Published: Feb 22, 2017, 01:19 PM (IST)
Edited: Feb 23, 2017, 01:51 PM (IST)
The third and last Twenty20 International (T20I) of the series between Australia and Sri Lanka will played at Adelaide Oval. This will be a dead rubber as Sri Lanka have already won the series by winning first two games. The live cricket streaming of the match would be available in India on Hotstar, along with the live telecast on Star Sports 2 and Star Sports HD2. In Australia, the streaming will be available on Channel 9 live, along with the live telecast on Channel 9. In Middle East, the live streaming is available on OSN Live, along with the live telecast on OSN Sports 5 HD, while in USA, the live telecast is available on Willow TV.
Host Australia will aim to win the third T20I anyhow for pride’s sake. On the other hand, Sri Lanka will aim to whitewash Australia and register their first ever whitewash win in a three-match bilateral T20I series. The Sri Lankans have found another talented batter in Asela Gunaratne, who helped his side in winning both the games. His impressive performance has led him bag the IPL contract for Mumbai Indians for 10th edition of the tournament.
The expectations is of Australia fighting back but if Sri Lanka manage to beat the odds, then it will be a historic one for them.
Squads:
Australia: Aaron Finch (c), Tim Paine (wk), Ben Dunk (wk), Travis Head, Michael Klinger, Ashton Turner, James Faulkner, Moises Henriques, Pat Cummins, Billy Stanlake, Andrew Tye, Adam Zampa, Jhye Richardson.
Sri Lanka: Upul Tharanga (c), Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Kusal Mendis (wk), Chamara Kapugedara, Dilshan Munaweera, Asela Gunaratne, Seekkuge Prasanna, Dasun Shanaka, Isuru Udana, Sachith Pathirana, Milinda Siriwardana, Vikum Sanjaya, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga.
