Match 50 of the World Cup T20 Super Eights between Sri Lanka and Pakistan takes place on Saturday 28th February in Pallekele. We take a look at the match from a betting angle and suggest some bets.
Let’ s start with a look at the Outright Betting where India remain the favourites at 2.40 followed by South Africa at 3.40 with England trading at 5.00 and New Zealand 7.00. You can get 23.00 the West Indies and 34.00 Pakistan.
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Super Eights Format
There are two groups of four. Each team will play three matches and the top two teams from each group will qualify for the semi-finals.
SRI LANKA
They are on 0 points in Super Eights Group 2.
Sri Lanka’ s first Super Eights match was against England. Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field first. England reached 146/9 in their 20 overs winning by 51 runs. Sri Lanka left-arm spinner, Dunith Wellalage led the attack with 3 wickets for 26 runs in his 4 overs with Madushanka and Theekshana both taking 2 in their 4 overs.
Sri Lanka collapsed to 95 all out in 16.4 overs, only captain, Dasun Shanaka offered meaningful resistance with his 30 runs.
The second Sri Lanka Super Eights match was against New Zealand. Captain, Shanaka won the toss and elected to bowl first. New Zealand posted 168/7 in their 20 overs. Maheesh Theekshana took 3 for 30 in his 4 overs and Dushmantha Chameera also took 3 for 38 in his 4 overs.
Sri Lanka were restricted to 107/8 in their 20 overs, they lost early wickets and Kamindu Mendis top-scored with 31 off 23 balls and Dunith Wellalage scored 29 off 23 balls. New Zealand won by 61 runs.
Sri Lanka are out of the running but will be looking to finish the tournament on a high.
PAKISTAN
They are on 1 point in Super Eights Group 2.
Pakistani and New Zealand were first up in the Super Eights, but unfortunately rain played a big part, and the match had to be abandoned without a ball being played.
They won the toss in their second Super Eights match against England, and they elected to bat first, posting a competitive total of 164/9 with Sahibzada Farhan top-scoring with 63 which included 7 fours and 2 sixes and Fakhar Zaman and Babar Azam both scored 25. In the bowling department, Shaheen Shah Afridi was outstanding with the ball, finishing with 4/30 in his 4 overs, putting England under early pressure during the chase. Usman Tariq and Mohammad Nawaz both chipped in with 2 wickets.
England’ s chase was tense but Captain, Harry Brook scored a brilliant 100 off 51 balls to lead the run chase and England scored 166/8 in 19.4 overs winning by 2 wickets.
Pakistan need to beat Sri Lanka by a massive margin to overtake New Zealand. They either need to win by in the region of 64 runs or in 13.1 overs.
BETTING – Click here to bet
Sri Lanka 2.20
Pakistan 1.67
SUGGESTED BETS:
Sri Lanka win at 12/10
Sri Lanka had opportunities to take control of both Super Eights games and will be disappointed that they failed to capitalize. I like them here though because Pakistan have to play for more than just the win and that means they will be taking chances which could well backfire.
Man of the Match Theekshana at 20.00
The mystery spinner has been in good form with 11 wickets at an average of just 15. Pakistan will have no choice but to go after him and that could lead to opportunities.
Pakistan 1st over, over 6.5 runs at 2.05
They have been conservative with their strategy in this tournament but they simply have to go from ball 1 and this looks a fair price.
Note: All prices are correct at the time of writing but are subject to change.
