Sri Lanka vs West Indies స్కోరు కార్డు, Match 35, ICC T20 World Cup 2021

West Indies have won six of their last seven games in men’s T20Is against Sri Lanka with the sole loss during this run coming in March 2021 at Coolidge Cricket Ground, Antigua courtesy of a 56-run knock by Danushka Gunathilaka.

This will be the eighth meeting between West Indies and Sri Lanka in the men’s T20 World Cup with the Lions winning five of the previous seven fixtures; however, the Caribbean team won the most recent such encounter in 2016.

West Indies have won just one of their six men’s T20I games played in the United Arab Emirates, however their sole win in the country came in their most recent encounter against Bangladesh on October 29.

Sri Lanka are currently on a three-match losing streak in men’s T20I games played in the United Arab Emirates, they were on a four-game winning streak prior to this run, however.

West Indies have a dot ball rate of 51% while batting in the current edition of the men’s T20 World Cup, the poorest rate among all teams participating in the tournament; 165 of the total 327 balls that the Men in Maroon have faced resulted in dot balls.

Sri Lankan batters have struck a total of 110 boundaries (82 Fours & 28 Sixes) in the current edition of the men’s T20 World Cup, the most among all teams; meanwhile West Indies have managed to score less than one-third of what the Lions have managed in the tournament (36 boundaries).

West Indies have a catch success rate of 70% in the ongoing men’s T20 World Cup having caught seven of the 10 chances presented to them, the worst rate amongst all teams in this tournament.

The West Indian duo of Dwayne Bravo and Lendl Simmons is the most successful bowler/fielder combination in men’s T20I cricket having been involved in 11 dismissals as a pair.

No other bowler has scalped more wickets in the ongoing T20 World Cup than Sri Lanka’s Wanindu Hasaranga (14 wickets), three more than next best player in the list (Shakib Al Hasan – 11 wickets); he also happens to have the best strike-rate (11) in the tournament for any bowler to have bowled a minimum of 12 overs.

Evin Lewis (West Indies) has struck a boundary once every 4.5 balls in the current T20 World Cup, the best rate for any batter (min. 25 balls); he also happens to have scored 85% of his runs via boundaries, the highest percentage in this tournament (min. 25 balls).