Dallas: Sri Lanka and Bangladesh will want to strengthen their claim to enter the Super Eight by winning the crucial match of the ‘Group of Death’ of the T20 World Cup on Saturday. Group D has three full-time members South Africa, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, besides the teams of Netherlands and Nepal, who are experts in causing upsets. In this, victory and margin of victory will matter a lot in the end.
Sri Lanka was defeated by South Africa in the first match and this time the batsmen will learn from their mistakes. In the first match, the Sri Lankan team was all out for 77 runs while the bowlers still performed well.
Bangladesh has struggled to find form in T20 cricket this year, losing series to Sri Lanka and the US and a warm-up match to India.
Teams:
Sri Lanka: Wanindu Hasaranga (captain), Charith Asalanka, Kusal Mendis, Pathum Nissanka, Kanimdu Mendis, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Angelo Mathews, Dasun Shanaka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Mahesh Theekshana, Dunith Wellage, Dushmantha Chameera, Nuwan Thushara, Mathesha Pathirana, Dilshan Madushanka. Reserves: Asitha Fernando, Vijayakanth Vyasakantha, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Janith Liyanage.
Bangladesh: Nazmul Hossain Shanto (captain), Taskin Ahmed, Liton Das, Soumya Sarkar, Tanjid Hasan Tamim, Shakib Al Hasan, Tauheed Hridoy, Mahmudullah Riyad, Zaker Ali Anik, Tanvir Islam, Shak Mahedi Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam, Tanzim Hasan Sakib. Reserves: Afif Hossain, Hasan Mahmud.
Match Time : From six in the morning.