The stage is set and the teams are ready to take on each other for the prestigious title of the best team in Asia, know the Dubai International Cricket Stadium pitch report and is it batting or bowling
The first game of the tournament will be played between 5 times champions Sri Lanka and Afghanistan. Both teams are having match-winner spinners who can turn the game around on thier own. It will be interesting to see whether Rashid Khan and his men’s be able to surprise Hasaranga’s Lankan Lions. Here is Asia Cup 2022: SL vs AFG Pitch report, Weather Forecast, Probable XI, and much more.
Dubai International Stadium Pitch Report Today Match, Weather Forecast, Records And Bowling Or Batting Asia Cup Cricket 2022
Asia Cup 2022: SL vs AFG Pitch Report
The wicket of Dubai Internation Stadium will favor the quality spinners of both sides. In the first innings of the game, the wicket will be slow as it is the first game of the tournament and the fresh 22-yard strip of Dubai is always a bit sluggish. The toss winner will be looking to bowl first in this deck as the record suggests. The team batting first has won only 34 games as compared to teams batting second who have 39.
Weather Forecast
The Dubai weather will be humid at the night and the temperature will be 34-36°C. Rain will stay away during the whole course of the tournament in Dubai as it doesn’t rain very often in Dubai. The wind will blow at 11km/h so thier will be lateral movement with the new ball.
Players to Watch out
It will be a bowler’s day in the first game of Asia Cup 2022. The quality spin bowling of both sides will make thier mark once again. The No. 1 T20 bowler in ICC rankings Wanindu Hassaranga will challenge the Afghani side along with Theekshana.
In Batting explosive batsman Rajapaksa is the most dangerous batsman on the Sri Lankan side. He has a strike rate close to 160 in T20Is.
Probable XI
Sri Lanka – D Gunathilaka, P Nissanka, C Asalanka, B Rajapaksa, K Mendis(Wk), D Shanaka(C), W Hasaranga, C Karunaratne, M Pathirana, M Theekshana, P Jayawickrama
Afghanistan – H Zazai, R Gurbaz(W), I Zadran, Najibullah Zadran, M Nabi(C), A Omarzai, R Khan, S Ashraf, Ul- Haq, Mujeeb-Ur-Rahman, F Ahmed
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