The fifth and final ODI between Australia and Sri Lanka will be played today i.e. 24th June, 22, at the R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, one of the oldest cricket grounds in Sri Lanka. So far, Australia and Sri Lanka have played four matches against each other in the five-match series, where Sri Lanka is leading the series by 3-1.
The game is scheduled to begin at 2:30 PM. It shall be telecast and streamed live on Sony Six and Sony LIV app.
After winning three matches Sri Lanka would want to dominate the series by winning the fifth and the last match of these series.
Now, it will be interesting to watch whether Sri Lanka will keep up with this momentum or lose this match.
Expected Playing XI
Sri Lanka – Niroshan Dickwella(wk), Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis, Dhananjaya de Silva, Charith Asalanka, Dasun Shanaka©, Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Dunith Wellalage, Jeffrey Vandersay, Maheesh Theekshana
Australia – Aaron Finch©, David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Marnus Labuschagne, Alex Carey(wk), Steven Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Cameron Green, Pat Cummins, Matthew Kuhnemann, Josh Hazlewood
Pitch Predictions
The pitch of R.Premadasa Stadium seems to support spinners in the first half of the game as seen in the last match where batters found it difficult to score the runs and thus the captain winning the toss would look to bat first.
In today’s match, spinners will play a vital role in the middle overs.
This pitch has a history of assisting the spinners with 127 ODIs being played at this pitch with teams batting first winning the match. To date, 73 matches have been won on this pitch.
Weather Prediction for 3rd T20I
The temperature is expected to be around 29 degrees Celcius with 87 % humidity and 13 km/hr wind speed. Precipitation is also on the cards with 14% chances.
IND vs SA Dream11 Team Prediction
Captain- Glenn Maxwell, David Warner
Vice-Captain- Dhananjaya de Silva, Pathum Nissanka
Suggested Dream11 Playing XI for IND vs SA
- Wicketkeeper: Kusal Mendis
- Batters: David Warner, Charith Asalanka, Aaron Finch
- All-rounders: Glenn Maxwell, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dhananjaya de Silva
- Bowlers: Jeffrey Vandersay, Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, Chamika Karunaratne
