Each side of a hiccup in the second match, Sri Lanka dominated Bangladesh twice to search for the ODI series. Now they are favored to do so in T20I, which will be played in a seven-day space in palaces, dambulla and colombo.

News match and current form

Sri Lanka They are a low seventh in the ICC T20I rankings after their early exit from the 2024 Men’s T20 Cup in the hands of Bangladesh after a group of Dlash without Mustafizing Rahman and Mahmudullah to run Tigers in a close victory with two wins in Dallas.

Since then there have been mixed results: a home 2-1 win over the Western Indians came both sides of the 3-0 losses in India and a 3-2 loss away in New Zealand. They have made a change in personnel changes as they look at a winning form against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe in front of one of the most important T20 world cups of their history, because they will be co-perpetrator with India in 2026 and will be essential in the inspiration of the next generation.

Banglade It has become an intense rival of Sri Lanka over the last eight years now that the teams are in the right terms and this is always a match that Bangladesh loves their chances to win no matter what kind each team is.

But their T20I journey since the further advancement that Sri Lanka in the last cup of the world has epitomized the discrepancy that is synonymous with the Bangladesh cricket: they dominated Western Indians 3-0 in Arnos Vale, though a terrain that absolutely fits their cricket style, losing 3-0 in both India. There was also the end of the rock of losing a T20I series to accompany members of the United Arab Emirates to Sharjah this May, which is part of their lost five -match match.

Head -to -head story

Bangladesh has never beaten Sri Lanka in a bilateral T20I series, losing four times and drawing once. In general, the record stands at 11-6 in favor of Sri Lanka, including a 17-manager during the single meeting in this country (2013).

Statistics and hot strips

First-fill teams have a 15-11 record in palapes (including super on victories)

The first nine results of 177+ jogging were protected, while ten of 16 from under 177 were followed

Charith Asalanka has only 40 jogging in four t20i of palakes including two ducks

Liton Das Top scored for Bangladesh in just one of his last 12 t20i

Key players to see and lose players

Wanindu Hasaranga was not the fruitful keeper of the wicker he hoped to be in the palaces, posting the best figures of only 2-21. He has a total of ten wicks out of his nine matches there. Parvez Hossain Emon forms as a threat at the top of the order for visitors, especially as their only player to record more than half a century in 2025.

Sri Lanka has remembered Chamika Karunaratne, Dunith Wellage and Dasun Shanaka in a missing team that Assitha Fernando, Chamindu Wickramsinghe and Bhanuka Rajapaksa (all released). Bangladesh threw former Kajmul Hossain Shanto and offered Mohammad Saifuddin and Islam Shoripul, while Taskin Ahmed and Mustafizur Rahman have returned from the injury.

Betting analysis

It is difficult to win Bangladesh to win a single game in this series based on the way they were going to T20is year, so a 3-0 series win in the local team looks a good game.