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Sri Lanka beating Australia with this young team is hard through believe, but anything is possible."Khaled Mahmud, Bangladesh's Manager. We will play our best, and I believe that the boys are upbeat. But the T20 format is such that, on a given day you cannot say what will happen or who will beat whom."In this format maybe Sri Lanka is a better team.
Lack of a solid domestic T20 competition has hurt the Sri Lankans, but there are efforts to identify players who are suited for this fast-paced game. Since the T20 WC in India last year, they only played one series in the shortest form of the game.Bangladesh have had fewer opportunities in T20 cricket. The Sri Lankans, meanwhile, played four series in that period. The highly successful Bangladesh Premier League has given the Bangladeshi players much needed exposure in T20s with an opportunity rub shoulders with some of the finest players in the game.
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Bangladesh: Mashrafe Mortaza (Captain), Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Imrul Kayes, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Sabbir Rahman, Mahmudullah Riyad, Mosaddek Hossain Saikat, Mustafizur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed, Subashis Roy, Sanjamul Islam, Nurul Hasan, Mehedi Hasan and Mohammad Saifuddin.
He will do only available for the second game on Thursday. Jayasuriya is in Bangladesh representing Sri Lanka Under-23 in the Asian Cricket Council Emerging Teams Cup. There are couple of batting positions up for grabs and Gunathilaka is expected toward fit in the top order.Wicketkeeper-batsman Kusal Perera, who missed out the ODI series due toward a hamstring injury, underwent a fitness test on Monday and was declared fit.
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When: Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh 1st T20, April 4, 2017, 19:00 local time.
Bangladesh have included uncapped 20-year-old all-rounder Mohammad Saifuddin in their squad.
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" Upul Tharanga, Sri Lanka captain. But as players we're in a decent mental state. On the batting front, we've got through be consistent in getting those runs as well, and that has into carry over toward the T20 format. There were shortcomings on our end."After the 2015 World Cup we didn't play well - we lost quite a few series. That's what we've got into keep doing. But we have toward take strength from the way we played the last ODI, and especially the way we fielded there.
Several high profile retirements over the last two years has seen a steady decline of the Sri Lankan team. However, in T20s, the Sri Lankans have some momentum with series wins in Australia and South Africa in the last two months.Sri Lanka are perhaps going toward their toughest phase in cricket since being granted full member status of the International Cricket Council in 1981. The hosts could only square the three-match ODI series 1-1 after the second game was washed out. They were whitewashed 3-0 in Tests and 5-0 in the One-Day Internationals when they toured South Africa in December. Then Bangladesh recorded their maiden Test win over them with a stunning four-wicket victory in Colombo.
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What toward expect: Colombo's weather has been dodgy in the past two weeks. The game could live affected by rain.
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Both games will do played at R. Often the hosts have cracked under pressure here with massive numbers turning up for the game. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. The Sri Lankans have a horrendous record at the ground; ten losses in the 11 games they have played there, including a T20 WC final in 2012. A sell-out crowd is expected on Tuesday (April 4).
Dinesh Chandimal, Kusal Mendis, Dhananjaya de Silva, batsmen who were part of the squad that won the series in South Africa, have been left out while Shehan Jayasuriya, Danushka Gunathilaka and Thisara Perera, perhaps players with a better T20 mindset have been included.
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Sri Lanka: Upul Tharanga (Captain), Dilshan Munaweera, Danushka Gunathilaka, Kusal Janith Perera, Lasith Malinga, Isuru Udana, Nuwan Kulasekara, Dasun Shanaka, Vickum Sanjaya, Milinda Siriwardana, Asela Gunaratne, Seekkuge Prasanna, Chakmara Kapugedara, Thisara Perera, Lakshan Sandakan and Shehan Jayasuriya.
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