WI vs SL Today Match Prediction : West Indies will take on Sri Lanka in the first of two Test matches at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua from tonight (21 March). West Indies have won the T20I and ODI series and they will look to continue their good run and are coming with a series win in Bangladesh as well. On the other side, Sri Lanka who have had a poor tour so far will look to bounce back in this format.
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 in these home conditions will be their bowling attack of Kemar Roach, Shannon Gabriel, Jason Holder and Rahkeem Cornwall. As for the last three years the pace trio of Roach, Holder and Gabriel has been very good especially at home and spinner Cornwall is coming with a good performance against Bangladesh and these four will be the main weapons for West Indies. Then in batting they have some new batsmen who performed in Bangladesh like N Bonner, Kyle Mayers, Joshua da Silva, Kraigg Brathwaite and the return of Darren Bravo too has strengthened them a bit.
On the other side, Sri Lanka’s strength too will be their bowling attack of Suranga Lakmal who has been good over the years, Lasith Embuldeniya who did well against England, Vishwa Fernando and Dushamantha Chameera and then in batting captain Dimuth Karunaraten will be the leader and he will have the support of Dinesh Chandimal, Dananjaya de Silva, Niroshan Dickwella and Oshada Fernando.
Weaknesses :
Batting is the weakness of West Indies as most of their batsmen are very inconsistent especially their openers who rarely give good start and then their middle order is also inexperienced and against a good attack of Sri Lanka they can struggle.
On the other side, Sri Lanka too is suffering from the inconsistency of their batsmen and the absence of Angelo Mathews has further increased their problems. So this series will be the fight between the bowling attacks of West Indies and Sri Lanka.
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 as well as Sri Lanka are expected to go with six batsmen, four pacers and one spinner.
WI vs SL Prediction, Playing 11
West Indies :
Kraigg Brathwaite(c), John Campbell, Nkrumah Bonner, Kyle Mayers, Jermaine Blackwood, Joshua Da Silva(w), Jason Holder, Rahkeem Cornwall, Alzarri Joseph, Kemar Roach, Shannon Gabriel
Sri Lanka :
Dimuth Karunaratne (c), Lahiru Thirimanne, Oshada Fernando, Dinesh Chandimal, Pathum Nissanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Suranga Lakmal, Lasith Embuldeniya, Dushmantha Chameera, Vishwa Fernando
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
Jason Holder : He is a fine all rounder and has been the backbone of West Indies’ bowling attack for a long time. His record against Sri Lanka is decent as he has 263 runs at 29.22 and 15 wickets at 17.33 in 5 Test matches.
Dananjaya de Silva : He is a good batsman, was doing well before he got injured two months ago and now he is set to come back and with his spin bowling he will be the trump card of Sri Lanka. Overall he has 1942 runs with 6 hundreds and 21 wickets in 32 Tests.
Kemar Roach : He has always performed at Sir Viv Richards Stadium in Antigua and his record shows that as he has taken 30 wickets at 14.90 in 5 Test matches here.
Lasith Embuldeniya : Sri Lanka’s main spinner at present, had a good series against England one month ago and overall he has 45 wickets in 9 Tests and here he should play a big role.