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LKA vs IND 1st T20I match prediction 25 Jul 2021

Match date · 25 Jul 2021 · 19:30 IST
SL vs IND prediction
  • Dhawan averages 41.28 against Sri Lanka in T20Is. 
  • Suryakumar has an average of 31.38 in T20 cricket. 
  • Suryakumar has smashed 404 fours in 159 innings in T20 cricket.
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SL vs IND 1st T20I Predictions & Betting Tips

Sri Lanka will engage India in the first T20I of the three-match series and this upcoming game is supposed to be played at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on July 25, Sunday. I have managed to assort three of the top betting tips from the SL vs IND 1st T20I match prediction.

A ‘second-string’ Indian outfit proved to be too hot to handle for a hapless Sri Lankan side. This was India’s 9th straight bilateral series win against Sri Lanka and the record heads back to 2007! However, Sri Lanka did manage to pull one victory back in the last match of the series. Believe it or not, that was Sri Lanka’s 2nd win in 2021 in 12 matches and Mickey Arthur (Coach - Sri Lanka) will definitely not be happy about that piece of stat.

India made as many as six changes coming into the third ODI, handing debuts to at least 5 of them. Chetan Sakariya, Nitish Rana, Rahul Chahar, Sanju Samson and Krishnappa Gowtham were given an opportunity each to showcase their talent. Junior Chahar, Samson and Sakariya stepped up but it was not enough to take India home. Avishka Fernando, on the other hand, was Sri Lanka’s best batter throughout the series and was also the man of the match in the last game. With the ODIs making way for the T20Is, this is India’s only three matches before the start of the ICC World T20 campaign. They will be testing the bench strength yet again and at the same time would like to go for a whitewash which they missed in the ODIs. In the meantime, take a look at the best betting tips from the SL vs IND 1st T20I match prediction.

SL vs IND Player Bets:

The same issues are cropping up for the T20 international series as well. The odds for the team bets are of course low, considering the fact that India have been the better side in this tour by some distance. Therefore, player bets are the correct choice to go forward. Shikhar Dhawan and Suryakumar Yadav are my dark horses from the SL vs IND 1st T20I match prediction.

Shikhar Dhawan to score over 25.5 runs

The stand-in Indian skipper Shikhar Dhawan looked in decent touch with the bat during the ODI series. However, this is a different format altogether and Dhawan definitely has the potential to maximise this opportunity for us to make cash. The southpaw from Delhi has featured in 292 T20s in his career, scoring 8482 runs at an average of 32.74. The left-hander has played 65 T20 international matches and has 1673 runs at an average of 27.88.

Dhawan always has a decent record while playing against Sri Lanka in white-ball cricket, be it any format. He is the fourth highest run getter in the head-to-head encounter, having scored 289 runs in 9 matches at an average of 41.28. In his last 8 T20 knocks, Dhawan has scored north of 25 runs on 6 occasions. He is also the leading run getter of the halted edition of the IPL this year with 380 runs in 8 matches at 54.80! Dafabet is offering odds of 1.87 for Shikhar Dhawan to score over 25.5 runs in the SL vs IND 1st T20I match prediction.

Suryakumar Yadav to score over 21.5 runs

Next up, we have the lad from Mumbai, who earned his name through the forever popular Indian Premier League and domestic cricket of course. Suryakumar Yadav, ladies and gentlemen, is slowly becoming an important name in the Indian outfit particularly in the shorter formats of the game. This chap has played 180 T20 matches in his career and has 3829 runs at an average of 31.38.

In two matches that he has played for India so far, he has 89 runs at 44.50. He even scored a fifty in one of those two fixtures as well. He has the experience of 108 IPL matches and 2197 runs at an average of 29.68. He has scored over 21 runs in four out of his last seven T20 innings. Dafabet is offering odds of 1.87 for Suryakumar Yadav to score over 21.5 runs in the SL vs IND 1st T20I match prediction.

Suryakumar Yadav to hit over 2.5 fours

We are not done with this Mumbai Indians cricketer yet as he has shown me the opportunity to mint a lot more than normal tomorrow. Suryakumar Yadav was adjudged the man of the series for his consistent performance in the recently concluded ODI series. The right hander clobbered 18 boundaries in just three matches, making it an average of at least 6 hits per game. Suryakumar has smashed 404 fours in 159 innings in his entire T20 career until now.

In his last 7 T20 knocks, the aggressive middle-order batsman has clattered 22 boundaries at an average of more than three fours per match. In two T20 internationals he has played for India, he has managed to hit 9 fours already. In the 2021 IPL edition so far, Suryakumar has hit 22 fours in 7 matches as well. Bet 365 is offering odds of 1.83 for Suryakumar Yadav to hit over 2.5 fours in the SL vs IND 1st T20I match prediction.

My Picks:

Shikhar Dhawan to score over 25.5 runs - @ 1.87 (Dafabet)

Suryakumar Yadav to score over 21.5 runs - @ 1.87 (Dafabet)

Suryakumar Yadav to hit over 2.5 fours - @ 1.83 (Bet 365)

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