SL vs AFG Weather Report Live Today And Pitch Report Of Dambulla Stadium – 3rd T20I, 2024

Dambulla hosts the SL vs AFG third T20I on February 21. The match wraps up the series and Afghanistan are in danger of coming back empty-handed in the series. They lost the first two games and are staring at a clean sweep. 

Sri Lanka won the first T20I by four runs and then thumped Afghanistan in the second T20I by 72 runs. They scored 187/6 batting first and bowled out the Afghans for a paltry 115. 

Afghanistan who were expected to make a comeback in the T20I series after their ODI series drubbing have played even worse and let themselves down. The head-to-head count now in SL vs AFG T20Is sits 5-2 in favor of Sri Lanka. 

Sri Lanka will be led by Wanindu Hasaranga in the series. He was named the new T20I skipper for Sri Lanka after the ODI World Cup. The SLC decided to change the leadership responsibilities choosing three different captains for different formats.

Hasaranga was chosen as the T20I skipper. He won his first series as captain against Zimbabwe. Kusal Mendis was named the new ODI skipper and Dhananjaya de Silva the new T20I skipper.

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Ibrahim Zadran will continue to lead Afghanistan as the stand-in skipper. Regular T20I skipper Rashid Khan is still recovering from his lower back surgery. Zadran and his fellow opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz will be the key batters for the Afghans with Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Noor Ahmead the key bowlers in the series. The players have let themselves down in the series. 

SL vs AFG Weather Report Live Today And Pitch Report Of Dambulla Stadium – 1st T20I, 2024

Weather Report Of Dambulla

The weather conditions will be mostly cloudy throughout the day with temperatures up to 31 degrees. There is a 3-5 percent chance of rain during the day.

The weather conditions will be partly cloudy during the evening with a negligible chance of rain. There has been no rain interruption in the first two games. Hopefully, the rain will stay away in the final game as well.

Pitch Analysis

So far the Dambulla pitch has remained a good one for batting. Sri Lanka scored 160 in the first T20I. Afghanistan scored 156 in response. Sri Lanka scored 180 plus in the second T20I and Afghanistan were bowled out for just 115.

That performance does not reflect the truth as the wicket was still good enough for batting. As is expected the pitch will turn spin and dew is expected to play a role as well if it does not rain.

Weather Impact on SL vs AFG 3rd T20I

There is a 3-5 percent chance of rain in Dambulla on February 21. Thus rain might not affect the SL vs AFG third T0I. Rain has stayed away from the first two games and we have seen a full 40 overs of play which is expected to be the same way in the third T20I as well. The temperature in the evening will be around 22 degrees which will be pleasant conditions for cricket.

Conclusion

The match might not be hugely impacted by rain which gives Sri Lanka the chance to complete a clean sweep. Afghanistan will all their might expect to win the third T20I and avoid a clean sweep.

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