LKA vs IND 3rd T20I match prediction 29 Jul 2021

SL vs IND 3rd T20I Predictions & Betting Tips

Sri Lanka and India will square off in the 3rd match of the T20I series. The series decider will be held at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on July 29, Thursday. I have managed to assort three of the top betting tips from the SL vs IND 3rd T20I match prediction.

We saw a much improved batting performance by Sri Lanka in the 2nd T20I as the hosts defeated India by 4 wickets. India scored 132 runs and lost 5 wickets while playing first after losing the toss. In reply, Sri Lanka chased the target in the last over. Captain Shikhar Dhawan scored the highest runs for his side while Dhananjay De Silva scored 40 runs for the hosts. While Sri Lanka will look to make an impact in T20 internationals against India, India would not go down without a fight.

India has some explosive players in their ranks and given their excellent away record they will look to fight back hard in the series decider. Currently the series is tied by 1-1. It will be a tremendous competition between the two teams. We are going to back India to make this series 2-1. They have won the previous nine matches against Sri Lanka and the fact that India's batting is much more powerful and explosive than Sri Lanka is why we think India will win the match. Will the Men in Blue make a comeback? Only time will tell. Meanwhile take a look at the top three betting tips from the SL vs IND match prediction.

SL vs IND Player Bets:

As a considerable number of key players are away and unavailable for the ongoing series, I have managed to pick the top two player bets from the upcoming SL vs IND match prediction. Take a look!

Shikhar Dhawan To Score Over 25.5 Runs

The captain has been nothing but consistent in this tour and has done much of the heavy lifting for the team in absence of some of the key players. This Indian player is known as a naturally attacking left-handed opener. After his consistent performance as the highest run scorer for Delhi Capitals, Dhawan has shown his batting prowess in the ongoing series against Sri Lanka. The captain of the team for this tournament is the second highest run scorer for the Men in Blue while playing against the Lankans. With close to 1759 runs from 67 T20I matches played, Dhawan is crucial to the fortunes of the Indian team. Although India lost the 2nd T20I to the host, Dhawan pitched in the highest scores for his team. He is the leading run getter with an average of 43.00 from the two matches played and has scored 40 and 46 runs respectively.

The opening batter has played 11 matches against Sri Lanka and scored 375 runs from it which averages at 33.28. Dhawan has scored above 25 runs in seven of these matches. The last of which was played in January where he scored 32 and 52 runs in the two matches he was a part of. Dhawan is captaining his side for the Indian team for the first time in the T20I format and led the team in the series opener with 46 runs off 36 balls played. While in the 29 away matches that Dhawan has come out to bat in he has piled 882 runs from them at 30.41. In the recently concluded ODI series against Sri Lanka, Dhawan scored 13, 29 and 86* in the three innings respectively. Dafabet is offering odds of 1.87 for Shikhar Dhawan to score over 25.5 runs in the SL vs IND 3rd T20I match prediction.

Avishka Fernando To Score Under 19.5 Runs

Secondly we have the opening batsman of Sri Lanka, Avishka Fernando. Fernando's career has not been very impressive lately. He has played 19 international T20's in his career and made 238 runs from them at a poor average of 13.22. In the 2020 calendar year he has been able to score above 18 runs in only one of the six matches played. In the last T20I match played against England, Avishka went on to score 0 and 6 runs from the two innings. In the two-match series played against West Indies earlier in March, Avishka Fernando put in only 7 and 9 runs. In the ongoing international series against Sri Lanka, Avishka has been able to contribute only 11 and 26 runs before being dismissed.

The right-handed opening batter also holds an equally unsatisfactory performance playing against India. He has come out to bat in 5 matches against the visitors and only made 68 runs from them at a below par average of 17.00. While playing at home, Fernando averages 15.14 from the 7 matches played with 106 runs. Although Fernando did score above the targeted runs in the opening match against India where he closed his innings with 26 runs, his past performances prove that he has been below par in most of the matches played in the shorter format. Dafabet.com has offered betting odds of 1.87 for Avishka Fernando to score below 19.5 runs in the SL vs IND match prediction.

SL vs IND Team Bets:

There was only one team bet which looked lucrative enough to fetch us money. Hence I have the winner bet from the SL vs IND match prediction for you.

India to Win

As the three-match series stands at 1-1 currently, that sets the decider to be an exciting contest. Considering India will again be without their key players, Sri Lanka would want to take advantage of the situation. Nevertheless India took the low scoring game till the last over with their exemplary bowling performance and would be hoping to push themselves a little harder in the final game. With the likes of Shikhar Dhawan and with the return of Sanju Samson, the Men In Blue will start as our favourites in the ongoing series.

In the 21 head-to-head matches between the Lankans and team India, India have defeated the latter on 14 occasions. In their last five encounters, India have set the tone right in three of these matches while one match was abandoned. The teams last played a three match T20I series in 2020, where India claimed the trophy in two matches and won the series. The first international fixture played between Sri Lanka and India was back in 2009, where India won by 3 wickets which was held in Colombo. In the 7 away matches that Sri Lanka and India have played over the years, India has won five matches while Sri Lanka two. To add on, India has a stronger and more powerful batting line up in comparison to Sri Lanka, which has been their real strength in this series. Dafabet.com has offered betting odds of 1.67 for India to win the SL vs IND match prediction.