Two matches in to the series, it seemed like Sri Lanka planned to make Australia sweat. In both those games their bowling limited a hazardous Australia center request, and the subsequent game went to a Super Over. From that point forward, however, Sri Lanka have lost vital participants to one or the other injury or Covid-19, and Australia have traveled home two times. Sri Lanka's principle issue is their batting. With Charith Asalanka battling to deliver such innings he illuminated the T20 World Cup with, and a few of the other top-request hitters battling, Sri Lanka are often losing matches inside the initial ten overs of their innings.
Australia, in the interim, have displayed their profundity - a few periphery players delivering incredible exhibitions. Josh Inglis, who had not recently played for Australia, is the main run scorer in the series, while with the ball Kane Richardson, Jhye Richardson, and even Ashton Agar have held Sri Lanka's hitters under tension. They've won the last two matches so convincingly they've scarcely required their finishers.
Assuming the hosts win on Sunday they will have recorded their first whitewash in a five-match T20I series. It'll take Sri Lanka's players raising their game significantly to forestall that.
At the center of attention
Josh Inglis' scoops, grating draw shots and crunching drives have brought him 132 runs at a strike pace of 150 this series, goading Australia forward through the early center overs. He hadn't actually set the new Big Bash League ablaze with his batting, so this is a very much coordinated coming to frame. He has been so noteworthy Australia will battle to uproot him once their best option top request returns.
With or without Wanindu Hasaranga in the XI, fingerspinner Maheesh Theekshana has kept on being discreetly great. Such a long ways in his worldwide profession, he hasn't been a major wicket-taker, however in four matches this series he has overseen five excusals. He gives reliably modest powerplay overs and seldom appears to wander a long way from his tight wicket-to-wicket line. He has not had the consideration of a portion of the other arising players, however he has been one of Sri Lanka's best finds of the beyond a year.
Pitch and conditions
Expect the MCG surface to really great for bat once more. The figure recommends downpour won't intrude on play.
Group news
With Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood all refreshed, and Steven Smith out with blackout, Australia have very little extension for changing their XI. However they may simply contemplate giving either Moises Henriques, or Travis Head, or both a game, as those players have not yet showed up in this series.
Australia (likely): 1 Ashton Agar, 2 Ben McDermott, 3 Aaron Finch (capt), 4 Glenn Maxwell, 5 Josh Inglis, 6 Moises Henriques/Marcus Stoinis, 7 Matthew Wade (wk), 8 Daniel Sams, 9 Jhye Richardson, 10 Adam Zampa, 11 Kane Richardson
Sri Lanka, comparatively, have relatively little choices, as Avishka Fernando, Binura Fernando, Hasaranga and Ramesh Mendis are altogether inaccessible. They might contemplate acquiring Janith Liyanage for the fizzling Danushka Gunathilaka.
Sri Lanka (likely): 1 Kusal Mendis, 2 Pathum Nissanka, 3 Charith Asalanka, 4 Janith Liyanage, 5 Dinesh Chandimal (wk), 6 Dasun Shanaka (capt), 7 Chamika Karunaratne, 8 Dushmantha Chameera, 9 Maheesh Theekshana, 10 Jeffrey Vandersay, 11 Lahiru Kumara
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