Kumara, Henry return to XIs after New Zealand bowl towards Sri Lanka

Toss New Zealand choose to bowl v Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka will bat first for the third straight sport after New Zealand gained the toss and put them in as soon as extra.

With the collection on the road there’s one change every for either side. Matt Henry is available in for Henry Shipley for the hosts, whereas Lahiru Kumara replaces Dilshan Madushanka for the guests.

The situations in Queenstown are good and sunny, and it is anticipated to remain that manner all through proceedings on the picturesque John Davies Oval. However it’s by the way the primary T20 to be performed on the venue, and the primary males’s worldwide fixture since 2014.

New Zealand skipper Tom Latham mentioned the prolonged hole between worldwide matches performed an element in his resolution to bowl first, as they most popular to see how the wicket performed earlier than going into bat.

Sri Lankan captain Dasun Shanaka for his half shared how he needed his facet to capitalise on the powerplay and set the tone for the sport, whereas concurrently urgent the significance of spending extra time within the center and attending to grips with the floor.

New Zealand XI: 1 Tim Seifert, 2 Chad Bowes, 3 Tom Latham (wk, capt.), 4 Daryll Mitchell, 5 Mark Chapman, 6 James Neesham, 7 Rachin Ravindra, 8 Adam Milne, 9 Matt Henry, 10 Ish Sodhi, 11 Ben Lister

Sri Lanka XI: 1 Kusal Mendis (wk), 2 Pathum Nissanka, 3 Kusal Perera, 4 Dhananjaya de Silva, 5 Charith Asalanka, 6 Dasun Shanaka (capt.), 7 Wanindu Hasaranga, 8 Maheesh Theekshana, 9 Pramod Madushan, 10 Kasun Rajitha, 11 Lahiru Kumara