WI vs SL Today Match Prediction : West Indies will face off Sri Lanka in the second ODI match in Antigua tonight (12 March). West Indies lead 1-0 in the series after an impressive win in the first ODI and they will look to seal the series with yet another good performance. On the other side, Sri Lanka who didn’t put up a good show in first match will eye a come back to level the series.
Here we are going to discuss strengths and weakness of West Indies as well as of Sri Lanka and will also make our WI vs SL Today Match Prediction
Strengths :
West Indies’ strength is their batting unit of Shai Hope who scored a hundred in first match and Evin Lewis who scored a fifty and this inform pair will be key in setting a platform for a batting line up of Darren Bravo, Jason Mohammad and Nicholas Pooran and then in lower order Kieron Pollard, Jason Holder and Fabian Allen will play finisher’s role. In the bowling Jason Holder and Alzarri Joseph have been good with the new ball and for support then have Romario Shephered and in spin department Akeal Hossein, Fabian Allan and Jason Mohammad will be keys.
On the other side, Sri Lanka’s strength is their opening pair of Dhanushka Gunathikala and Dimuth Karunaratne who both scored fifties in the first game and then they have experienced Angelo Mathews and young Pathum Nisanka in middle order and in lower order youngster Ashen Bhandara was good on debut and in bowling spinner Wanindu Hasaranga, Lakshan Sandakan and pacer Dushmantha Chameera will be key bowlers.
Weaknesses :
West Indies’ weakness is the inconsistency of their batsmen as apart from Shai Hope none has scored big runs consistently and then their pace department don’t have experience except Holder and Joseph.
On the other hand, Sri Lanka’s weakness is their middle order as they crumble in middle overs and wicket keeper Chandimal has been very poor in this format and neither they have a good finisher who can score some quick runs.
Here we are going to discuss both West Indies and Sri Lanka’s playing combination and probable playing XIs who will be useful for making WI vs SL Dream11 Team
West Indies should remain unchanged while Sri Lanka can make some changes in their playing 11.
WI vs SL Prediction, Playing 11
West Indies :
Evin Lewis, Shai Hope, Darren Bravo, Jason Mohammad, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Kieron Pollard (c), Jason Holder, Fabian Allen, Alzarri Joseph, Romario Shephered, Akeal Hossein
Sri Lanka :
Dhanushka Gunathikala, Dimuth Karunaratne (c), Pathum Nissanka, Angelo Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal (wk), Ashen Bhandara, Kamindu Mendis, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dushmantha Chameera, Lakshan Sandakan, Nuwan Pradeep
WI vs SL Today Match Prediction :
Here we are going to discuss about a few players from both sides who can be very good picks for WI vs SL Dream 11 Prediction teams
Wanindu Hasaranga : He is Sri Lanka’s best limited overs player right. With his leg spin he puts batsmen in trouble and takes wickets in the middle overs and in the T20I series he took 8 wickets in 3 matches and also a handy batsman.
Shai Hope : West Indies’s most consistent batsman in this format and his records prove that as since October 2018 he has scored 2284 runs at 67.17 with 9 hundreds in 41 innings in this format and scored 110 in the first ODI.
Dhanushka Gunathikala : Sri Lanka’s most inform batsman at present and carried his good form on this tour and in first ODI he scored 55 runs and was unlucky to get out and he might score big runs in this match.
Jason Holder : West Indies’ main bowler and in the first ODI he bowled well and took 2 wickets for 39 runs and also a handy batsman who can play big shots.