SL vs ENG Dream11 Team Prediction: Riding on sensational performances by the spinners, England won the first Test against Sri Lanka and now they will be eager to make it a clean sweep as they play the second Test on 22 January. Sri Lanka were outplayed in the first innings of the first Test but showed character to comeback well in the second innings. And now they will hope to continue the good show to prevent a series defeat. So, let’s look at the SL vs ENG prediction.
Fixture: Sri Lanka vs England; Australia vs India Test series
When: 22 January, 10:00 AM IST
Venue: Galle International stadium
Head to Head:
Total games: 34
SL: -8
ENG: – 15
Drawn: 11
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SL vs ENG Playing 11
SL Team News: O Fernando will replace K Mendis while S Lakmal will be playing this game.
Playing combination: L Thirimanne and O Fernando will open the innings. Dinesh Chandimal, A Mathews, and N Dickwella will form the middle order. L Embuldeniyaan and D Perera will spearhead the bowling department.
SL Playing 11:
Kusal Perera, Lahiru Thirimanne, Oshada Fernando, Dinesh Chandimal (captain), Angelo Mathews, Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Ramesh Mendis, Dilruwan Perera, Suranga Lakmal, Lasith Embuldeniya, Asitha Fernando
ENG Team News:
Injuries, unavailability: England has announced their playing eleven. J Anderson is in while S Broad is rested
Playing combination: Z Crawley and D Sibley will open the innings. J Bairstow did well at number 3. So he will continue to bat at 3 with J Root at 5, followed by D Lawerence at 6. D Bess and J Leach will handle the spin department with J Anderson and M Wood handling the pace bowling department.
ENG Playing 11:
Dom Sibley, Zak Crawley, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root (captain), Dan Lawrence, Jos Buttler (wk), Sam Curran, Dom Bess, Mark Wood, Jack Leach, James Anderson
In SL vs ENG Dream 11 prediction, Sri Lanka will bank on D Chandimal and A Mathews to get the runs while Lasith Embuldeniya is their key wicket-taker. England’s batting will revolve around Joe Root and the spin duo of Leach and Bess will be expected to take wickets.
SL vs ENG Dream11 Prediction:
Wicket-keepers: N Dickwella
Batsmen: D Chandimal, D Lawerence, J Root, J Bairstow
All-rounder: W Hasaranga
Bowlers: L Embuldeniya, S Lakmal, D Perera, D Bess, J Leach
Captain and vice-captain:
J Root showcased his class by slamming 228 runs in the first innings of the last Test. He is a quality batter and averages 48.80 in Tests with 8000 plus runs. So expect him to add more runs to his tally.
D Bess was the most successful bowler in the last Test with 8 wickets. He claimed a five-wicket haul in the first innings.
L Thirimanne made a hundred in the second innings of the first Test. He made 111 runs and looked in great form.
L Embuldeniya claimed 3 wickets in the first innings and 2 wickets in the second innings of the first Test. He troubled the England batsmen frequently and can be expected to do the same in this Test.
Sri Lanka batted well in the second innings and that intent will give them a lot of confidence. So in the SL vs ENG Dream11 today match prediction, expect SL to win the game.