Match Details
Where – Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui
When – 06:30 AM IST, January 03, 2019
SL vs NZ TEAM NEWS
- Both teams have announced their respective sides.
- Martin Guptill, James Neesham and Doug Bracewell are named in the Blackcaps squad.
- The Sri Lankan side will be led by Lasith Malinga.
- Angelo Mathews won’t feature in this series due to injury.
Sri Lanka Fantasy Picks
- Their batting would revolve around the likes of Kusal Mendis, Dinesh Chandimal and Dhananjaya de Silva.
- Bowlers like Lakshan Sandakan, Lasith Malinga and Thisara Perera are expected to be vital for the visitors.
New Zealand Fantasy Picks
- Both Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor were phenomenal in the batting department for New Zealand in the Test series.
- Tim Southee and Trent Boult along with Ish Sodhi will lead the bowling attack for the Kiwis.
PITCH REPORT::
SUPPORTING FAST BOWLERS.
PROBABLE 11 OF SRILANKA:
1 D Gunathilaka, 2 Niroshan Dickwella (wk),3 Kusal Perera 4 Kusal Mendis,5 D Chandimal/Dhananjaya de Silva, 6 Asela Gunaratne, 7 Thisara Perera, 8 Dasun Shanaka, 9 Lakshan Sandakan, 10 Dushmantha Chameera/N Pradeep, 11 Lasith Malinga (capt.)
PROBABLE 11 OF NEWZEALAND:::
1 Martin Guptill, 2 Colin Munro, 3 Kane Williamson 4 Ross Taylor, 5 Henry Nicholls, 6 James Neesham, 7 Tim Seifert (wk), 8 Ish Sodhi, 9 T Southee 10 Trent Boult, 11 Lockie Ferguson
CHOICES OF C AND VC:
- M Guptill
- K Williamson
- R Taylor
- T Boult
- C Munro
- T Perera
- K Mendis
- L Malinga
Make SL vs NZ Dream11 Team as per your discretion from the squad listed in the article.
