The 1st T20 match of the Australia tour of Sri Lanka, 2022 is scheduled to play on Tuesday, 7th June 2022 at R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo.

Australia is starting the tour of Sri Lanka from June 7th, 2022 where they will play three T20s, 5 ODI matches, and two test matches. Australia has good records while playing against Sri Lanka even in the home venues of Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka is also facing some crisis in the country as protesters are on the roads against the government and we think that it will have some impact on this cricket event. Australia faced Sri Lanka back in February of this year in a T20 match.

Sri Lanka is an improved team these days, especially in T20 cricket. We don’t think that the environment in Sri Lanka is good for a cricket series. The players of Sri Lanka may also be under pressure due to this crisis. This first T20 match will clear the picture for the next matches. Dasun Shanaka is a regular leader of the T20 team of Sri Lanka and also will be leading the team in this home series against Australia. The batting order of Sri Lanka is good but not strong enough as Australia. Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis, and Nuwanidu Fernando will be leading the batting order of Sri Lanka with Danushka Gunathilaka and Lahiru Madushanka.

Sri Lanka had produced some best bowlers of T20 cricket and they had played in different T20 leagues like IPL, PSL, and Big Bash League. Chamika Karunaratne, Dushmantha Chameera, Kasun Rajitha, Nuwan Thushara, Matheesha Pathirana, Maheesh Theekshana, Praveen Jayawickrama, and Lakshan Sandakan will be leading the bowling department of Sri Lanka with Charith Asalanka, Wanindu Hasaranga, Ramesh Mendis. Bhanuka Rajapaksa is the wicket-keeper batsman of Sri Lanka. Bhanuka Rajapaksa had been good in the recent matches he had played and he is in good batting form.

Australia is a strong and well-established team in T20 cricket. They will have their full strength available for this series. Aaron Finch is going to lead Australia in this T20 series against Sri Lanka. He will also open the batting inning with Steven Smith or David Warner. They have world-class batting order in the team. Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, and Marcus Stoinis are available to handle the batting inning with David Warner, Steven Smith, and Aaron Finch. Matthew Wade and Josh Inglis are part of the squad of Australia as wicket-keeper batters.

Australia is a strong team when it comes to the bowling department. Josh Hazlewood, Kane Richardson, Mitchell Starc, and Mitchell Swepson are the key bowlers of Australia with Sean Abbott, Ashton Agar, and Jhye Richardson. Australia is overall a strong team when we compare it with Sri Lanka and this series is looking one-sided but we think that Sri Lanka will give us a tough time to Australia. You should remember that in the last T20 match that Australia played against Sri Lanka they lost.

Sri Lanka had played a total of 156 T20 matches where they won 69 while opposing teams had won 85 matches. Their two matches were ended with no result.

Australia had played 159 T20 matches so far. They had won 84 matches and had lost 72 matches. Their three matches were ended with no result.

Australia had played 22 matches against Sri Lanka where they had won 13 matches while Sri Lanka had won nine matches.

According to our match prediction, Australia is the favorite team to win this match. The reasons why Australia is a favorite team in this match, are mentioned below:

• Australia is overall a strong team when we compare it with Sri Lanka
• The batting order of Australia is very strong and experienced
• Australia also has a strong bowling department
• Sri Lanka has the advantages of home ground and crowd
• Australia has more depth in batting and bowling

Australia is overall a strong team and they have a lot of experience when it comes to the T20 format of cricket, so the winning chances of today’s match for Australia have been increased. The equation of winning chances of both teams for today’s match is mentioned as under.

Australia has a 60% chance to win this match
Sri Lanka has a 40% chance to win this match

The toss will play an important role in the decision of each match of this series. As per toss prediction, the team who will win the toss may elect to bat first.

The st match of Australia vs Sri Lanka will be played at R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo. The pitch at this stadium is good for batting but is one of the slower pitches in the Caribbean. Run-scoring is not going to be very easy and that could actually be a good thing for both teams. A total of 170 runs can be a par score

The weather forecast for Colombo on match day is not very good. Rain is predicted for most of the day and so it looks like we are going to struggle to get a game in.

Sri Lanka
Bhanuka Rajapaksa(w), Dasun Shanaka(c), Danushka Gunathilaka, Pathum Nissanka, Charith Asalanka, Kusal Mendis, Wanindu Hasaranga, Ramesh Mendis, Chamika Karunaratne, Dushmantha Chameera, Maheesh Theekshana.

Australia
Aaron Finch(c), Matthew Wade(w), David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Steven Smith, Marcus Stoinis, Ashton Agar, Mitchell Starc, Kane Richardson, Josh Hazlewood.

Captain: M Marsh
Vice-Captain: David Warner
N Dickwella,B Rajapaksa, P Nissanka, Glenn Maxwell, D Shanaka, W Hasaranga, Josh Hazelwood, Mitchell Starc, D Chameera

Date: Tuesday, 7th June 2022
Time: 01:30 PM GMT / 07:00 PM LOCAL / 07:00 PM IST

Stadium: R.Premadasa Stadium
Location: Colombo, Sri Lanka
Opened: 1986
Capacity: 35,000
Known as: Khettarama Stadium (until June 1994)
Ends: Khettarama End, Scoreboard End
Time Zone: UTC +05:30
Home to: Sri Lanka
Floodlights: Yes

Total matches: 42
Matches won batting first: 19
Matches won bowling first: 22
Average 1st Inns scores: 153
Average 2nd Inns scores: 135
Highest total recorded: 215/5 (19.4 Ov) by BAN vs SL
Lowest total recorded: 80/10 (17.2 Ov) by AFG vs ENG
Highest score chased: 215/5 (19.4 Ov) by BAN vs SL
Lowest score defended: 115/6 (20 Ov) by RSA vs SL

Pathum Nissanka, Charith Asalanka, Kusal Mendis, Bhanuka Rajapaksa(w), Dasun Shanaka(c), Wanindu Hasaranga, Ramesh Mendis, Chamika Karunaratne, Dushmantha Chameera, Maheesh Theekshana, Lahiru Madushanka, Kasun Rajitha, Lakshan Sandakan, Praveen Jayawickrama, Nuwanidu Fernando, Matheesha Pathirana, Nuwan Thushara, Danushka Gunathilaka.