Zimbabwe does not seem to be in good shape as they have not played any cricket in the last eight months and went down against Ireland and Bangladesh in practrice matches.
On the other hand, Sri Lanka are one of the favourites fore finals despite history of losses in the finals. It may also be added that a host nation has never won a T20I ever before, which superstitiously casts balck clouds over Sri Lanka. But this time, the Islanders vow to change the course of T20I history. Would they?
The opposing teams for the inagural match are as under:
Team Sri Lanka:
DPMD Jayawardene*, AD Mathews, LD Chandimal†, TM Dilshan, RMS Eranga, HMRKB Herath, KMDN Kulasekara, SL Malinga, BAW Mendis, BMAJ Mendis, EMDY Munaweera, MKPAD Perera, NLTC Perera, KC Sangakkara†, HDRL Thirimanne
Team Zimbabwe:
BRM Taylor*†, E Chigumbura, AG Cremer, CR Ervine, KM Jarvis, H Masakadza, S Matsikenyeri, CB Mpofu, F Mutizwa, R Muzhange, RW Price, V Sibanda, P Utseya, BV Vitori, MN Waller
The match is scheduled for Tuesday, 18 September 2012 at 14:00 GMT at Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Sooriyawewa, Hambantota, Sri Lanka.
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