Match Details
- Date: June 12, 2024
- Time: 5:00 AM IST
- Venue: Central Broward Regional Park Stadium, Lauderhill
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Preview
Sri Lanka will take on Nepal in the Group D match of the T20 World Cup 2024 at the Central Broward Regional Park Stadium in Lauderhill. Following their two consecutive defeats to start off the tournament, Sri Lanka have found themselves in a tough spot, needing to win their remaining two matches to have a shot at being in the Super 8 stage. Meanwhile, Nepal are coming off a defeat at the hands of the Netherlands, but they did give a good account of themselves with the ball in this T20 World Cup match.
Pitch Report
The pitches at the Central Broward Regional Park Stadium in Lauderhill are known to be very good for batting in T20I format, but it can get slower with regular cricket, allowing the bowlers to have their say as well. With that, the average first innings of 166 at this venue could prove to be just about a par score when Sri Lanka and Nepal play against each other in their T20 World Cup 2024 match.
Team Analysis
Sri Lanka
Apart from a Pathum Nissanka innings against Bangladesh, the rest of the batting lineup for Sri Lanka has performed quite poorly in their first two matches of the T20 World Cup 2024, which included a fixture against Netherlands as well. Nuwan Thushara and Wanindu Hasaranga have been the pick of the bowlers for Sri Lanka, taking a bunch of wickets to ensure that the team competed well despite posting low totals.
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
Nepal
The captain of Nepal, Rohit Paudel, was easily the best performer with the bat for Nepal in their T20 World Cup 2024 opener, making sure that the team reached a three-figure score against the Netherlands. Sompal Kami and Dipendra Singh Airee were the two of the best bowlers for Nepal in defending a low total, although they couldn’t help the team get across the finishing line.
Nepal squad for T20 World Cup 2024
Rohit Paudel (c), Aasif Sheikh, Anil Kumar Sah, Kushal Bhurtel, Kushal Malla, Dipendra Singh Airee, Lalit Rajbanshi, Karan KC, Gulshan Jha, Sompal Kami, Pratis GC, Sundeep Jora, Abinash Bohara, Sagar Dhakal, Kamal Singh Airee
Match Prediction
Conclusion
Sri Lanka have been far from their best level in the T20 World Cup 2024 thus far, but they still have a lot of quality players to overpower a young Nepalese side in their upcoming match.
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