Published: Sep 06, 2016, 04:36 PM (IST)
Edited: Sep 06, 2016, 04:36 PM (IST)
Sri Lanka will face Australia in the first of two T20 Internationals. The match will be played at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Pallekele. You can watch the live telecast of the match on Ten Sports and the live streaming of the match will be available on Ozee and Ditto Tv app. Sri Lanka are coming from a 1-4 series defeat at the hands of visitors Australia. Captained by David Warner for the last three ODIs, Australia turned things around in some fashion, after a Test series humiliation, that saw them being whitewashed for the first time against Sri Lanka. Angelo Mathews’ men could not repeat their performance in the ODI series, and to add insult to injury Mathews himself was ruled out due to injury mid-way into the series. Full Cricket Scorecard, Sri Lanka Vs Australia, 1st T20I match
Sri Lanka will want to make a comeback now and led by Dinesh Chandimal they will want to win this series, for veteran batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan who will be playing in his last series. Meanwhile, Aaron Finch and Chris Lynn were ruled out of the T20 series, both due to injury. Lynn missed Australia’s five-wicket win in the fifth One-Day International against in Pallekele after dislocating his shoulder during a fielding drill in the warm-up. While, Finch injured a finger while fielding during the final ODI and will miss the two T20 games, but will stay with the squad to assist with 12th man duties. READ: Sri Lanka vs Australia, 1st T20I: Tillakaratne Dilshan vs Mitchell Starc and other key battles
The selectors also confirmed that Matthew Wade will stay on in Sri Lanka to replace Lynn for the two matches and George Bailey will remain for the first T20 international before heading home. The T20I series starts on Tuesday in Kandy.
