Match Details
Date: June 8, 2024
Time: 6:00 AM IST
Venue: Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas
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Preview
Sri Lanka will take on against Bangladesh in the Group D match of the T20 World Cup 2024 at the Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas. In their first match, Sri Lanka suffered a heavy defeat against South Africa, which they must put behind, to give themselves the best chance to get back on track. On the other side, Bangladesh will be opening their T20 World Cup 2024 campaign with this match, and a good start will put them in great stead for the remainder of the tournament.
Pitch Report
The pitches at the Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas have produced contrasting games in the early stages of a T20 World Cup, a high-scoring extravaganza, followed by a low-scoring thriller. The average first score at this venue in T20I cricket is 150 after a couple of matches, which is something Sri Lanka and Bangladesh have to get up to, at the very least, to compete well in their upcoming contest.
Team Analysis
Sri Lanka
The batting lineup of Sri Lanka fell away against a rampant pace attack of South Africa on a spicy pitch, getting bundled out for just 77 runs in the T20 World Cup 2024 opener. The bowlers for Sri Lanka did trouble the opposition batting lineup in their defence of the low score, with the likes of Nuwan Thushara, Matheesha Pathirana, Dasun Shanaka, and the captain Wanindu Hasaranga delivering good spells, but it didn’t prove to be enough.
Sri Lanka squad for T20 World Cup 2024
Wanindu Hasaranga (c), Charith Asalanka, Kusal Mendis, Pathum Nissanka, Kamindu Mendis, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Angelo Mathews, Dasun Shanaka, Dhananjaya De Silva, Maheesh Theekshana, Dunith Wellalage, Dushmantha Chameera, Nuwan Thushara, Matheesha Pathirana, Dilshan Madushanka
Bangladesh
Bangladesh haven’t had the best of times in the build-up to the T20 World Cup 2024, losing to the USA in a bilateral T20I series, becoming the first full-time team to do so. With that, it will be vital for the senior players, including the captain Najmul Hossain Shanto, Litton Das, Shakib Al Hasan, Mahmudullah Riyad, and Mustafizur Rahman, to step up for Bangladesh, to give them any realistic chance of making the Super 8 stage of the T20 World Cup.
Bangladesh squad for T20 World Cup 2024
Najmul Hossain Shanto (c), Taskin Ahmed, Litton Das, Soumya Sarkar, Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Shakib Al Hasan, Towhid Hridoy, Mahmudullah Riyad, Jaker Ali Anik, Tanvir Islam, Shak Mahedi Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam, Tanzim Hasan Sakib
Match Prediction
Conclusion
Sri Lanka and Bangladesh have played a lot of cricket against each other in the recent past, knowing the strengths and weaknesses of each other inside out. But, as per their current form, Sri Lanka will be slight favourites to put one over Bangladesh in the T20 World Cup 2024.
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