The Sri Lanka and Australia will meet for the final match of Australia tour of Sri Lanka 2016. These both teams will lock their horns for last t20 match on September 9, 2016, at R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo.
WHERE TO WATCH
Ten Sports
TIMING
7:00 PM
SRI LANKA TEAM PREVIEW
The Sri Lanka looked just the shadow of their Test team as they were outplayed in the ODI series and then, in the first ODI they were completely shattered by the brilliant century of Glen Maxwell.
And now, Dinesh Chandimal led will look to end this series on a high by winning this match. Meanwhile, it will also be the last international match for veteran Tillakaratne Dilshan and his team will definitely look to give him the deserved farewell.
The Sri Lanka team need to settle their bowlers to tackle the dangerous Australia batting . The Sri Lanka bowlers need to re-group and come with a proper planning against the Australia batsman.
Meanwhile, the batting of Sri Lanka has the firepower to succeed against Australia. Chandimal will have to lead his team also with the bat. He along with Kusal Perera, Kusal Mendia will the key for their team. Also, Dilshan who will be playing his last international match will look to give the glimpse of his long career by playing the last instalment of his career and fans would love to see Dilshan playing his shot “Dilscoop.”
It is believed that all-rounder Milinda Siriwardana will replace Chamara Kapugedera for this match. This Sri Lanka has potential to come against Australia but they have to play exceptional cricket to win.
SRI LANKA SQUAD
Kusal Perera(w), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Dhananjaya de Silva, Dinesh Chandimal(c), Kusal Mendis, Thisara Perera, Chamara Kapugedera, Sachith Pathirana, Sachithra Senanayake, Suranga Lakmal, Kasun Rajitha, Dasun Shanaka, Seekkuge Prasanna, Milinda Siriwardana.
AUSTRALIA TEAM PREVIEW
The Men in gold has dominated the shorter version of Cricket after their disappointing performance in Test series. Dravid Warner has led this team brilliantly and even in first t20 match he smashed quickfire 22 runs to give a platform to Maxwell to play freely.
The first t20 was just the show of Maxwell where he became the third Australian to score a century in t20 international cricket. Maxwell would look to repeat his inning by smashing the Sri Lankan bowlers all corners of the park.
The Australia middle order has the mix of firepower and settled player in form of Khawaja, Bailey and Head. The 22-year-old Travis Head has impressed everyone with his performance both in ODI series and t20 series.
MEnahwile, Mitchell Starc will be the spreadhead for Australia alongside, Scott Boland and James Faulker. Adam Zampa will play as the lone spinner in the team and even Maxwell will spin his wrist for the couple of overs.
Australia has enough firepower to succeed at this level. David Warner will lead this team with a single motive of winning this match in handling the whitewash to Sri Lanka in t20 series.
AUSTRALIA SQUAD
Glenn Maxwell, David Warner(c), Usman Khawaja, Travis Head, George Bailey, Moises Henriques, Peter Nevill(w), James Faulkner, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Scott Boland, Matthew Wade, John Hastings.
PREDICTION
Australia is favourite to win this match.
