Both the teams are in fine form after convincing victories in their respective opening matches of ICC World Twenty20, 2016, West Indies and Sri Lanka will be eager to extend the momentum when they lock horns at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Sunday. While Gayle, who said that at Bengaluru is like his home ground, Sri Lanka’s Dilshan, is also familiar with the venue, having played plenty of matches for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League.
The Sri Lankan top-order, in the match against Afghanistan, comprised Dilshan, Dinesh Chandimal, Lahiru Thirimanne and Thisara Perera. While the veteran opener was back to his best after a string of poor scores, the in-form Chandimal fell after a promising start. Perera, Thirimanne and Chamara Kapugedera, however, did not have the kind of outing they would have hoped for. It seems that Sri Lanka are yet to fill voids created with the retirement of greats, Kumar Sangakkara and Jayawardene. That said, they do have enough experience, which they will hope to capitalize.

The bowling department took a setback, with Lasith Malinga heading back to Sri Lanka after failing to recover from his injury. But they do have the men for the job in Nuwan Kulasekara and Dushmantha Chameera, the latter having impressed with his disciplined bowling at pace, with Mathews and Perera providing the back-up in their seam-bowling arsenal. Perera, too, was a touch expensive. Rangana Herath was frugal in that game, and also got amongst the wickets, and he will be eager to continue in the same vein.

Currently at the top of the table, thanks to their victory against England, West Indies got the start they would have hoped for. Apart from Gayle, Marlon Samuels too had a good outing with the bat in that game. Failures for Johnson Charles, Denesh Ramdin and Dwayne Bravo will be a concern for the Caribbean team, who will be hoping that they spring back in style in their upcoming game.

With the absence of Narine, Dwayne Bravo, Pollard, the team has lost considerable experience as well as match winners and who could have made a relatively high significance. Nevertheless, the team has talent and the likes of Benn and Badree have in them to turn the ball as well as the game.
Teams:

West Indies (From): Chris Gayle, Johnson Charles, Marlon Samuels, Denesh Ramdin(w), Dwayne Bravo, Andre Russell, Darren Sammy(c), Carlos Brathwaite, Samuel Badree, Jerome Taylor, Sulieman Benn, Andre Fletcher, Jason Holder, Ashley Nurse, Evin Lewis

Sri Lanka (From): Tillakaratne Dilshan, Dinesh Chandimal(w), Lahiru Thirimanne, Chamara Kapugedera, Angelo Mathews(c), Milinda Siriwardana, Shehan Jayasuriya, Thisara Perera, Nuwan Kulasekara, Dushmantha Chameera, Rangana Herath, Dasun Shanaka, Sachithra Senanayake, Suranga Lakmal