Ireland vs Sri Lanka Prediction: Ireland won the first game against Sri Lanka

Ireland and Sri Lanka are going head to head in the Match 2 of T20 Series at Pembroke Cricket Club, County Dublin, Ireland on 13th August 2024. Ireland won the first game against Sri Lanka in this series. Who will win this game of cricket?

Batting-wise, the team will yet again look up to the likes of Gaby Lewis, Amy Hunter, Laura Delaney, and Orla Prendergast to bulk the runs. From both teams, the day's top scorer was Gaby Lewis, who made 39 runs from just 33 balls with five boundaries. She found excellent support in Orla Prendergast, who remained not out, having scored 29 off 27 balls with the help of two boundaries. Captain Laura Delaney managed 25 runs off 21 balls, with 2 boundaries, while Rebecca Stokell scored 21 runs off 16 balls.

Bowling-wise, they need to pick up some crucial wickets from bowlers such as Freya Sargent, Cara Murray, Laura Delaney, Arlene Kelly, and Ava Canning. Things were similar in the last game when Freya Sargent, Laura Delaney, and Arlene Kelly picked 1 wicket each for Ireland women with some decent economy.

Amy Hunter (wk), Gaby Lewis, Orla Prendergast, Laura Delany (c), Leah Paul, Rebecca Stokell, Una Raymond-Hoey, Arlene Kelly, Ava Canning, Cara Murray, Freya Sargent

The Sri Lankan women's team includes the key players who will look for major scores, which will be Harshitha Samarawickrama, Vishmi Gunaratne, Kavisha Dilhari, Nilakshi de Silva,. It was only in the final game that Harshitha Samarawickrama shone with the bat, scoring an unbeaten 86 from 45 balls cracking fifteen boundaries made up of just one maximum. She was nicely supported by Vishmi Gunaratne who made just 30.

The bowlers will be expected to take the big wickets of women's Sri Lanka: Achini Kulasuriya, Kavisha Dilhari, Sachini Nisansala, Inoshi Priyardharshani, Hasini Perera, and Udeshika Prabodhani. In the previous game, the pick among the wickets was Inoshi Priyardharshani, who took 2 wickets for 35 runs from her quota of 4 overs.

Vishmi Gunaratne, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Kavisha Dilhari, Nilakshi de Silva, Anushka Sanjeewani (c & wk), Sugandika Kumari, Inoshi Priyadharshani, Hasini Perera, Sachini Nisansala, Udeshika Prabodhani, Achini Kulasuriya

The Sri Lanka women find themselves in front when it comes to matching the Ireland women, going by the current form. Led by the various players like Vishmi Gunaratne, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Kavisha Dilhari, and Udeshika Prabodhani, the Sri Lanka Women team is also hopeful of having great results in their batting and bowling line-ups. Sri Lanka women are expected to seal off Ireland women for the T20I series and make the series to 1-1.