Sri Lanka vs West Indies series is being held at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium. And this pitch is not bowling friendly. Big collections are possible on this pitch if the batsmen bat responsibly. If you want to win against a T20 specialist team like West Indies, you have to give a big target. Sri Lanka lost the first match despite being set a target of 180 runs.
Sri Lanka started very slow in today's match. However, Sri Lanka have yet to lose a single wicket. Still, Sri Lanka should have batted a little more aggressively and tried to deliver a 200+ target. At the end of 9 overs, Sri Lanka managed to collect 64 runs. I would say Sri Lanka are more likely to lose if they give a target of less than 200. Because West Indies batsmen are in very good form at the moment. However, I consider West Indies as favorites in this series.
Pitch is completely batting friendly as things were going in early overs I was expecting near 200 runs, but we have good comeback by the West Indian bowlers as Roston Chase and Alzarri Joseph both have good spells which bring their team back into game Pathum Nissanka who have flying start not able to convert his inning into good for his team as he just bowled out by Alzarri Joseph 54 on 48 balls which is surely not good for the T20i standard because now we needed nearly 180 to 200 striker rate on these pitches.
IPL and Indian batting setting new standards in this format which are good for the players and fans because they want good entertainment with good hitting around the ground, but we have nothing good from the Sri Lankan in this game even they have good start in power play which can help them for having good target on board.