SL vs BAN Match Prediction Today Match 2025: Playing XI, Pitch Report, & Injury Updates– 3rd T20I Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka, 2025

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SL vs BAN Prediction for Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka, 2025 3rd T20I Preview: The Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka, 2025 kicked off on July 2 with the Modern Bangladesh squad taking on the home side Sri Lanka, marking it as their first ODI series after the Champions Trophy exit of the team. The series between the two started at Pallekele International stadium, and now for the third T20 match, it has shifted the logistics to the R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo for 3rd T20I.

So far on this bilateral tour Sri Lanka have clearly been the stronger side, they won the test Series 1-0 after drawing the first match and dominating the second. In the ODI series, Sri Lanka also came out on the top winning 2-1, Now they entered the Twenty 20 series with a big win too. In the second T20 or last match between the two, Sri Lanka started strong with a comfortable 7-wicket win in the first match, but Bangladesh hit back in the second game with a dominant performance. Led by Litton Das’s 76 and Shamim Hossain’s 48, they scored 177 and then bowled Sri Lanka out for 94. Shoriful Islam and Rishad Hossain’s aggressive bowling helped set up an exciting series decider.Heading into the upcoming match the pressure would be there for both the teams as the winner will be the ultimate winner of the bilateral series between the two teams. So with the spot of the final to take on, Fans can expect to see an intense and competitive opener between the two. The SL vs BAN match is scheduled at R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo on Wednesday 16th July starting at 7:00 PM IST. 

SL vs BAN Match Details, 3rd T20I Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka, 2025

League Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka, 2025
Match Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh, 3rd T20I
Time 7:00 PM IST, Wednesday, July 16, 2025
Venue R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

SL vs BAN Today Match Prediction: Today Team Captain And Vice Captain Choices

Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka, 2025 is one of the popular domestic T20 cricket leagues among the fans and fantasy platform. As the tournament has already started, fans are trying to find out the best possible combination on fantasy platforms. Hence, we have made an easy Captain and vice captain choice for you that would help you to earn points for your today teams for small and grand leagues.

  • Charith Asalanka
  • Kusal Mendis
  • Towhid Hridoy
  • Mehidy Hasan Miraz

SL vs BAN Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka, 2025, Where to Watch 3rd T20I

Where to Watch 
Live Telecast Star Sports Networks
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SL vs BAN Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka, 2025 Weather & Pitch Report

Temperature 28°C
Weather Forecast 77% Humidity and 35% rain chances
Pitch Behavior Batting
Best Suited To Pacers
Average 1st innings score  152

R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Pitch Report

R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo has a comparative batting friendly pitch that favors batters especially. When the pitch is new and fresh, batsmen can take the most out of it. However, batting second on this ground has been the favorable option on this ground as the team batting second have won 24 out of 43 matches. Looking at the average first score, the team batting second has a higher chance of winning the game.

SL vs BAN 3rd T20I Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka, 2025 Ground Stats

R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Ground Stats
Total 43
Team Bat 1st 19
Team Bat 2nd 24
Tie/ No Result 00
Average First Innings Score 152
Highest Score Sri Lanka 214/6
Lowest Score Afghanistan 80/10

Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh Head to Head Records

Total Matches 08
Sri Lanka 05
Bangladesh 03
No Result 00

SL vs BAN  Prediction Today Match: Probable 11

Sri Lanka Playing XI: Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis (wk), Kusal Perera, Avishka Fernando, Charith Asalanka (c), Dasun Shanaka, Chamika Karunaratne, Jeffrey Vandersay, Maheesh Theekshana, Binura Fernando, Nuwan Thushara

Bangladesh Playing XI: Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Parvez Hossain Emon, Litton Das (c & wk), Mohammad Naim, Towhid Hridoy, Shamim Hossain, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Rishad Hossain, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Mohammad Saifuddin, Taskin Ahmed

Who will win the SL vs BAN 3rd T20I of the Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka, 2025

As per our analysis and game stats and recent matches and squad of these two teams there is a high probability of SL to win this match. Although the winner can be entirely attributed to the ground stats and its records. So as per the ground stats the chances of team batting second are high, so the chasing team will likely win the 3rd T20I of the Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka, 2025 League. However, with cricket’s unpredictable nature and BAN’s batting firepower, this match could go either way. So please analyze on your part and then invest.

SL vs BAN  Prediction Today Match: Injury Updates

Sri Lanka Bangladesh
No Injury Update. No Injury Update.

 

Vedant Sharma

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Published - July 15, 2025 18:12:33
Updated - July 15, 2025 18:12:33

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