SL vs NZ Dream11 Prediction, Fantasy Stats, Venue Report, Recent Performances, Probable XIs, Head To Head, Toss Based Analysis, C/VC Choices - 1st T20I

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Sri Lanka vs New Zealand - 1st T20I of the 2-Match T20I Series in the New Zealand Tour of Sri Lanka 2024, at Rangiri Dambulla International Cricket Stadium

Weather Forecast
Scattered Thunderstorms - 31°C

1. VENUE AND PITCH INFO

Venue - Rangiri Dambulla International Cricket Stadium

(i) Total Matches - T20s

Overall - 19

Avg 1st Innings - 184
Avg 2nd Innings - 176

Highest total - 230/3 (Kandy Falcons vs Jaffna Kings - 9th July'2024)

Times won Batting First - 9
Times won Batting Second - 10

(ii) Performance of both teams on this ground

SL - 6 - 4w/2l
NZ - Not Played Yet

(iii) Top Performers on this venue from the current squads - ODIs

SL

Pathum Nissanka - Highest run scorer (420), Avg (47.63) - 10M/10I
Kusal Mendis - 2nd highest run scorer (317), Avg (28.82) - 12M/12I
Kamindu Mendis - 3rd highest run scorer (274), Avg (54.80) - 10M/9I
Wanindu Hasaranga - 5th highest run scorer (215), Avg (30.71) - 12M/10I
Kusal Perera - 7th highest run scorer (198), Avg (33) - 7M/7I
Dinesh Chandimal - 8th highest run scorer (192), Avg (38.40) - 6M/6I
Bhanuka Rajapaksa - 9th highest run scorer (186), Avg (31) - 9M/8I
Charith Asalanka - 13th highest run scorer (175), Avg (21.88) - 11M/10I
Avishka Fernando - 16th highest run scorer (158), Avg (26.33) - 6M/6I

Matheesha Pathirana - Highest wicket taker (16), SR (10.9) - 9M/9I
Wanindu Hasaranga - Highest wicket taker (16), SR (17.3) - 12M/12I
Maheesh Theekshana - 3rd highest wicket taker (11), SR (18.6) - 9M/9I
Nuwan Thushara - 10th highest wicket taker (5), SR (18) - 5M/5I
Charith Asalanka - 10th highest wicket taker (5), SR (18) - 11M/6I
Asitha Fernando - 17th highest wicket taker (4), SR (30.5) - 6M/6I
Dunith Wellalage - 17th highest wicket taker (4), SR (21) - 5M/5I

NZ

Glenn Phillips - 11th highest run scorer (180), Avg (60) - 3M/3I

(iv) Recent Matches on this venue

1) West Indies vs Sri Lanka - 17th October'2024
162/8 vs 166/1 (SL won by 9 wkts)

Pacers - 2w+0w=2w
Spinners - 6w+1w=7w

2) Sri Lanka vs West Indies - 15th October'2024
162/5 vs 89/10 (SL won by 73 runs)

Pacers - 5w+1w=6w
Spinners - 0w+9w=9w

3) Sri Lanka vs West Indies - 13th October'2024
179/7 vs 180/5 (WI won by 5 wkts)

Pacers - 5w+2w=7w
Spinners - 1w+3w=4w

4) Colombo Stars vs Jaffna Kings - 10th July'2024
188/8 vs 190/3 (JK won by 7 wkts)

Pacers - 5w+1w=6w
Spinners - 2w+2w=4w

5) Kandy Falcons vs Galle Titans - 10th July'2024
187/9 vs 188/2 (GT won by 8 wkts)

Pacers - 3w+0w=3w
Spinners - 5w+2w=7w

6) Jaffna Kings vs Kandy Falcons - 9th July'2024
224/7 vs 230/3 (KF won by 7 wkts)

Pacers - 5w+1w=6w
Spinners - 2w+2w=4w

7) Dambulla Giants vs Galle Titans - 9th July'2024
160/8 vs 135/10 (DG won by 25 runs)

Pacers - 4w+7w=11w
Spinners - 4w+3w=7w

8) Kandy Falcons vs Galle Titans - 7th July'2024
175/7 vs 176/4 (GT won by 6 wkts)

Pacers - 6w+2w=8w
Spinners - 1w+2w=3w

9) Colombo Stars vs Dambulla Giants - 7th July'2024
185/6 vs 188/2 (DG won by 8 wkts)

Pacers - 2w+2w=4w
Spinners - 3w+0w=3w

10) Colombo Stars vs Kandy Falcons - 6th July'2024
199/9 vs 197/8 (CS won by 2 runs)

Pacers - 6w+6w=12w
Spinners - 3w+1w=4w

SUMMARY

Pacers
1st Innings - 43w
2nd Innings - 22w

Spinners
1st Innings - 27w
2nd Innings - 25w

Overall
65w:52w (Pacers:Spinners)

(v) Toss Based Analysis on this venue

Sri Lanka (SL)

1. Charith Asalanka (C)
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3(7), 4(8), 13(6), 2(4)&0w, 59(35), 9(7)&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 17(13)&1w, 43(24)&1w, 14(8)*&0w, 11(8)*, 0w

2. Dinesh Chandimal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1(3), 32(14)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 20(26), 38(38)*, 12(9), 89(37)

3. Kusal Mendis
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 40(28), 36(25), 10(8), 23(14), 18(12), 26(23), 19(16), 26(25)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 16(13), 30(16), 5(9), 68(50)*

4. Kamindu Mendis
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 10(10), 4(6)&0w, 51(40)&1w, 19(14)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 23(22)*, 1(5)*, 65(39)*, 36(16), 65(36)*&0w, 0w

5. Pathum Nissanka
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 6(4), 25(11), 88(53), 119(59), 11(10), 54(49)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 60(30), 12(11), 6(9), 39(22)

6. Bhanuka Rajapaksa
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 28(21), 17(11), 5(7)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 63(33), 4(4), 16(13), 7(9), 46(26)*

7. Avishka Fernando
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 57(30), 16(7)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 7(4), 6(4), 14(11), 58(35)

8. Kusal Perera
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 17(12), 6(3), 24(16)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(2), 16(7), 80(50), 55(36)*

9. Dunith Wellalage
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 6(9)&0w, 0w, 13(10)&1w, 3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w

10. Wanindu Hasaranga
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 15(12)&3w, 27(14)*&0w, 67(32)&1w, 22(9)&2w, 65(32)*&1w, 0(1)&1w, 1(1)&1w, 5(2)*&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 13(11)&1w, 0(2)&2w, 0w, 2w

11. Chamindu Wickramasinghe
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 56(34)*&2w, 4(3)*&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 20(17)*&1w, 0w

12. Binura Fernando
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 2w, 0w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

13. Asitha Fernando
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 0w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 0w, 2w

14. Nuwan Thushara
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 1w, 1w

15. Matheesha Pathirana
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4w, 2w, 4w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 1w

16. Maheesh Theekshana
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 5(11)&1w, 2w

17. Jeffrey Vandersay
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 9(17)*&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

New Zealand (NZ)

1. Will Young
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

2. Tim Robinson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

3. Mark Chapman
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 12(11)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 30(17), 23(10)*

4. Mitchell Hay
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

5. Michael Bracewell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

6. Dean Foxcroft
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

7. Josh Clarkson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

8. Henry Nicholls
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

9. Glenn Phillips
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 70(43), 52(36), 58(32)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

10. Mitchell Santner (C)
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

11. Nathan Smith
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

12. Jacob Duffy
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

13. Zak Foulkes
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

14. Lockie Ferguson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

15. Ish Sodhi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

2. HEAD TO HEAD

(i) Overall
23 - 13w/9l/1nr (In favor of NZ)

(ii) Last 5 Matches
5 - 3w/2l (In favor of NZ)

(iii) On This Venue
Not Played Yet

(iv) Top Performers from current squads when both these teams have met each other - T20s

SL

Kusal Perera - 5th highest run scorer (242), Avg (30.25) - 9M/9I
Kusal Mendis - 6th highest run scorer (234), Avg (33.42) - 7M/7I
Charith Asalanka - 22nd highest run scorer (98), Avg (24.50) - 4M/4I

Wanindu Hasaranga - 10th highest wicket taker (7), SR (21.1) - 7M/7I

NZ

Glenn Phillips - 18th highest run scorer (104), Avg (104) - 1M/1I

Mitchell Santner - 6th highest wicket taker (9), SR (15.3) - 6M/6I
Ish Sodhi - 8th highest wicket taker (8), SR (21.8) - 8M/8I
Lockie Ferguson - 28th highest wicket taker (4), SR (10.5) - 2M/2I

(v) Recent Head to Head Matches

1) Sri Lanka vs New Zealand - 8th April'2023
182/6 vs 183/6 (NZ won by 4 wkts)

Kusal Mendis - 73(48)
Kusal Perera - 33(21)
Pathum Nissanka - 25(25)
Maheesh Theekshana - 1w
Ish Sodhi - 1w

2) Sri Lanka vs New Zealand - 5th April'2023
141/10 vs 146/1 (NZ won by 9 wkts)

Kusal Perera - 35(32)
Charith Asalanka - 24(19)

3) Sri Lanka vs New Zealand - 2nd April'2023
196/5 vs 196/8 (SL won in Super Over)

Charith Asalanka - 67(41)
Kusal Perera - 53(45)*
Kusal Mendis - 25(9)
Wanindu Hasaranga - 21(11)* & 2w
Maheesh Theekshana - 1w
Mark Chapman - 33(23)

4) New Zealand vs Sri Lanka - 29th October'2022
167/7 vs 102/10 (NZ won by 65 runs)

Glenn Phillips - 104(64)
Mitchell Santner - 2w
Ish Sodhi - 2w
Lockie Ferguson - 1w
Bhanuka Rajapaksa - 34(22)
Maheesh Theekshana - 1w
Wanindu Hasaranga - 1w

(vi) Toss Based Analysis (H2H)

Sri Lanka (SL)

1. Avishka Fernando
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 10(17), 37(25), 6(12)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

2. Kusal Perera
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 16(8), 11(10), 11(10), 3(12), 53(45)*, 35(32), 33(21)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 57(37), 23(12)

3. Kusal Mendis
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 79(53), 26(24), 25(9), 10(5), 73(48)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 17(19), 4(3)

4. Pathum Nissanka
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(1), 9(9), 25(25)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(5)

5. Charith Asalanka (C)
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 67(41), 24(19), 3(6)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4(8)

6. Dinesh Chandimal
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 29(23), 2(4)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 7(7)

7. Wanindu Hasaranga
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 11(7)&1w, 14(10)*&1w, 21(11)*&2w, 9(5)&0w, 0(1)*&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4(6)&1w

8. Kamindu Mendis
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

9. Bhanuka Rajapaksa
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 34(22)

10. Chamindu Wickramasinghe
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

11. Dunith Wellalage
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

12. Jeffrey Vandersay
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 8(8)*&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4(1)*&1w

13. Maheesh Theekshana
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 0w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

14. Binura Fernando
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

15. Asitha Fernando
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

16. Matheesha Pathirana
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

17. Nuwan Thushara
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

New Zealand (NZ)

1. Will Young
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

2. Tim Robinson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

3. Mark Chapman
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 33(23), 16(12)

4. Mitchell Hay
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

5. Michael Bracewell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

6. Dean Foxcroft
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

7. Josh Clarkson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

8. Henry Nicholls
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4(6)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

9. Glenn Phillips
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 104(64)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

10. Mitchell Santner (C)
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 13(16)&1w, 11(5)*&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 14(8)*&1w, 10(2)*&0w, 16(15)&3w

11. Nathan Smith
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

12. Jacob Duffy
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

13. Zak Foulkes
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

14. Lockie Ferguson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

15. Ish Sodhi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 3w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 1w, 10(4)*&0w, 0w, 1w

3. PLAYER BATTLES - T20s

(i) SL BATTING vs NZ BOWLING

1. Pathum Nissanka
vs Sodhi - 2r, 6b, 1w

2. Kusal Mendis
vs Sodhi - 17r, 18b, 0w
vs Santner - 15r, 12b, 0w

3. Kusal Perera
vs Sodhi - 41r, 28b, 1w
vs Lockie - 3r, 4b, 0w
vs Santner - 2r, 3b, 1w

4. Charith Asalanka
vs Sodhi - 17r, 15b, 0w

5. Kamindu Mendis
vs Phillips - 8r, 6b, 0w

6. Bhanuka Rajapaksa
vs Sodhi - 12r, 4b, 0w
vs Lockie - 24r, 13b, 2w
vs Santner - 5r, 4b, 0w
vs Clarkson - 2r, 2b, 0w

7. Wanindu Hasaranga
vs Sodhi - 9r, 5b, 1w
vs Phillips - 10r, 2b, 0w
vs Santner - 5r, 6b, 0w

8. Avishka Fernando
vs Sodhi - 14r, 14b, 0w
vs Santner - 21r, 26b, 1w
vs Phillips - 18r, 7b, 0w

9. Dinesh Chandimal
vs Santner - 2r, 4b, 1w
vs Phillips - 4r, 3b, 1w

(ii) NZ BATTING vs SL BOWLING

1. Tim Robinson
vs Theekshana - 8r, 8b, 0w

2. Mark Chapman
vs Hasranga - 30r, 21b, 2w
vs Theekshana - 8r, 8b, 0w
vs Pathirana - 21r, 8b, 0w
vs Asitha - 9r, 8b, 0w
vs Binura - 2r, 4b, 0w
vs Kamindu - 8r, 6b, 0w
vs Asalanka - 2r, 3b, 0w

3. Glenn Phillips
vs Hasaranga - 36r, 26b, 1w
vs Theekshana - 31r, 21b, 0w
vs Vandersay - 4r, 4b, 0w
vs Asitha - 5r, 2b, 0w
vs Thushara - 7r, 4b, 0w
vs Wickramasinghe - 15r, 12b, 0w

4. Josh Clarkson
vs Theekshana - 0r, 8b, 0w

5. Mitchell Santner
vs Hasaranga - 10r, 3b, 0w
vs Theekshana - 3r, 2b, 0w

4. SQUAD INFO WITH DETAILING

A) SRI LANKA (SL) SQUAD:

Probable XI

1) Pathum Nissanka - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 56, 39, 54, 11, 1, 27, 2, 64, 127*, 12, 14, 45, 0

2) Kusal Mendis - RHB, Legbreak, WK
Last 10 - 56*, 3, 13, 26, 19, 1, 106*, 50, 23, 14, 39

3) Kusal Perera - LHB, WK
Last 10 - 55*, 24, 6, 0, 7, 46, 15, 46, 53, 20

4) Kamindu Mendis - LHB, LAO, Offbreak
Last 10 - 0w, 11r 0w, 30*, 19r 0w, 51r 1w, 182*, 114, 13r 0w, 64, 74, 4r 0w

5) Charith Asalanka - LHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 6r 0w, 62r 0w, 77r 1w, 9r 2w, 59, 206r 2w, 12r 1w, 32, 1r 2w, 138r 0w

6) Bhanuka Rajapaksa - LHB, RM
Last 10 - 5*, 17, 1, 9, 33, 7, 9, 68*, 82

7) Wanindu Hasaranga - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 0w, 4w, 2w, 5r 2w, 1r 1w, 62r 2w, 3w, 10r 1w, 3r 2w, 23r 4w

8) Dunith Wellalage - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 0w, 3w, 0r 2w, 6r 0w, 5r 2w, 6r 2w, 0r 2w, 39r 3w

9) Maheesh Theekshana - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 0w, 3w, 2w, 2w, 1w, 5r 1w, 1w, 3w, 3w, 1w

10) Matheesha Pathirana - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 1w, 1w, 2w, 2w, 1w, 4w, 3w, 2w, 4w

11) Asitha Fernando - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 1w, 3w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 11r 2w, 5w, 3w, 4w, 2w, 1w

BENCH

12) Nuwan Thushara - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 1w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 3w, 1w, 2w, 1w

13) Binura Fernando - RHB, LFM
Last 10 - 21r 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 3w, 3w, 1w, 2w, 0w

14) Chamindu Wickramasinghe - LHB, RFM
Last 10 - 4r 0w, 0r 1w, 10r 2w, 27r 0w, 14r 1w, 25*, 8, 70r 0w, 48r 1w, 55r 1w

15) Avishka Fernando - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 34, 9, 5, 126, 1, 41, 44, 17, 15, 33

16) Jeffrey Vandersay - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 1w, 17r 0w, 15r 1w, 2w, 7w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 2w

17) Dinesh Chandimal - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 116, 30, 61, 0, 23, 58, 17, 79, 12, 0, 11, 6, 12, 21

Safe C/VC Choices
Wanindu Hasaranga, Charith Asalanka

B) NEW ZEALAND (NZ) SQUAD:

Probable XI

1) Will Young - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 71, 51, 18, 23, 33, 48*, 2, 17, 19, 68*, 12, 1, 9, 25, 8

2) Tim Robinson - RHB, RM, WK
Last 10 - 28r 0w, 72*, 0, 0, 34, 19, 33, 51, 28

3) Mark Chapman - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 8, 24, 4, 12, 23*, 30, 33*, 91*, 4, 12

4) Dean Foxcroft - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 23r 2w, 22r 1w, 6r 1w, 1r 0w, 7r 3w, 34, 31, 13, 3, 16r 2w

5) Glenn Phillips - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 17r 1w, 26r 3w, 9r 2w, 48r 1w, 14r 1w, 0, 78r 3w, 49r 2w, 4r 0w, 48, 10r 0w, 8, 6

6) Michael Bracewell - LHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 0w, 4r 1w, 5r 0w, 5r 0w, 0r 0w, 23r 0w, 27r 1w, 1w, 4r 1w

7) Mitchell Santner - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 33r 7w, 4r 6w, 29, 67r 0w, 2r 0w, 2r 1w, 0w, 3w, 6, 7r 2w, 2r 1w, 1w

8) Nathan Smith - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 17r 2w, 0w, 27r 1w, 33, 4w, 1r 4w, 8r 2w, 7r 0w, 27r 0w, 4r 3w, 11r 0w

9) Zak Foulkes - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 11r 2w, 27r 1w, 49r 2w, 3w, 0r 3w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 1w

10) Ish Sodhi - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 8r 1w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 8r 1w, 11r 0w, 25r 0w, 29r 1w, 9r 1w, 0w

11) Lockie Ferguson - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 3w, 3w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 2w, 4w, 0w, 1w

BENCH

12) Henry Nicholls - LHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 8, 18, 0, 19, 1, 43, 14, 19, 6, 85*, 138, 2

13) Mitchell Hay - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 20, 0, 2, 0, 54*, 8*, 146, 1, 3, 35, 32, 35*, 5, 10

14) Josh Clarkson - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 2r 2w, 11r 1w, 14r 0w, 10r 1w, 0w, 4r 2w, 3*, 24*, 1

15) Jacob Duffy - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 29r 1w, 1w, 4w, 0w, 1w, 8r 0w, 1w, 5, 17r 1w, 2w, 13r 5w, 13r 2w, 0w

Safe C/VC Choices
Mitchell Santner, Glenn Phillips

Differential GL C/VC choices

SL - Kamindu Mendis, Matheesha Pathirana, Pathum Nissanka

NZ - Mark Chapman, Michael Bracewell, Lockie Ferguson

 

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Fri, 29 Nov 2024 08:23:22 GMT
"Whether it's a pink ball or a red ball, the difference is really in the mind," batting coach Nayar says
Fri, 29 Nov 2024 13:13:40 GMT
Each of the five franchises have a total budget of INR 15 crore, up from INR 13.5 crore last year, to build their squads
Thu, 28 Nov 2024 15:39:08 GMT
Pujara also says that Washington should continue as the lone spinner ahead of Ashwin and Jadeja
Thu, 28 Nov 2024 14:32:12 GMT
"I feel I still have 3-4 years of cricket left in me, but I wanted to go out on a high, when I was at peak fitness and performing well"
Thu, 28 Nov 2024 12:30:47 GMT
The chances of a hybrid model were reduced on Thursday after a PCB official told ESPNcricinfo they had informed the ICC once again that it was off the table
Thu, 28 Nov 2024 03:06:35 GMT
PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi says any decision on hosting should be made "on the basis of equality"
Wed, 27 Nov 2024 16:56:57 GMT
Chetry is yet to make her ODI debut but has played four T20Is
Wed, 27 Nov 2024 09:42:26 GMT
Bumrah went past Rabada and Hazlewood on the list following his superb performance in the Perth Test
Wed, 27 Nov 2024 06:44:00 GMT
ESPNcricinfo has learnt that India's head coach will be back with the team before the Adelaide Test on December 6
Tue, 26 Nov 2024 12:12:46 GMT
The PCB chairman remains steadfast about hosting the entire tournament in Pakistan
Tue, 26 Nov 2024 06:03:11 GMT
Travis Head made a positive 89 but the home side's hopes were forlorn from the start and it was over shortly after tea
Mon, 25 Nov 2024 18:12:36 GMT
Indian allrounders Krunal Pandya and Nitish Rana were sought after by RCB and RR
Mon, 25 Nov 2024 17:49:54 GMT
He had clattered a 58-ball century against Australia Under-19 in a four-day game less than two months ago
Mon, 25 Nov 2024 17:39:12 GMT
Who are the big-ticket players to find no bidders at the two-day IPL auction?
Mon, 25 Nov 2024 15:34:15 GMT
Uttar Pradesh breezed past Himachal Pradesh's total of 100 in just 13.3 overs
Mon, 25 Nov 2024 15:17:00 GMT
The six-sixes-in-an-over at the Delhi Premier League put him in the headlines, but he has been scoring big and quick runs for a while now
Mon, 25 Nov 2024 12:26:11 GMT
"Probably his best Test innings because he left the ball well," Bumrah said of Jaiswal
Sun, 24 Nov 2024 17:43:16 GMT
Arshdeep Singh was the first player sold at the mega auction, also to PBKS for INR 18 crore
Sun, 24 Nov 2024 17:17:33 GMT
"If given the responsibility, I would be more than happy to take it on," Venkatesh says about the KKR captaincy
Sun, 24 Nov 2024 16:04:34 GMT
"We spent a bit of money, but what we're trying to do is rebuild this franchise basically from the ground up," Ponting says on spending big on Chahal and Arshdeep
Sun, 24 Nov 2024 10:24:38 GMT
India's quicks made three late inroads in a dramatic conclusion to third day to put them on track for a huge victory
Sat, 23 Nov 2024 21:19:55 GMT
He is only the second Indian to have a 150-plus score in T20s after Kiran Navgire's 162 not out in 2022
Sat, 23 Nov 2024 13:24:44 GMT
The fast bowler didn't get a lot of sleep the night before his debut and started to cry after he got the India cap
Sat, 23 Nov 2024 10:33:52 GMT
The home side couldn't take a wicket across two sessions after Jasprit Bumrah haul had bundled them out for 104
Sat, 23 Nov 2024 04:26:11 GMT
Here's how ESPNcricinfo's ball-by-ball commentary recorded his wickets
Sat, 23 Nov 2024 03:23:44 GMT
An emergency meeting of the ICC Board will be convened to discuss this matter, with fewer than 100 days left to the expected start of the tournament
Fri, 22 Nov 2024 11:22:25 GMT
Hazlewood's four-for helped Australia bowl India out for 150 but the visitors ended the day on top
Fri, 22 Nov 2024 06:35:33 GMT
Former umpire Simon Taufel was of the opinion the ball had hit the edge in a tricky decision
Fri, 22 Nov 2024 03:38:22 GMT
The final of the 2025 IPL will be played on May 25
Fri, 22 Nov 2024 00:16:02 GMT
India are grappling with a minor personnel crisis, meaning they will need to rely to some extent on fringe players. Cummins and Co will be looking to exploit that
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 17:15:02 GMT
It will be inaugurated ahead of the India vs England men's T20I in Kolkata on January 22
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 10:32:34 GMT
Bumrah says bowlers have more perks as captains, while Cummins feels the captaincy experience has made his intuition stronger
Fri, 22 Nov 2024 03:08:48 GMT
India's bowling coach also says they're tracking the injured Gill's progress on a "day-to-day" basis
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 12:17:50 GMT
Tilak jumped a whopping 69 places after his back-to-back centuries in South Africa
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 08:06:26 GMT
The team did not get clearance from the Indian government to travel to Pakistan
Tue, 19 Nov 2024 12:15:08 GMT
An insight into what India's XI might look like for the first Test in Perth
Tue, 19 Nov 2024 06:50:09 GMT
There were call-ups for Harleen Deol, and the uncapped duo of Titas Sadhu and Minnu Mani
Mon, 18 Nov 2024 12:04:37 GMT
Mohsin Naqvi confirms that the PCB hasn't heard from the ICC on the BCCI's stance on not travelling to Pakistan
Mon, 18 Nov 2024 14:13:46 GMT
With Rohit also set to miss the first Test, India have to find an opening partner for Jaiswal, a new No. 3, and also identify their No. 6
Sun, 17 Nov 2024 13:58:14 GMT
He will join India's squad ahead of the second Test in Adelaide
Sun, 17 Nov 2024 12:56:23 GMT
With Shubman Gill and Rohit Sharma ruled out of the Perth Test, it remains to be seen at what position Rahul will bat
Sat, 16 Nov 2024 11:38:54 GMT
Devdutt Padikkal, who was in Australia with the 'A' squad, has been asked to stay on with the Test party
Sat, 16 Nov 2024 10:37:25 GMT
Muzaffarabad is capital of Pakistan administered Kashmir, a territory disputed by the two countries
Sun, 24 Nov 2024 11:18:29 GMT
A total of 204 slots remain to be filled with 70 available for overseas players
Sat, 16 Nov 2024 03:03:48 GMT
India blew the hosts out of the water to complete their fifth bilateral T20I series win in 2024
Fri, 15 Nov 2024 18:28:09 GMT
This latest development adds to growing uncertainty about the Champions Trophy
Fri, 15 Nov 2024 16:03:09 GMT
The other marquee names are Buttler, Rabada, Arshdeep, Starc, Chahal, Livingstone, Miller, Shami and Siraj
Fri, 15 Nov 2024 09:27:24 GMT
The opener was struck on the elbow and retired hurt while a number of other batters fell to the moving ball
Thu, 14 Nov 2024 16:46:30 GMT
India have won 23 of their 25 T20Is this year, and one more on Friday will give them the series
Thu, 14 Nov 2024 11:49:13 GMT
Khawaja is also wary of the threat posed by the other India quicks
Thu, 14 Nov 2024 04:23:14 GMT
India overcame Marco Jansen's blitz to win the high-scorer by 11 runs
Wed, 13 Nov 2024 16:34:11 GMT
The matches are set to be played across Navi Mumbai, Vadodara and Rajkot
Wed, 13 Nov 2024 12:16:09 GMT
The WCA had received reports of certain cricket boards not paying the men's T20 World Cup "prize money in full" to their players
Wed, 13 Nov 2024 10:29:42 GMT
In T20I batting rankings, Salt moves to No. 2 while Sanju Samson's 50-ball 107 sees him jump 27 positions
Wed, 13 Nov 2024 10:09:13 GMT
After being released from LSG, the India batter is prioritising a "balanced" team environment over his captaincy aspirations
Wed, 13 Nov 2024 05:09:44 GMT
Neither team will read too much into how individuals have fared, but there are broad, team-level issues they may want to look into
Tue, 12 Nov 2024 16:56:46 GMT
Arshdeep and Jansen have suggested that Centurion and Johannesburg will have more assistance for the quicks than Gqeberha and Durban
Tue, 12 Nov 2024 15:03:47 GMT
This Is Munaf's first high-profile coaching gig after retiring from competitive cricket in 2018
Tue, 12 Nov 2024 13:25:05 GMT
The PCB's stance remains unchanged, stating there is "no chance" of a hybrid model for the tournament
Tue, 12 Nov 2024 13:09:23 GMT
He is set to play his first competitive game in nearly a year
Mon, 11 Nov 2024 12:59:12 GMT
Gambhir also said he was not thinking about the team's "transition and that kind of stuff"
Mon, 11 Nov 2024 06:47:16 GMT
Gambhir said one of KL Rahul or Abhimanyu Easwaran or even Shubman Gill are available to open if Rohit doesn't make it
Mon, 11 Nov 2024 00:48:42 GMT
The India batter revealed her Brisbane Heat team-mates encouraged her to take a positive approach
Tue, 12 Nov 2024 09:47:15 GMT
The PCB has adopted a more rigid stance on its hosting of the tournament, ruling out a hybrid model format
Mon, 11 Nov 2024 07:12:44 GMT
South Africa were struggling at 66 for 6 in a small chase before Stubbs and Coetzee turned the game around
Sun, 10 Nov 2024 08:59:45 GMT
This Ranji season, Saurashtra have had three debutants in the four matches they have played so far
Sun, 10 Nov 2024 02:50:58 GMT
13 सदस्यीय ऑस्ट्रेलिया टेस्ट दल में स्कॉट बोलंड अतिरिक्त गेंदबाज़
Sun, 10 Nov 2024 05:53:16 GMT
India are on a 11-match winning streak and one more victory will equal their best-ever T20I run
Sat, 09 Nov 2024 07:36:57 GMT
Konstas made 73 not out and Beau Webster made an unbeaten 46 as Australia A chased down 168 with six wickets to spare
Sat, 23 Nov 2024 10:34:52 GMT
All you need to know about the IPL mega auction 2025 - date, time, venue retention list, players to watch and more - on ESPNcricinfo
Sat, 09 Nov 2024 03:12:36 GMT
Chakravarthy, Bishnoi claim three wickets apiece to secure 61-run win
Fri, 08 Nov 2024 09:08:21 GMT
Marcus Harris made 74 to hand Australia A lead despite Prasidh Krishna's four wickets before India A collapsed with KL Rahul failing again
Fri, 08 Nov 2024 05:33:02 GMT
"The door back to the Indian team is open if you're willing to walk through it," Chappell tells Shaw in a letter
Tue, 03 Dec 2024 11:06:22 GMT
The teams will have an additional INR 1.5 crore for the auction, which is expected in early December
Thu, 07 Nov 2024 17:07:18 GMT
The Chennai pitch on which India played their first Test against Bangladesh was rated "very good"
Thu, 07 Nov 2024 16:50:59 GMT
"I am playing all the domestic tournaments, be it red-ball or white-ball. I don't miss any game," he said
Thu, 07 Nov 2024 16:48:25 GMT
Many protagonists of that final will not be in action in this series, but can South Africa hit back at home?
Thu, 07 Nov 2024 06:45:16 GMT
Dhruv Jurel played superbly to make 80 in tricky conditions then the India A quicks made life tough with the new ball
Wed, 06 Nov 2024 16:03:07 GMT
Wicketkeeper says he had originally planned to retire before the start of this season
Wed, 06 Nov 2024 12:28:57 GMT
Dhruv Jurel, meanwhile, is likely to take the keeping gloves from Ishan Kishan
Wed, 06 Nov 2024 06:42:32 GMT
He suggested the looming five-Test series played a part in the issue quickly being put to bed
Wed, 06 Nov 2024 08:36:02 GMT
Rahul, Pant, Iyer, Ashwin, Chahal, Shami, Thakur have also registered for INR 2 crore
Tue, 05 Nov 2024 15:34:56 GMT
The event will clash with the third and fourth days of the first Test between India and Australia in Perth
Tue, 05 Nov 2024 10:15:49 GMT
The tournament could bring with it the unique prospect of players from India and Pakistan being team-mates
Tue, 05 Nov 2024 07:20:55 GMT
India A's game will feature a strong Australia A attack at the MCG this week in the second four-day game
Mon, 04 Nov 2024 12:36:37 GMT
The ICC Women's Championship has expanded to 11 teams with Zimbabwe's inclusion, and a new T20 Champions Trophy has been introduced
Mon, 04 Nov 2024 06:25:23 GMT
They plan to get some game time before the five-Test series starting November 22
Mon, 04 Nov 2024 04:57:22 GMT
The 2024-25 Ranji Trophy season will be his last tournament as a cricketer - both for international and domestic cricket
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