T20 World Cup 2022 Round 1: Sri Lanka beneath stress to remain alive in competitors, to face UAE

T20 World Cup 2022: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Sri Lanka will face one another in a Group A conflict on Tuesday, October 18 at Simonds Stadium in Geelong.

New Delhi,UPDATED: Oct 17, 2022 22:21 IST

T20 WC 2022 Round 1: SL beneath stress to remain alive in completion, to face UAE. Courtesy: AP

By Sabyasachi Chowdhury: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Sri Lanka are all geared as much as face one another in a T20 World Cup 2022 Group A match on Tuesday, October 18 at Simonds Stadium in Geelong.

Sri Lanka, led by Dasun Shanaka, slumped to a 55-run defeat by the hands of Gerhard Erasmus-led Namibia on the identical venue in Geelong.

Their internet run fee of -2.750 is the worst amongst all of the eight groups in Round 1. A loss of their subsequent recreation would make it extraordinarily exhausting for them to advance to the Super 12 of the event.

The UAE, led by CP Rizwan, however, began with a three-wicket defeat to Scott Edwards’s Netherlands after an exciting contest in Geelong.

They must win the subsequent recreation to keep away from happening to the underside of the factors desk. It’s pertinent that UAE are but to beat Sri Lanka in T20Is.

Head to go

Matches – 1, Sri Lanka – 1, UAE – 0

Players to be careful for

Wanindu Hasaranga (Sri Lanka)

Wanindu Hasaranga has been distinctive for Sri Lanka and didn’t flatter to deceive of their first match as nicely. The leg-spinner picked up the wicket of opposition skipper Gerhard Erasmus and gave away solely 27 runs in his quota of 4 overs. However, the Lankans would have anticipated him to carry out a bit higher with the bat. The UAE can’t afford to let Hasaranga calm down.

Muhammad Waseem (UAE)

Muhammad Waseem performs at a strike fee in extra of 140 in T20Is and has been a prolific batter for the UAE. On Sunday, the right-hander scored 41, however took as many as 47 balls to get them, fairly uncharacteristic of him. He is mostly somebody who likes to take the assault to the opponents from the phrase go and Sri Lanka cannot afford to drop their guard whereas bowling to him.

Probable XIs

Sri Lanka

Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis (wk), Dhananjaya de Silva, Danushka Gunathilaka, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dasun Shanaka (c), Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Dushmantha Chameera, Pramod Madushan, Maheesh Theekshana

UAE

Muhammad Waseem, Chirag Suri, Vriitya Aravind (wk), Chundangapoyil Rizwan (c), Basil Hameed, Zawar Farid, Aayan Afzal Khan, Kashif Daud, Karthik Meiyappan, Junaid Siddique, Zahoor Khan