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Australia opts to field against Sri Lanka in a must win match

Sri Lanka registered a win against Ireland at the start of their campaign.

Australia opts to field against Sri Lanka in a must win match

(Photo: Surjeet Yadav/IANS)

In the second fixture super 12 game for both Australia and Sri Lanka, the Australian skipper Aaron Finch has won the toss and elected to field first against Sri Lanka in their Group 1 of the ongoing ICC T20 World Cup at Perth on Tuesday.

Australia will look forward to get a win that too with big margin, as in the previous game against their Trans-Tasman rivals New Zealand, the Oz’s found themselves on back-foot as New Zealand thrashed them comfortably On the other hand, Sri Lanka registered a win against Ireland at the start of their campaign.

Australian skipper Aaron Finch said at the toss, “We will bowl first, that is the best strategy on this surface and we cannot think too far away in the tournament as of now. Looks like a decent pitch with a good grass surface. Adam Zampa is out with illness, replaced by Ashton Agar.”

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Sri Lankan skipper Dasun Shanaka said at the toss, “We are excited and well-prepared, looking forward to this game. The camp is very confident since the Asia cup and we have performed consistently, have chased down good scores. We have Pathum Nissanka back, no other changes.”

Australia (Playing XI): David Warner, Aaron Finch(c), Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Tim David, Matthew Wade(w), Ashton Agar, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood.

Sri Lanka (Playing XI): Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis(w), Dhananjaya de Silva, Charith Asalanka, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dasun Shanaka(c), Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Maheesh Theekshana, Binura Fernando, Lahiru Kumara

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