,
27(17), 9(8), 29(16)*, 7(9), 13(7), 1(2), 50(30),
2/25(4), DNB, 0/18(3), 3/17(3), 1/19(4), 1/10(2), 0/7(1),

Azmatullah Omarzai - Right Arm Medium Fast

3dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 6dwn,
0(1), 2(5), 3(7), 22(14), 36(20)*, 32(15), 4(3), 47(35)*
2/40(4), 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

2dwn, 1dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn,
4(8), 16(17), 13(18), 12(18), 3(6), 55(23)*, 57(35),
DNB, DNB, 0/11(1), 0/25(3), 0/17(2), DNB, DNB,

Karim Janat - Right Arm Medium

5dwn, 5dwn, 5dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 5dwn, 5dwn,
28(23), 20(16), 1(4), 17(13), 2(2), 20(10), 9(5)*,
0/20(2), 1/23(3), DNB, 0/9(1), 0/54(3), 2/13(2), DNB,

Bowler :

Naveen-ul-Haq - Right Arm Medium Fast

1/46(4), 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

1/31(4), 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

0/20(2), 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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