Sri Lanka is all set to take on Australia in the first t20 of two-match series on 6 September 2016 at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Kandy. Live Sri Lanka vs Australia 1st t20 match has been scheduled to begin at 19:00 local time, 14:30 BST, 19:00 IST and 13:30 GMT.
Live Streaming/Telecast
Sri Lanka based cricket fans and viewers can tune to TEN Sports network to watch live coverage of the match. Ten 1 and Ten 1/HD to air live t20 game from 7:00 PM today. The official website of TEN Sports will bring live streaming of Sri Lanka vs Australia 1st T20I match online. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and other sub-continent based viewers can watch the match live on TEN 1/HD.
Australia based cricket viewers will be able to catch the live broadcast of Australia-Sri Lanka t20 match on foxsports.com.au by subscribing their service.
Live cricket match commentary of the SL vs AUS t20 match will be provided by Star Sports and it can found on through this link.
United States based cricket fans can enjoy live cricket action online on official Youtube channel of Willow TV as well as official willow website to stream live Sri Lanka vs Australia 1st game.
Preview
Australia have proved why they are champions of ODI cricket. They lost test series by 3-0 but made strong comeback to win One Day Internationals comprehensively by 4-1. Current Australian t20 team captain and opener David Warner has said that these conditions are not easy for batsman to play shoots but one can use sweep as a good option to work with the ball.
Australia skipper Warner said, “In these conditions, you’re going to have to sweep, you need to use your feet, you’re going to have to watch the ball hard on to the bat where you can’t leave the ball because one is going to skid on.”
On the other hand home team Sri Lanka is struggling in the limited overs cricket. They were exceptional in the test series and whitewashed Aussies for the first time in history. But they failed completely in the 50-over cricket. Skipper Dinesh Chandimal believes that side can make comeback from the behind and give tough competition to Aussies in twenty20 series.
Dinesh Chandimal said, “We’ll learn from these mistakes and come back stronger. One series you are going to win, another series you are going to lose.”
Probable Playing XIs
Sri Lanka
Dinesh Chandimal (C), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kusal Mendis, Kusal Perera (wk), Chamara Kapugedara, Thisara Perera, Milinda Siriwardana, Sachith Pathirana, Sachithra Senanayake, Seekkuge Prasanna, Kasun Rajitha.
Australia
David Warner (C), Usman Khawaja, Travis Head, George Bailey, Matthew Wade, Glenn Maxwell, Peter Nevill (wk), James Faulkner, Mitchell Starc, John Hastings, Adam Zampa.
Predictions
Australia looks favorite to win against Sri Lanka in the first t20 and as per our predictions Australia has 60 percent winning chances over SL.
Live Score
The live twenty20 cricket match score of Sri-Lanka vs Australia first game will be provided by espncricinfo.com and cricbuzz.com from 19:00 as per local Sri Lanka timings.