🏏ICC T20 WC 2024, Match 4: Sri Lanka vs South Africa @ New York🏏 - Page 4

Joel Taylor: "Can we expect many 6's to be hit today? What are the pitch conditions, and field dimensions?Joel - Melbourne " Field dimensions seem pretty middle of the road, Joel. But apparently, from the little we can tell, there should be a bit of help to the bowlers on this track. Sri Lanka are expecting it to be on the slower side, which would be good news for them.

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first.

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Sri Lanka have won the toss and have opted to bat

Sri Lanka won toss and choose to bat

Sri Lanka have won the toss and have opted to bat

SL won the toss and opted to bat first.

Hasaranga: We're going to bat first. We can see it's a good wicket. Just want to get a good score. Our bowling attack is so strong, that's our idea. I started my cricket 1 month before. I'm ready to go. Some players came after IPL, we played two practice games.We are going with 7-4 combination, 7 batters, 4 bowlers and 2 allrounders.

Hasaranga: We're going to bat first. We can see it's a good wicket. Just want to get a good score. Our bowling attack is so strong, that's our idea. I started my cricket 1 month before. I'm ready to go. Some players came after IPL, we played two practice games. We are going with 7-4 combination, 7 batters, 4 bowlers and 2 allrounders.

Markram: We actually would've bowled. Not sure how the wicket is going to play. Team has been together now for few years - majority of the squad. Did well at the ODI World Cup, ideally would've liked to go a few steps further. Good facilities here. All things have gone well and it's been thoroughly enjoyable so far. We're going with four quicks and one spinner in Keshav.

Sri Lanka (Playing XI): Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis(w), Kamindu Mendis, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Angelo Mathews, Dasun Shanaka, Wanindu Hasaranga(c), Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana, Nuwan Thushara

South Africa (Playing XI): Quinton de Kock(w), Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram(c), Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Ottneil Baartman