The 6th match of World Cup T20 2022 is scheduled to play between Sri Lanka and the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, 18th October 2022 at Simonds Stadium, Geelong

Sri Lanka is known as a slow-starting team. We had seen this in many tournaments, especially in the previous edition of the Aisa Cup. They lost the first match against Namibia by a big margin of 55 runs and this had happened for the first time in cricket history that a test-playing team had lost with this kind of big margin against an associate team in any T20 match. Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat field first. They were good in some early overs but lost the momentum and leaked plenty of runs in middle overs. They leaked a total of 163 runs in 20 overs. Pramod Madushan was the most successful bowler with two wickets to his name in four overs against 37 runs. M Theekshana, Chameera, C Karunaratne, and W Hasaranga picked one wicket each.

The batting order of Sri Lanka collapsed in the first match. Their full team came back to the pavilion on a total of just 108 runs in 19 overs while chasing the target of 164 runs. The skipper, Dasun Shanaka was the only successful batter from their side who scored 29 runs on 23 balls with the help of two boundaries and one huge six. Chanuka Rajapaksa scored 20 runs while Dhananjaya de Silva could manage to score just 12 runs. No other batter from the side of Sri Lanka could even enter into the double figure.

The first match of the United Arab Emirates against the Netherlands was a low scoring where they won the toss and decided to bat first. This decision did not work for UAE properly and they could manage to score just 111 runs in 20 overs. Remember that they had a good opening start of 33 runs for the partnership of the first wicket. Muhammad Waseem was the most successful and highest run-scorer from their side scoring 41 runs and smashing one boundary and two huge sixes during his inning. Vriitya Aravind scored 18 runs while Kashif Daud scored 15 runs and Chirag Suri had 12 runs to his name. No other batter from the side of the United Arab Emirates could even enter into the double figure.

The bowling unit of the United Arab Emirates was good in the previous match but they failed to defend a low target on the board and leaked the target of 112 runs in 20 overs. Junaid Siddique proved the most successful and highest run-scorer from their side who picked three wickets in four overs against just 24 runs. Basil Hameed, Aayan Afzal Khan, Karthik Meiyappan, and Zahoor Khan picked one wicket each while Zawar Farid and Kashif Daud were the bowlers who could not manage to pick any wicket. UAE need to put their full strength into this match as they have to win this match at any cost.

Sri Lanka had played just one match against UAE where they lost the match.

Sri Lanka is overall a strong team as compared to the United Arab Emirates at least on paper. According to our match prediction, Sri Lanka is the favorite team who will win this match. Many factors make Sri Lanka a favorite team to win this match. Some of the key factors are mentioned as under:

• Sri Lanka is overall a strong and more experienced team than UAE
• Sri Lanka had won the title of the Asia Cup but they were not good in the previous match
• United Arab Emirates is also an improved team in the T20 format of cricket but not stronger than Sri Lanka
• UAE was struggling with the batting and bowling in the first match

Sri Lanka is full of experienced and young players in the t20 format. The batting order of this team is also strong and some well-known hitters of the t20 format are part of the squad of this team, so the winning chances of today’s match against Sri Lanka have been increased. The equation of who will win today’s cricket match prediction and who will win the cricket match today is mentioned as under.

Sri Lanka has a 60% chance to win this match
The United Arab Emirates has a 40% chance to win this match

The toss will play an important role in the decision of all matches of World Cup T20. Having a good total on the board is always a big advantage in these kinds of big matches. According to our toss prediction, the team who will win the toss may choose to bat first.

The 6th Match of World Cup T20 2022 is going to be held at Simonds Stadium, Geelong. We had observed in the previous matches played here that the pitch here at this venue is good for batting. The track is slower than the others we have seen and helps the spinners quite a bit. We are hoping that the surface is bound to get slower and be a bit more difficult for batting in this match. A score of 170 is going to be tough to chase.

The weather forecast in Geelong is predicting some clouds around on match day but the weather forecast does not predict rain. We should be able to have a full uninterrupted match.

Sri Lanka: Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis (wk), Dhananjaya de Silva, Danushka Gunathilaka, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dasun Shanaka (c), Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Dushmantha Chameera, Pramod Madushan, Maheesh Theekshana.

United Arab Emirates: Muhammad Waseem, Chirag Suri, Vriitya Aravind (wk), Chundangapoyil Rizwan (c), Basil Hameed, Zawar Farid, Aayan Afzal Khan, Kashif Daud, Karthik Meiyappan, Junaid Siddique, Zahoor Khan.

We will update you shortly.

Date: Tuesday, 18th October 2022
Time: 08:00 AM GMT / 07:00 PM LOCAL / 01:30 PM IST

• Stadium: Simonds Stadium
• Location: Geelong, Australia
• Known as: Kardinia Oval/ Shell Stadium/ Baytec Stadium/ Skilled Stadium
• Time Zone: UTC +11:00
• Home to: Victoria

• Total matches: 3
• Matches won batting first: 1
• Matches won bowling first: 2
• Average 1st Inns scores: 149
• Average 2nd Inns scores: 132
• Highest total recorded: 176/8 (20 Ov) by SL vs AUS
• The lowest total recorded: 108/10 (19 Ov) by SL vs NAM
• The highest score chased: 176/8 (20 Ov) by SL vs AUS
• The lowest score defended: 163/7 (20 Ov) by NAM vs SL

Aryan Lakra, Ahmed Raza, Sabir Ali, Alishan Sharafu, Muhammad Waseem, Chirag Suri, Vriitya Aravind (wk), Chundangapoyil Rizwan (c), Basil Hameed, Zawar Farid, Aayan Afzal Khan, Kashif Daud, Karthik Meiyappan, Junaid Siddique, Zahoor Khan.