India vs Sri Lanka

Match:- India vs Sri Lanka, 1st T20I Match,  Sri Lanka tour of India, 2023

Venue:- Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

Day&date:- Tuesday, January 03, 2023

Time:- 7:00 PM

India vs Sri Lanka, 1st T20I Match, Preview

Even Though It May Not Seem Logical To Schedule A T20 Bilateral Series At The Start Of A 50-over World Cup Year, One Can See The Reasoning Behind It: It May Be Driven More By Business Necessity Than Cricketing Effectiveness. Although It Is Debatable If The Ftp Could Have Been Designed More Effectively, A Regulator’s Earlier Obligations To Its Broadcasters Cannot Be Disregarded. It Is Impossible To Exaggerate The Significance Of Revenue Generating.

The Series Still Can’t Be Classified As Irrelevant Despite Its Commercial Obligations. The Indian Team Management Has A Lot To Research And Consider As A Result Of A New Captain And A Young, Experimental Side. The Three-match Series Against Sri Lanka And The One That Follows, Against New Zealand Later This Month, Can Serve As The Starting Point For Preparations For The Upcoming T20 World Cup, Which Is Slated For 2024.

Given That The Tournament Is More Than 18 Months Away, The Series May Also Help The Players Identify Their Roles, And The Captain And Coach Can See How Each Player Responds To Various Circumstances And Carries Out Their Assigned Tasks. It Can Also Put Hardik Pandya’s Captaincy, Which Was Recently Established But Was Hotly Contested Before, To The Test. In Other Words, The Team’s Collective Metabolism May Be Set By The Series.

The India-sri Lanka T20i Series, Which Begins On Monday, Is Theoretically An Imbalance Between The No. 1 And No. 8 Teams. India Has A Startling 11-2 Advantage At Home And A 15-4 Head-to-head Advantage In Bilateral Matches, Making Them The Clear Favourites Statistically As Well. Additionally, Sri Lanka Has Never Defeated India In A Bilateral T20i Series.

However, The Dasun Shanaka-led Team Just Won The Asia Cup After Defeating An Indian Team That Was Playing At Full Strength En Way To The Uae Final. Consider That Victory A Surprise; Nothing In This Format Can Be Taken For Granted, And The Sri Lankans Are Hoping To Acquire A Sense Of The Conditions They Will Face While Competing In The 50-over World Cup Later This Year.

India Teams Preview

When Hardik Pandya And His Young Team Face The Sri Lankans, He Will Try To Make A Strong Start To The Year. This Lineup Was Chosen With An Eye Toward The Future And Includes Talented Stroke Players Because 2022 Was A Mixed Year For Indian Cricket. Pandya Will Try To Take Advantage Of Sri Lankans’ Recent Struggles To Jump Up To An Early Lead In The Series.

Shubman Gill & Ishan Kishan, The Team’s New Opening Pair, Are Both Strong Stroke Players, Therefore The Team Will Be Hoping For A Strong Start From Them. Sanju Sampson & Hardik Pandya’s Middle Order Is Solid Thanks To Suryakumar Yadav’s Stellar 2022. For The Team To Succeed, Alliances Must Be Formed. The Team Would Also Like To See Runs From Deepak Hooda, Sxar Patel, And Washington Sundar Down In The Order.

In The Past Year, India’s Bowling Has Been Inconsistent. Given That Sri Lanka Possesses Talented Stroke Makers At The Top, The Team Will Require Strong Stretches From Arshdeep Singh & Washington Sundar With The New Ball. Along With Hooda, The Young Pace Wonder Umran Malik Must Bowl Well In The Middle Overs. Both Yuzvendra Chahal And Axar Patel Have Prior Experience, Which They Will Need To Apply To The Game’s Circumstances.

India Team Key Players

Suryakmuar Yadav – In It20s In 2022, The Batsman In The Top Of The Lineup Was The Top Run Scorer. Although He Will Serve As The Team’s Vice-captain, We Anticipate That He Will Play This Game Without Restrictions.

Hardik Pandya – The Captain Had A Standout Year Of White-ball Cricket And Has Established Himself As One Of India’s Important Performers On Both Sides. With The Bat And The Ball In This Game, He Will Be Essential.

Arshdeep Singh – The Youthful Left-arm Fast Bowler Has The Ability To Take Wickets Both Early In And Late In An Innings. In Particular, His Yorkers Are Remarkable.

Sri Lanka Team Preview

Shanaka’s Side, Indasun, Has Its Work Cut Out For It. They Must Perform Well In This Game Because They Haven’t Won A T20 Match On Indian Soil Since 2016. Sri Lankan Cricket Has Been Inconsistent Over The Past Five Years, Therefore In Order To Win Here, The Team Will Need To Perform Above Expectations.

Pathum Nissanka & Kusal Mendis Would Need To Get Off To A Solid Start For The Squad Because The Indians Will Go For Them Right Away. In The Middle Order, Sadeera Samarawickrama Must Perform Effectively And Score Runs Alongside Charith Asalanka & Shanaka. With Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Wanindu Hasaranga, & Chamika Karunaratne To Come, They Have Depth In Their Batting, And These Guys Must Contribute.

Maheesh Theekshana And Pramod Madushan Would Be Expected To Take Early Wickets For The Side, And The Bowling Attack Would Be Under Pressure. Hasaranga Is The Team’s Most Important Bowler, Hence He Needs To Perform Well In The Middle Overs. In Order To Win, Shanaka, Chamika Karunaratne, & Dilshan Madushanka Must Perform Effectively In The Middle Innings.

Sri Lanka Key Players

Pathum Nissanka – One Of Sri Lanka’s Most Crucial Performers In All Formats Is The 24-year-old Opener. The Game’s Opener, Who Scored 67 Runs In His Most Recent It20, Will Try To Carry Over His Strong International Play.

Wanindu Hasaranga –in This Series, The Bowling All-rounder Will Serve As Vice-captain. From 52 It20s, He Has Taken 71 Wickets.

Lahiru Kumara – Even Though He Has Only Participated In 25 It20s, He Has A Strong Track Record. In Each Of His Last Five International Appearances, He Has Taken Wickets.

India vs Sri Lanka T20 Playing 11 today

The Indian Team’s Starting Lineup For The First T20i Game Would Be Interesting To See. There Is Competition For Some Spots, While Some Players Automatically Receive A Spot. Although Ishan Kishan Is A Given As The Opener, It Will Be Interesting To Watch Who He Pairs Up With.

Team India Playing 11:

• Shubman Gill,
• Ishan Kishan,
• Suryakumar Yadav,
• Sanju Samson,
• Hardik Pandya,
• Deepak Hooda,
• Washington
• Sundar, Harshal Patel,
• Yuzvendra Chahal,
• Arshdeep Singh,
• Umran Malik.

Team Sri Lanka Playing 11:

• Kusal Mendis,
• Pathum Nissanka,
• Avishka Fernando,
• Charith Asalanka,
• Bhanuka Rajapaksa,
• Dasun Shanaka,
• Wanindu Hasaranga,
• Chamika Karunaratne,
• Maheesh Theekshana,
• Lahiru Kumara,
• Pramod Madushan.

 

India Vs Sri Lanka, 1st T20i Match, Pitch Report

The Wankhede Stadium’s Wicket Has Long Been A Batter’s Haven, And Bowlers Have Laboured Mightily To Deliver Their Deliveries There. On This Track, Hitting Second Is Fairly Simple, And As The Game Goes On And There Is More Dew Present, It Becomes Even Simpler. The Captain Who Wins The Toss Will Therefore Attempt To Bowl First.

India Vs Sri Lanka, 1st T20i Match, Weather Conditions

On January 3, The Skies Over Mumbai Will Be Clear, And We Anticipate A High-scoring Contest. Because Of How Readily Batters May Knock Past The Line On A Flat Wicket, Bowlers Don’t Have Much Room To Manoeuvre. A Target Of Roughly 180 Runs Would Be Set For The Team That Bats First.

India Vs Sri Lanka, 1st T20i Match, Winning Prediction

To Win This Game, Sri Lankan Players Must Give Everything They Have. The Side Has Suffered As A Result Of Their Top Order’s Inconsistency Over The Past Year. Given That The Indians Have A Potent Batting Lineup, The Bowling Attack Must Carry Out Its Strategies Effectively. Indians Compete At Home And Have Prevailed In The Previous 10 Meetings With Sri Lanka. They Will Become The Game’s Favourites As A Result.

India To Win This Match.

India Vs Sri Lanka, 1st T20i Match, Captain And Voice-captain Choices:

Captain – Ishan Kishan, Wanindu Hasaranga

Voice-captain – Arshdeep Singh, Avishka Fernando

India Vs Sri Lanka, 1st T20i Match, Dream11 Team:

Keepers – Kusal Mendis, Ishan Kishan (captain)

Batsmen – Suryakumar Yadav, Pathum Nissanka, Shubman Gill

All-rounders – Hardik Pandya, Wanindu Hasaranga (voice Captain)

Bowlers – Arshdeep Singh, Maheesh Theekshana, Umran Malik, Yuzvendra Chahal

India Vs Sri Lanka, 1st T20i Match, Betting Tips

As India’s Leading Run Scorer In This First Game Of The Series, Suryakumar Yadav, Who Has A 44.00 Format Average, Is Highly Worth Backing. Arshdeep Singh Has 33 Wickets From 21 Matches In This Format, Taking 4-37 In His Most Recent It20. Our Prediction For India’s Leading Wicket-taker Vs Sri Lanka Is Him.

Pathum Nissanka Is A Good Candidate To Be Sri Lanka’s Leading Run Scorer In This Match Because Of His Nine Half-centuries In Twenty20 Matches. We Choose Wanindu Hasaranga As Sri Lanka’s Leading Wicket-taker At The Wankhede Stadium Since He Finished The 2022 T20 World Cup With The Most Victories.

Choosing Suryakumar Yadav To Score More Than 27.5 Runs In This Game Is Advised.

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