ICC World T20: Sri Lanka strengths, weaknesses and players to watch out for

Here’s a look at teams in the two groups. There are two big traditional derbies in Group 2, which features India and Pakistan, Australia and New Zealand.

Team: Sri Lanka

World T20 record: ’07-2nd Round, ’09-Finalist, ’10-3rd place, ’12-Finalist, ’14-Champions

Strength: Bowling

Weakness: Batting

Players to watch:

Lasith Malinga — Sri Lanka hopes its premier fast bowler gets fit in time to deliver some of the trademark Yorkers and cause trouble for the batsmen. Malinga has been instrumental in Sri Lanka’s progress to the semifinals in the previous four editions of World Twenty20. Although Malinga’s economy rate is 7.26 per over, he has taken 78 wickets in 62 T20 internationals with an average of 20.28.

Tillakaratne Dilshan: Famous for his “Dilscoop” shot over the head of the wicketkeeper, Dilshan has been an integral part of Sri Lanka’s batting lineup. In the absence of retired Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara, Dilshan holds the key to Sri Lanka’s batting strength. His tally of 1,751 runs in 73 T20 internationals is more than double the next-best tally among the Sri Lankan batsmen.

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