West Indies vs Sri Lanka – 2nd T20I Betting Tips

Host West Indies will be looking to close out the T20I series when they take on Sri Lanka in the second game at Antigua on Saturday.

In the series opener, West Indies registered a comfortable win over Sri Lanka, courtesy excellent contributions from Kieron Pollard, Jason Holder and Obed McCoy. With this result, West Indies have taken 1-0 lead in the three-match T20I series.

On the other hand, Sri Lanka will need to make a strong comeback in order to level the three-match T20I series. Skipper Angelo Matthews might go for some changes for this game.

West Indies Form and Team News:

Kieron Pollard -led unit will be looking to get back to winning ways in this T20I series. After comfortably brushing aside Sri Lanka in the series opener, West Indies will need to guard against complacency in this fixture.

In the batting department, the onus will be on likes of Lendl Simmons, Evin Lewis and Chris Gayle to deliver the bulk of the runs.

The home side’s batting is stronger as they managed to complete the chase in just 13 overs. Kieron Pollard was the main contributor with bat for West Indies, hitting 38 runs off just 11 balls including six sixes off the bowling of Akila Dhananjaya.

Besides Pollard, Lendl Simmons and Evin Lewis got the side off to a flying start and added 50 runs in just three overs. Evin Lewis scored a fluent 28 runs off 10 balls, whereas Simmons chipped in with 26 runs off 15 balls.

In the bowling department, the onus will be on the likes of Fidel Edwards, Jason Holder and Obed McCoy to pick up wickets with the new-ball.

In the previous game, Obed McCoy was the pick of the bowlers and claimed 2 for 25 in his four overs. Off-spinner Kevin Sinclair made his debut for West Indies and finished with figures of 1 for 26 in his three overs

Sri Lanka Form and Team News

The visitors will need to make significant improvements in their batting in this contest.

Experienced players like Angelo Matthews, Dinesh Chandimal and Thisara Perera will have to raise their game and deliver notable scores in this fixture.

In the opening game, debutant Pathum Nissanka made quite an impression with the bat and finished the innings with the top-score of 39 runs off 34 balls. He was well supported by Niroshan Dickwella, who chipped in with 33 runs off 29 balls.

Besides Nissanka and Dickwella, the rest of the batting order failed to adjust the conditions and perished for low scores.

In the bowling department, the side will be relying heavily on the spin duo of Akila Dhananjaya and Wanindu Hasaranga to make crucial breakthroughs.

For Sri Lanka, Wanindu Hasaranga was the standout bowler in the previous game and finished with excellent figures of 3 for 12 in his four overs.

Odds by Casumo

According to the Casumo sportsbook, Host West Indies will be favorites to win the second game of the T20I series. For the second T20I, West Indies are placed at 1.25 odds, while Sri Lanka at 3.85 odds.

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Our Tipsters Angle

Based on current form, West Indies have a strong batting lineup in comparison to Sri Lanka, who will be relying on one or two players to deliver the runs.

With likes of Kieron Pollard, Evin Lewis and Lendl Simmons is scintillating form with the bat, the home side will be looking to deliver another clinical performance.

Therefore, it is expected that West Indies will register another comfortable win over Sri Lanka an clinch T20I series.

Tip 1: Kieron Pollard to continue his purple patch in T20I series

In the series opener, Captain Kieron Pollard became the West Indies batsman to hit six sixes in an over. He became the second player after India’s Yuvraj Singh to achieve this milestone.

Since being named as captain, Kieron Pollard has showed consistency with the bat for West Indies in the T20 format. Since Feb 2019, Pollard has topped the batting charts in the T20 format and accumulated 476 runs in 18 matches at an average of 47.60 with three half-centuries to his name.

Given his excellent form in the shorter format of the game, we are backing Kieron Pollard to score 30 or more [email protected]

Conclusion

Expect West Indies to register a thumping win over Sri Lanka and take 2-0 lead in three-match T20I series.

1. Kieron Pollard to score 30 or more runs-West [email protected].

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