Sri Lanka are expected to win this match.
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Get the match between SL vs AUS Fantasy 11 Prediction, Playing XI, Cricket Tips, Pitch Report & Injury Updates for Australia tour of Sri Lanka, 1st Test. Sri Lanka will take on Australia in the First Test of Australia’s tour of Sri Lanka. This match will be played at Galle International Stadium. Sri Lanka will be hosting Australia for a 2-match Test series followed by a 2-match ODI series. Steve Smith will be leading Australia in the absence of Pat Cummins while Dhananjaya De Silva will captain Sri Lanka in this series.
Sri Lanka has won 7 of its last 11 home games, while Australia has lost 4 of its last 5 Tests in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka has also been unbeaten at home in 2024, so all these points suggest a fascinating series, and Playing in the sub-continent is a big challenge so Australia will be keen to embrace the challenge and put up some competitive performance throughout.
Sri Lanka are coming into this series on the back of a series loss in South Africa. On the other hand, Australia secured the WTC final spot after beating India at home in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Prabath Jayasuriya will play a key role for the hosts while Nathan Lyon and Todd Murphy will be the crucial bowlers for Australia. There could be changes in Australian batting order and it remains to be seen how both teams approach this game. This promises to be a closely fought game.
Match Information- SL vs AUS Fantasy 11 Prediction
Probable PlayingXI
Sri Lanka
D Karunaratne, M Priyanath, A Mathews, PHKD Mendis, D de Silva(C), K Mendis, D Chandimal, S Samarawickrama, NGRP Jayasuriya, JF Vandersay, N Peiris
Bench: LU Igalagamage, Pathum Nissanka, AM Fernando, O Fernando, Sonal Dinusha, L Kumara, MVT Fernando
Australia
Usman Khawaja, TM Head, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith(C), S Konstas, BJ Webster, AT Carey, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Starc, Matthew Kuhnemann, Todd Murphy
Bench: JP Inglis, NA McSweeney, Sean Abbott, SM Boland, Cooper Connolly
Injury News- will be added when there is an update
Weather Report- Clear Sky
Win Prediction- Sri Lanka
Pitch Condition- Balanced
Avg 1st Inning Score- 255
Pitch Report
Captains- 9
Kamindu Mendis SL | all
Kamindu Mendis was the leading run getter for SL in the previous year and has made a great start to his Test career with 1110 runs at an average of 74 after 17 Test innings. This includes five hundreds out of nine 50-plus scores so far.
Steve Smith AUS | bat
Steve Smith has been the best batter for Australia in the subcontinent and he has amassed 9999 runs in this format at an outstanding average of more than 53 and did well in the BGT recently. He will be a good captaincy pick for this match.
Avoid Player Message- 7
Alex Carey- AUS | WK- 7
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