The second T20I between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka will take place at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium in Sylhet. This ground is known to help spinners very well, and we hope for a fascinating game to enthrall us.
Sri Lanka know they have the upper hand in this game and will try to reinforce that upon their opponents for as long as possible. It will be challenging for Bangladesh to rise to the challenges set by the Lankans, either with the ball or bat in hand.
Bangladesh will hope that the spinning tracks come to their aid rather than Sri Lanka’s, although the latter intend to play at least three spinners in their team. Bangladesh will feel that the pitch and the crowd should pull them towards a favourable result.
Predicted Squads
Bangladesh: Anamul Haque, Litton Das (wk), Najmul Hossain Shanto (c), Soumya Sarkar, Towhid Hridoy, Mahmudullah, Mahedi Hasan, Taijul Islam, Mustafizur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam.
Sri Lanka: Avishka Fernando, Kusal Perera, Kusal Mendis (wk), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Dasun Shanaka, Angelo Mathews, Dhananjaya de Silva, Wanindu Hasaranga (c), Maheesh Theekshana, Dilshan Madushanka.
Key Players
Towhid Hridoy (Bangladesh): Young Towhid Hridoy is one of the players to watch out for in the Bangladesh side in this game. He walks out to bat in the lower middle order and hits the ball a long way. Hridoy is a sensible batter because he can also rotate the strike when asked to.
Wanindu Hasaranga (Sri Lanka): Skipper Wanindu Hasaranga is the X-Factor Sri Lanka hold in this game. Hasaranga’s leg spin is known to be quite mysterious, and opposition batters hardly get to read it before playing their shots. It will be rather challenging for Bangladesh to read his spin well.
Match Prediction
Despite being the visiting side here, Sri Lanka are the overwhelming favourites to win this game. Bangladesh will try their best to ensure they do not capsize whenever put under the Lankan challenge, but it will not be easy for them by any means. Sri Lanka has far too many skilful players to not perform against Bangladesh’s players at this stage.
