SL vs SA | ODI Series | 10-03-2019 13:30

POST TOSS NEWS:

-> SL WIN THE TOSS AND WILL FIELD FIRST.

SA XI: Q de Kock, R Hendricks, F du Plessis, R van der Dussen, D Miller, D Pretorius, A Phehlukwayo, K Rabada, L Ngidi, I Tahir, T Shamsi

SL XI: N Dickwella, A Fernando, MDKJ Perera, O Fernando, K Mendis, K Mendis, NTLC Perera, A Dananjaya, K Rajitha, L Malinga, I Udana

SA Team News:

#Place of Mulder/Pretorious might be risky.
#Most probably, Pretorious will get chance because recently he played a brilliant knock in the South Africa Momentum ODD cup, he took 2 wickets also and scored a brilliant 99 also.
#Phehlukwayo will play the game.

SA Full Squad: 

Faf du Plessis(c), Rassie van der Dussen, Dwaine Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Quinton de Kock, Reeza Hendricks, Tabraiz Shamsi, Dale Steyn, Imran Tahir, David Miller, Andile Phehlukwayo, Wiaan Mulder, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje

SA Line-Up:

#Q De Kock and Reeza Hendricks are expected to open the inning. Both are very talented and attacking batsman. Reeza Hendricks is looking in terrific form from the last series while Q De Kock generally plays well and is a consistent performer of the team.

#Another talented batsman RV Dussen will bat at 1 down. Like Reeza Hendricks he is also in very good form in both international and domestic arena.

#Ever reliable Faf Duplessis will bat at 2 down. He is a consistent performer of the team and generally plays well.

#D Miller will bat next.He is a very attacking batsman. He was in good form in the domestic tournament but he failed badly against Pakistan. This is a very crucial series for him.

#A Phehlukvayo/Pretorious/Mulder will bat next. Mulder and Pretorious are not able to take wickets, so if Phehlukwayo is fit then he will be back in the side without any other thought.

#Anyone of D Pretorius /W Mulder will play. Both are decent batsman.
Imran Tahir will lead the spin attack of the team. He is a leg spinner and is a good bowler.

#Kagiso Rabada, L Ngidi, and D Steyn will lead the pace attack while W Mulder/D Pretorius and A Phehlukvayo will assist them. Rabada is rated as one of the best fast bowlers while Steyn is looking at his best again since last year.

Expected Playing XI: 

Quinton de Kock (wk),Reeza Hendricks, Rassie van der Dussen, Faf du Plessis , David Miller, Wiaan Mulder/D Pretorious, Andile Phehlukwayo(risky), Kagiso Rabada, Dale Steyn, Imran Tahir,

SL Team News:

#Malinga will captain the side.
#A Dhananjaya is back and will be bowling too.

SL Full Squad: 

Lasith Malinga(c), Oshada Fernando, Kamindu Mendis, Priyamal Perera, Isuru Udana, Avishka Fernando, Akila Dananjaya, Angelo Perera, Upul Tharanga, Niroshan Dickwella, Vishwa Fernando, Kasun Rajitha, Lakshan Sandakan, Kusal Perera, Kusal Mendis, Dhananjaya de Silva, Thisara Perera

SL Line-Ups:

#Niroshan Dickwella and any one of Upul Tharanga/Avishka Fernando(high) will open the inning. Dickwella is in good form and is an attacking batsman while Avishka Fernando was in terrific form in A tours and in practice game.

#Kusal Perera and Kusal Mendis are expected to bat at 1 and 2 down. Both are a technically strong batsman and are a very attacking batsman. Kusal Perera was in terrific form in test and has a good record in ODIs also while Mendis has an average record in ODIs.

#Oshada Fernando and Dhananjaya Desilva will bat next. Fernando scored half-century in warm-up match and started pretty well in the 1st ODI and played well in the 2nd match also.. de Silva is also a good batsman and is handy with the ball too.

#T Perera will do late hitting duty. He was in terrific form with the bat in the last series. He can get promoted any time of big hitting.

#Akila Dhananjay can bat also. He will lead the spin attack of the team, Akila is coming after a remodeled action so it will be interesting to see whether he will be effective or not.

#Lasith Malinga and Vishwa Fernando will lead the pace attack while T Perera and K Rajitha will assist them. V Fernando has performed the well test while L Malinga is their premier pace bowler. Malinga took 5 wicket haul in practice game.

Expected Playing XI: 

Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Upul Tharanga, Kusal Perera, Kusal Mendis, Oshada Fernando, Dhannjay DeSilva, Thisara Perera, Akila Dananjaya, Kasun Rajitha, Vishwa Fernando, Lasith Malinga