Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions: ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2022 - Sri Lanka vs UAE - 6th Match - 18th October

The 6th match of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2022 will take place between Sri Lanka and UAE on the 18th of October, 2022 at the Simonds Stadium, South Geelong, Victoria, Geelong.

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Sri Lanka Form Guide:

Sri Lanka are placed at the bottom most position on Group A points table with 1 loss to their credit.

The top run scorer for Sri Lanka is Dasun Shanaka with 29 runs to his name.

The top wicket taker for Sri Lanka is Pramod Madushan with 2 scalps under his belt.

Sri Lanka were beaten in their first match of the tournament against Namibia by 55 runs.

Namibia batted first and they posted a total of 163 for 7 in 20 overs. The openers lost their wickets early on in the innings. Stephan Baard and Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton rebuilt the innings post that phase. Gerhard Erasmus in the middle order also scored important 20 runs. A real game changing knock was played by Jan Frylinck, who scored 44 runs in 28 balls to take Namibia to a respectable total of 163 in 20 overs.

During the chase, Sri Lanka got off to a terrible start and they lost 4 wickets for just 40 runs. Bhanuka Rajapaksa and Dasun Shanaka gave some hope to their team with knocks of 20 and 29 runs respectively but once they got out, Sri Lanka fell like a pack of cards and were bowled out for 108, losing the match by 55 runs.


UAE Form Guide:

UAE are placed at the third position on Group A points table with 1 loss to their name.

The top run scorer for UAE is Waseem Muhammad with 41 runs to his name.

The top wicket taker for UAE is Junaid Siddique with 3 scalps under his belt.

UAE lost their previous match against Netherlands by 3 wickets.

UAE batted first and they posted a modest total of 111 for 8 in 20 overs. Waseem Muhammad played a fine innings of 41 in 47 balls. However, he failed to find support at the other end as wickets kept falling in regular succession. The middle order simply failed terribly and UAE were restricted to a low total of 111 in 20 overs.

During the chase, Max O'Dowd and Vikramjit Singh started off very well and they scored 23 and 10 runs respectively. The middle order also lost wickets when it mattered the most and at one point, Netherlands were struggling at 76 for 6 in the 14th over. Tim Pringle played a decisive knock of 15 in the late order to rescue Netherlands and take them home in the 20th over with 3 wickets in hand.


Let’s have a look at the squads:

UAE: Chundangapoyil Rizwan (captain), Chirag Suri, Muhammad Waseem, Basil Hameed, Alishan Sharafu, Aayan Afzal Khan, Fahad Nawaz, Aryan Lakra, Kashif Daud, Ahmed Raza, Vriitya Aravind (vice-captain/wicket-keeper), Zawar Farid, Karthik Meiyappan, Zahoor Khan, Junaid Siddique, Sabir Ali, Sultan Ahmed, Sanchit Sharma

Sri Lanka: Dasun Shanaka (captain), Danushka Gunathilaka, Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis (wicket-keeper), Charith Asalanka, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dhananjaya de Silva, Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Jeffrey Vandersay, Chamika Karunaratne, Dushmantha Chameera (Subject to fitness), Lahiru Kumara (Subject to fitness), Dilshan Madushanka, Pramod Madushan


Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions* - PrePlay

Who will win the toss? –  Sri Lanka

Who will win?- Sri Lanka

Top Batter (Runs Scored) – Kusal Mendis (Sri Lanka), Chirag Suri (UAE)

Top Bowler (Wickets taken) - Maheesh Theekshana (Sri Lanka), Zahoor Khan (UAE)

Most Sixes – Kusal Mendis (Sri Lanka), Chirag Suri (UAE)

Player of the Match- Kusal Mendis (Sri Lanka)

Team Scores Batting first – Sri Lanka 165+, UAE 140+

Match Handicap: Sri Lanka

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*NB these predictions may be changed nearer the start of the match once the final starting teams have been announced and we will be running ‘In-Play’ features, so stay tuned.


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