The cricket fans are ready to witness yet another big battle of ODI cricket. The 2nd ODI match of West Indies tour of Sri Lanka, 2020 is scheduled to be held on Wednesday, 26th February 2020 at Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota. We are posting 100 safe, perfect and accurate today match prediction for all matches of Sri Lanka and West Indies.

Sri Lanka had a superb start to this series of three ODIs and won the first match by the margin of one wicket. They won the toss and decided to field first. Their bowling unit failed to give their best performance in that match and they were charged for 289 runs in an inning of 50 overs. Isuru Udana was the highest wicket-taker from their side who picked three wickets in his 10 overs bowled out but he leaked plenty of runs. He was charged for 82 runs. Nuwan Pradeep and Thisara Perera picked one wicket each. Angelo Mathews, Lakshan Sandakan, Wanindu Hasaranga, and Dhananjaya de Silva were the bowlers who failed to get any wicket.

Sri Lanka won the previous match due to the best performance by their batting order. They chased the target of 290 runs in 49.1 overs. Almost all batsmen from their side put some runs on the board. The skipper, Dimuth Karunaratne was the highest run-scorer from their side who scored 52 runs with the help of seven boundaries. Avishka Fernando also had a good performance with the bat. He scored 50 runs on 55 balls with the help of five boundaries and one maximum six. Wanindu Hasaranga remained not out after scoring 42 runs.

West Indies failed to have a good start on his tour of Sri Lanka. They lost the opening match of this series by the margin of just one wicket. They lost the toss and were asked to bat first. Their batting order had a good performance in that match. They put a total of 289 runs in their 50 overs inning. Shai Hope was the highest run-scorer from their side who scored 115 runs with the help of ten boundaries. Roston Chase also had a good performance with the bat. He scored 41 runs on 45 balls with the help of three boundaries and one maximum six. Darren Bravo scored 39 runs while Keemo Paul remained not out after scoring 32 runs.

The bowling unit of West Indies failed to have a good performance in the previous match. They could not defend the target of 290 runs and were charged for the target in 49.1 overs. Alzarri Joseph was the most successful and highest wicket-taker from their side who picked three wickets in his ten overs bowled out against 42 runs. Hayden Walsh picked two wickets in his five overs bowled out against 32 runs. Keemo Paul also picked two wickets in his 8.2 overs bowled out while he was charged for 48 runs. Jason Holder had one wicket to his name in the previous match.

Sri Lanka had played a total of 852 ODI matches where they won 389 matches and opposing teams won 421 matches. Their 37 matches were ended with no result and five matches were tied.

West Indies had played a total of 821 ODI International matches so far. They won 401 while other teams won 380 matches. The 30 matches of West Indies were ended with no result and 10 matches were tied.

Sri Lanka had faced West Indies in 59 ODI matches where they won 28 and West Indies won 28 matches while their three matches were ended with no result.

According to our match prediction, West Indies is the favorite team to win this match. The reasons why the West Indies is a favorite team in this match, are mentioned below:

• The key batsmen of West Indies like Shai Hope and Darren Bravo are in good form
• The Batting lineup of West Indies team is much stronger than Sri Lanka
• West Indies also had a strong bowling unit and batting order which is in excellent form
• A better bowling attack and more depth in every aspect of the game gives West Indies the edge
• Sri Lanka has the advantages of home crowd, ground and conditions

There is no doubt that West Indies is the best team while it comes to ODI cricket. They have strong batting order and bowling unit, so the winning chances of the West Indies for today match have been increased. The equation of winning chances of both teams for today’s match is mentioned as under.

West Indies has 53% chances to win this match
Sri Lanka has 47% chances to win this match

The toss can play an important role in the decision of this match. According to our toss prediction, the team who will win the toss may elect to field first.

The 2nd ODI match between Sri Lanka and West Indies is going to be played at Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota. This is one of the biggest venues in Sri Lanka in terms of crowd capacity. The pitch on this venue is good for batting. It also has a bit of help for the spin bowlers. A total of 290 runs should be a par score.

The weather forecast in Hambantota on match day is good. There are almost no chances of rain and we may have a full match to watch.

Dream11 Prediction for Sri Lanka vs West Indies. After checking the latest player’s availability, the Dream 11 Team for this match of Sri Lanka and West Indies is mentioned under.

WICKETKEEPER:
S Hope (c)
K Perera (VC)
BATSMEN:
K Mendise
D Bravo
Avishka
ALL-ROUNDERS:
R Chase
K Pollard
T Perera
BOWLERS:
S Cottrel
K Paul
I Udana

Date: Wednesday, 26th February 2020
Time: 04:15 AM GMT / 09:45 AM LOCAL

Stadium: Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium
Location: Hambantota, Sri Lanka
Opened: 2009
Capacity: 34300
Known as: Hambantota International Cricket Stadium
Dimensions: 100m long, 100m wide
Ends: Thanamalwila End, Sooriyawewa End
Time Zone: UTC +05:30
Floodlights: Yes
Curator: Ravi Dissanayake

Total matches: 22
Matches won batting first: 8
Matches won bowling first: 11
Average 1st Inns scores: 246
Average 2nd Inns scores: 197
Highest total recorded: 368/4 (50 Ov) by SL vs PAK
Lowest total recorded: 112/10 (33.1 Ov) by KEN vs PAK
Highest score chased: 312/2 (47.2 Ov) by SL vs ZIM
Lowest score defended: 314/6 (50 Ov) by IND vs SL

Kieron Pollard (c), Darren Bravo, Jason Holder, Sunil Ambris, Sheldon Cottrell, Nicholas Pooran, Shai Hope (wk), Keemo Paul, Alzarri Joseph, Roston Chase, Hayden Walsh, Fabian Allen, Brandon King, Rovman Powell, Romario Shepherd.