Sri Lanka v Bangladesh World Cup Match Prediction & Betting Tips

Sri Lanka made a horrible beginning in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, when they were beaten in their first match by the favourites, New Zealand, with a difference of 98 runs. Afghanistan gave them a tough fight but the Lankan Lions managed to clinch the encounter by four wickets and kept their chances alive in the event. Team Bangladesh took off brilliantly while defeating Afghanistan by a huge margin of 105 runs and they were lucky when their following match against a strong opponent, Australia, was abandoned because of weather and earned them a valuable point. The Bengal Tigers are placed at the third spot with three points whereas the Islanders attained two and find them on the fourth place. The winner of the forthcoming game may well find it easy to be among the top eight teams.

Players to watch

Sri Lanka was struggling at 3-18 in the previous game vs. Afghanistan when The old war horse, Mahela Jayawardene, took over and dispatched his 19^th One Day International ton. He smashed 100 runs, Thisara Perera and Angelo Mathews contributed 47 and 44 while Lahiru Thirimanne, Dimuth Karunaratne, Tillakaratne Dilshan and Kumar Sangakkara can pile up big innings. Their reasonable bowling attack comprises Suranga Lakmal, Lasith Malinga, Angelo Mathews, Perera, Rangana Herath and Jeevan Mendis.

The batting line-up of Bangladesh revolves around Tamim Iqbal, Anamul Haque, Soumya Sarkar, Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim as Shakib Al Hasan and Mahmudullah are world class all-rounders. Their composite bowling is being looked after by Mashrafe Mortaza, Sabbir Rahman, Rubel Hossain and Taskin Ahmed.

Time & Venue

Thursday, February 26, 2015 @ 03:30 GMT, 14:30 local at Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Weather

Partly cloudy with the temperatures around 15-25ᵒC.

Toss

The Lankan Lions have opted to field twice and Bangladesh has preferred to bat once after winning the toss.

The Pitch

The dedicated batsmen succeeded to score fluently while the quick bowlers were more impressive in the last two games played at the same venue.

Teams

Sri Lanka – Angelo Mathews (C), Lahiru Thirimanne, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Dimuth Karunaratne, Jeevan Mendis, Thisara Perera, Rangana Herath, Lasith Malinga, Suranga Lakmal.

Bangladesh – Mashrafe Mortaza (C), Anamul Haque, Tamim Iqbal, Soumaya Sarkar, Mahmudullah, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Sabbir Rahman, Mominul Haque, Rubel Hossain, Taskin Ahmed.

Prediction

Sri Lankan team will be the favourite to win the match.