AUS vs SL: Match Preview – ICC T20 World Cup 2022, Match 19

Ali Khusen October 24, 2022 3 min read

AUS vs SL: Match Preview – ICC T20 World Cup 2022, Match 19. Australia and Sri Lanka will wrestle each other in their next match of ICC T20 World Cup 2022. AUS vs SL match will take place on October 25 (Tuesday) at Perth Stadium in Perth.

Both Australia and Sri Lanka are part of group 1 in the tournament. New Zealand, England, Afghanistan and Ireland are other teams in the same group. While Australia lost their last game against New Zealand, Sri Lanka won their last game against Ireland.

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Australia lost to New Zealand with 89 runs in their opening match of the super 12 round. Australia failed to chase the 201 point goal in the match. On the other hand, Sri Lanka defeated Ireland by 9 wickets in their opening game of the super 12 round.

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In mutual encounters, Australia and Sri Lanka 25 games played against each other. Australia has won 15 while Sri Lanka has won 10. In the last 5 matches, Australia has won 3 times while Sri Lanka has won 2 times. In T20 World Cup tournaments, Australia has won 3 matches while Sri Lanka has won only 1 out of 4.

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AUS vs SL: Match Preview – ICC T20 World Cup 2022, Match 19

Australia

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Aaron Finch is the skipper of Australia in ICC T20 World Cup 2022. Australia is part of group 1 in the tournament. In the opening game, Glenn Maxwell scored the most 28 points for the team.

Pat Cummins was next with 21 runs. At bowling, Josh Hazlewood took 2 wickets, while Adam Zampa took 1 wicket in the match. The rest of the bowlers failed to get a wicket.

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AUS team: Aaron Finch (C), Tim David, Ashton Agar, Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Kane Richardson, Steven Smith, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade, David Warner, Adam Zampa, Cameron Green

Sri Lanka

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Dasun Shanaka is the skipper of Sri Lanka in ICC T20 World Cup 2022. Sri Lanka is also part of Group 1 in the tournament. Kusal Mendis is the team’s best go-getter so far with 103 runs in 3 games.

Pathum Nissanka is next with 97 runs in 3 games. In bowling, Wanindu Hasaranga has picked the most 7 wickets so far. Maheesh Theekshana also picked 7 wickets. Dushmantha Chameera has picked 4 wickets.

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SL squad: Dasun Shanaka (C), Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis, Charith Asalanka, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dhananjaya de Silva, Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Jeffrey Vandersay, Chamika Karunaratne, Lahiru Kumara, Pramod Madushan, Binura Fernando, Kasun Bandenara Rajit .