The 2nd T20 match of the Australia tour of Sri Lanka, 2022 is scheduled to play on Wednesday, 8th June 2022 at R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo.

Australia had a winning start to this tour of Sri Lanka and had won the opening T20 match with a handsome margin of ten wickets. We mentioned earlier that Australia will give us a tough time in Sri Lanka and this happened. On the other side, Sri Lanka could not have a good start to this home series but we are sure that they are the team that can bounce back strongly.

The batting order of Sri Lanka is strong and experienced but they totally collapsed in the first T20 match. They could manage to score 128 runs and their full team came back to the pavilion in 19.3 overs. Asalanka was the highest run-scorer with just 38 runs to his name. He faced 34 balls and smashed three boundaries and one huge six. Pathum Nissanka also performed well and scored 36 runs while Gunathilaka had 26 runs to his name. B Rajapaksa, Dasun Shanaka, and N Thushara were the bowlers who could not open the account on the scoreboard.

C Karunaratne, Chameera, M Theekshana, and Kusal Mendis could manage to score just one run each. The performance of the bowling department of Sri Lanka was also not better than the batting order. They leaked the target of 129 runs in just 14 overs without picking any wicket. Nuwan Thushara and Maheesh Theekshana are leading the bowling department of Sri Lanka with Dushmantha Chameera, Wanindu Hasaranga, and Chamika Karunaratne. No one from the above-mentioned bowlers could manage to pick any wicket. Will they give the best performance in this match? the time will tell us.

Australia performed in the opening match of this tour of Sri Lanka as per our expectations. They were just superb in almost each and every department of the game. Their bowling unit was impressive and leaked just 128 runs. Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood are leading the bowling department of Australia with Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Kane Richardson, and Ashton Agar. Josh Hazlewood was the most successful bowler in the previous match with four wickets to his name in four overs while he was charged for just 16 runs.

Mitchell Starc was the other bowler who was good with the ball. He picked three wickets in four overs and bowled out against 26 runs. Kane Richardson picked one wicket while Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, and Ashton Agar were the bowlers who could not manage to pick any wicket. The batting order of Australia was also outstanding in the first match. They chased the target of 129 runs in 14 overs without losing any wicket. David Warner and Aaron Finch opened the batting inning for Australia and remained not out till the chase of the target. David Warner was the highest run-scorer with 70 runs to his name on 44 balls with the help of nine boundaries. Aaron Finch also performed well and scored 61 runs. He faced 40 balls and smashed four boundaries and the same huge sixes.

Australia had played 160 T20 matches so far. They had won 85 matches and had lost 72 matches. Their three matches were ended with no result.

Australia had played 23 matches against Sri Lanka where they had won 14 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 had won the first match with a handsome margin
• The batting order of Australia is in good form
• Australia is overall a strong team when we compare it with Sri Lanka
• 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 58% chance to win this match
Sri Lanka has a 42% 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
Danushka Gunathilaka, Pathum Nissanka, Charith Asalanka, Kusal Mendis (wk), Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dasun Shanaka (c), Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Dushmantha Chameera, Maheesh Theekshana, Nuwan Thushara.

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

Captain: M Marsh
Vice-Captain: D Warner,
N Dickwella, B Rajapaksa, P Nissanka, G Maxwell, D Shanaka, W Hasaranga, J Hazelwood, M Starc, D Chameera

Date: Wednesday, 8th 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 2nd 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.