Sri Lanka vs Australia Prediction: Australia set for a close victory

The national teams of Sri Lanka and Australia will play each other at the World Test Series second test. Following Australia's two consecutive victories, both teams will relish the final-game practice. It will be held at Galle International Cricket Stadium, Galle, Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka will be looking to bounce back and give Dimuth Karunaratne a good farewell. Fans can catch up live on TNT Sports and Willow TV. Who will win this game of cricket?

Sri Lanka Form

Sri Lanka will play host to Australia in a two-match series. They suffered a serious defeat against the visitor, who gave a masterclass performance and outplayed them in all sections. Team Australia won the match by innings and 242 runs. Prabath Jayasuriya and Jeffrey Vandersay were key players for the home side, which was on the road for redemption. They picked up three wickets each. In this series, they have suffered back-to-back losses to South Africa via 109 runs and 233 runs. 

Sri Lanka Predicted Lineup

Pathum Nissanka, Dimuth Karunaratne, Dinesh Chandimal, Angelo Mathews, Kamindu Mendis, Dhananjaya de Silva (c), Kusal Mendis (wk), Lahiru Kumara, Prabath Jayasuriya, Nishan Peiris, Asitha Fernando

Australia form

Team Australia has shown great finesse in games despite not having a static captain with the team. They totally destroyed Sri Lanka through their perfectly strategized plans, giving the home team blowers more work to do. The important players for the visitor were Usman Khawaja (232) and Captain Steve Smith (141). Even debutant Josh Inglis (102 off 94) kept adding to the score sheet.

Australia Predicted Lineup

Usman Khawaja, Sam Konstas, Steve Smith (c), Marnus Labuschagne, Beau Webster, Alex Carey (wk), Travis Head, Mitchell Starc, Scott Boland, Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy

Expert Betting Tips

Statistically, Team Australia has been on a solid run that is interesting. Both sides have faced each other 34 times, with the visitor getting 21 wins and drawing 8 times. The pitch is historically known to favor batters, and the weather condition expected is rain. Spinning and more spinning is going to be more active.

Our first prediction is Australia to win - 2.10 odds for 1xbet

Our Second prediction is Australia draw no bet - 1.80 odds for bet365

Our Third prediction is Australia to win the toss - 1.90 odds for betway