India vs Sri Lanka T20I series 2021-22
1st T20I:
First T20I of the series of 3 T20I matches between India and Sri Lanka is going to be played at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium (BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium / Ekana Cricket Stadium), Lucknow on February 24th 2022.
India vs Sri Lanka History:
Overall:
Series:
The teams completed 8 series in the shortest format of cricket, till date. The host won 6 times, whereas the opponent won 1 time with a (1) draw.
The longest streak of the series without draws between the teams are 6 series in the span of 9 years from 2012 to present, in which the home team won 5 times and visitors won once.
The most consecutive winning streak for India against Sri Lanka was 5 series from 2012 to 2021.
The longest unbeaten streak for India against Sri Lanka was 7 series from 2008-09 to 2021.
The most consecutive winning streak for Sri Lanka against India was 1 series in 2021.
The longest unbeaten streak for Sri Lanka against India was 1 series (twice) in 2009-10 and in 2021.
Last 5 (completed) match results of India against Sri Lanka are LWWWW.
Matches:
The teams completed 22 meetings in the shortest format of cricket, till date. The host won 14 times, whereas the opponent won 7 times. 1 match was concluded without any result (No Result).
The most consecutive winning streak for India against Sri Lanka was 7 T20Is from 2016 to 2018.
The longest unbeaten streak for India against Sri Lanka was 7 T20Is from 2016 to 2018.
The most consecutive winning streak for Sri Lanka against India was 2 T20Is (twice) from 2014 to 2016 and from 2021 to present.
The longest unbeaten streak for Sri Lanka against India was 2 T20Is (twice) from 2014 to 2016 and from 2021 to present.
Last 5 (completed) match results of India against Sri Lanka are LLWWW.
Indian Backyard:
Series:
The teams completed 4 series in the shortest format of cricket, till date. The host won 3 times with a (1) draw, whereas the opponent is still waiting for the first win.
The longest streak of the series without draws between the teams are 3 series in the span of 6 years from 2015-16 to present, in which the home team won thrice and visitors won 0 times.
The most consecutive winning streak for India against Sri Lanka was 3 series from 2015-16 to present.
The longest unbeaten streak for India against Sri Lanka was 4 series from 2009-10 to present.
The most consecutive winning streak for Sri Lanka against India was 0 series, till date.
The longest unbeaten streak for Sri Lanka against India was 1 series in 2009-10.
Last 5 (completed) match results of India against Sri Lanka are WWWD -.
Matches:
The teams completed 11 meetings in the shortest format of cricket, till date. The host won 8 times, whereas the opponent won 2 times with a (1) game without any result (No Result).
The most consecutive winning streak for India against Sri Lanka was 5 T20Is from 2016 to 2020.
The longest unbeaten streak for India against Sri Lanka was 8 T20Is from 2016 to present.
The most consecutive winning streak for Sri Lanka against India was 1 T20I (twice) in 2009 and in 2016.
The longest unbeaten streak for Sri Lanka against India was 1 T20I (thrice) in 2009, in 2016 and in 2020.
Last 5 (completed) match results of India against Sri Lanka are WWWWW.
Points and Rankings:
The series is the comparison between the first rank (India (269)) and tenth rank (Sri Lanka (230)) teams. The host is 39 points ahead of the visitors.
The Home Team:
The team completed 156 matches in the format. Out of them, the team won 101 times including 3 wins in a tied game and lost 51 times. 4 times, the plays were called off without any result (No Result).
Last 5 (completed) match results of India are WWWWW.
The Visiting Team:
The team completed 153 matches in the format. Out of them, the team won 69 times including a (1) win in a tied outing and lost 82 times including a couple (2) of defeats in a tied outing. 2 times, the plays were called off without any result (No Result).
Last 5 (completed) match results of Sri Lanka are WLLL*L.
The First Outing:
The result of the match will impact the team’s points, as if the result will go in favor of the host then, the host will neither gain nor lose either the points or the rankings, whereas, the visitors also will neither gain nor lose either the points or the rankings. On the other hand, in case of a reverse result, the visiting team will gain a couple (2) of points with a couple (2) of positions in the rankings, whereas the home team will lose a couple (2) of points with a (1) position in the rankings.
Venue Weather:
Weather forecast of Lucknow shows the weather would transition from mostly cloudy to partly cloudy to mostly clear during the game. There is an extremely less chance of rain during the play, as the precipitation percentage would be between 0% to 2%. The temperature would be between 19 to 24 Celsius. The wind would be between 4 to 7 km/h. The speed of wind would fluctuate and the temperature would decrease gradually.
Toss and Pitch:
Team preferred to bat first after winning the toss 2 times in 4 played games. The selection extremely favoured the teams, as the team won both the times and never lost, yet.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to bat first, are WW – – -.
None of the teams never lost a match after choosing to bat first.
On the other hand, the teams, who chose to field first, never won, yet and lost both the played games.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to field first, are LL – – -.
The first batting team won the match 4 times. Whereas, the teams, who batted second, won 0 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while the team bat first, are WWWW -.
Overall, 2 times the teams won the toss, won the matches and lost 2 times, as well.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while winning the toss, are WWLL -.
Home Side:
Particularly, for India, the team never won the toss, though the team played the only match.
Last 5 (completed) match results of India at the venue, while winning the toss, are – – – – -.
Last 5 (completed) match results of India at the venue, while losing the toss, are W – – – -.
Score:
The lowest defended total was 147 runs in 2019, and the highest successful chase never recorded yet.
The first innings lowest total was 147 runs in 2019 and the highest total was 195 runs in 2018. For the second innings, the lowest total was 106 runs in 2019 and the highest was 134 runs in 2019.
The batting average of the first innings is 30.09 and 14.87 is for the second innings.
T20I History Between the Teams at the Venue:
Both the teams never faced each other at the venue. The upcoming encounter will be the first between the teams.
Last 5 (completed) match results of India against Sri Lanka at the venue are – – – – -.
Teams’ T20I History at Venue:
The Home Side:
The home team has an extremely good record at the venue, as the team won 1 time and never lost in an only (1) played outing.
Last 5 (completed) match results of India at the venue are W – – – -.
The Visiting Side:
The opponent has never got a chance to play at the venue. The upcoming outing will be the first for the team.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Sri Lanka at the venue are – – – – -.
Tentative XI for both the Teams:
India:
The home side would go with 3 pacers and a (1) spinner combination, as the team has 3 all-rounders, two with spin and the remaining is with pace.
India Eleven: R. Sharma, I. Kishan, S. Samson, S. Iyer, D. Hooda, V. Iyer, R. Jadeja, B. Kumar, H. Patel, J. Bumrah, R. Bishnoi
Sri Lanka:
The visiting team would like to go with a 3 pacers and a couple (2) of spinners combination, though the team has a couple (2) of all-rounders, one with spin and the other with pace and a couple (2) of batting all-rounders, one with spin and the other with pace.
Sri Lanka Eleven: D. Gunathilaka, P. Nissanka, C. Asalanka, J. Liyanage, D. Chandimal, D. Shanaka, C. Karunaratne, D. Chameera, J. Vandersay, B. Fernando, P. Jayawickrama
*Notes: the result of the most recent match is at the left. *Notes: D means draw in “last five series results”. *Notes: “*” means the match was tied but the match was resulted through one over eliminator.
