SL vs OMA T20 World Cup: Sri Lanka defeat Oman by 105 runs in Pallekele

SL vs OMA T20 World Cup LIVE Score: OUT! Ramanandi changes his pace and sends it slower. It is straight and Rathnayake goes for the lap sweep, but misses! It hits the leg stump!

Rathnayake b Ramanandi 60 (28)

SL - 136/3 (13.3)

SL vs OMA T20 World Cup LIVE Score: FOUR! Rathnayake gets his fifty! He drives Mehmood over the umpire and its his maiden T20I half-century. Then he drives over cover for a four! Ends the over with another four, to fine leg.

SL - 133/2 (13)

SL vs OMA T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Fantastic partnership as Rathnayake (38*) and Mendis (36*) take Sri Lanka past 100. Six runs conceded in the 11th over.

SL - 102/2 (11)

SL vs OMA T20 World Cup LIVE Score: A short delivery by Nadeem, on middle. Mendis pulls it along the ground for a four! Then its a dot, followed by Mendis taking a single.

SL - 79/2 (9)

SL vs OMA T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Five runs conceded in the seventh over as Nadeem keeps it tight. Rathnayake (19*) and Mendis (18*) are building a slow and steady partnership here.

SL - 63/2 (7)

SL vs OMA T20 World Cup LIVE Score: A full delivery by Mehmood and Rathnayake drives it through covers for a four! Then he cuts Rathnayake for another four, past backward point. The over ends with a double.

SL - 58/2 (6)

SL vs OMA T20 World Cup LIVE Score: OUT!! Nissanka departs! LBW!

A short delivery by Mehmood, and the ball skids to hit Nissanka's back pad! LBW! GIVEN!

Nissanka lbw b Mehmood 13 (11)

SL vs OMA T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Only one run conceded in the third over as Faisal keeps it tight. Mendis (8*) and Nissanka (7*) will look to build a partnership here.

SL - 24/1 (3)

SL vs OMA T20 World Cup LIVE Score: A slow delivery by Odedra, and Mishara goes for the slog sweep. He misses and it rattles the stumps! OUT!

Mishara b Odedra 8 (7)

SL - 15/ (1.4)

SL vs OMA T20 World Cup LIVE Score: A poor delivery by Faisal and Mishara smacks it past cover point for a dive. Then he smacks him past short fine for another four! BACK-TO-BACK!

SL - 9/0 (1)

SL vs OMA T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Nissanka and Mishara to open for Sri Lanka. Faisal to open the bowling for Oman.

SL vs OMA T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Oman - Aamir Kaleem, Jatinder Singh(c), Hammad Mirza, Wasim Ali, Mohammad Nadeem, Jiten Ramanandi, Vinayak Shukla(w), Sufyan Mehmood, Nadeem Khan, Shah Faisal, Jay Odedra

Sri Lanka - Pathum Nissanka, Kamil Mishara, Kusal Mendis(w), Pavan Rathnayake, Kamindu Mendis, Dasun Shanaka(c), Dushan Hemantha, Dunith Wellalage, Dushmantha Chameera, Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana

SL vs OMA T20 World Cup LIVE Score: After winning the toss, Oman captain Jatinder said, "We're gonna bowl first, and since there is a bit of moisture, we just want to utilize the conditions. Well, I believe there's hardly anything you can pick from the first game, and it's like one game don't define us, so we just need to get our batting right, so I think everything will fall in place."

"Yeah, preparations have been really good, so they are the full members, so definitely they play really competitive cricket. We don't get a chance to play with the test playing nations, so this is a golden opportunity for us to come and showcase our talent. I think if you keep your wickets intact, maybe later on you can accelerate. That is what it seems like on this venue. There are two changes. We have Jay Odedra and Mohammad Nadeem coming in," he added.

Meanwhile, Sri Lanka skipper Shanaka added, "Yes, unfortunately our champion bowler, Hasaranga misses out, so we’ve had to make that change. We expected to score more runs, but under the circumstances especially with the pitch playing a bit on the slower side it wasn’t easy. Hopefully, the conditions will be better for us today. Of course. We’ve discussed a few plans and combinations. Hopefully, if the conditions allow, we’ll be able to execute them well."

SL vs OMA T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Oman win toss, opt to bowl.

SL vs OMA T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Toss is coming up folks! It is scheduled for 10:30 AM.

SL vs OMA T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Shakeel will be key for Oman. Spinners play a role in Pallekele, and he took 2 wickets for 24 against Sri Lanka A. Historically, Sri Lanka has always struggled against spin.

SL vs OMA T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Nissanka needs only 39 runs more to become the first Sri Lankan player to reach the 2500 mark in T20Is. He already has 2461 runs in the format.

SL vs OMA T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Oman needs to adapt to the conditions and also perform better after the defeat. The defeat against Zimbabwe showcased their bowling and batting weaknesses, and they were bundled out for 103.

SL vs OMA T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Kamindu Mendis wasn't expected to be in this tournament. He has been never been a consistent player in the playing XI, but his Player of the Match show vs Ireland puts him in a good spot. He will be key in the middle order against spin.

SL vs OMA T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Speaking ahead of the match, Oman's Mehmood open up on facing top teams as an Associate nation. "For Associate nations to compete against top Test nations, we need to play more against each other. Nepal's match was a good example of how the standard between the Associate countries and Test nations; the gap is closing now. So we need to play more matches against each other so that we can close the gap," he said.

SL vs OMA T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Hasaranga is absent, and in his place, leg spinner Hemantha has been roped in. He is expected to be included in the Playing XI today.

SL vs OMA T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Pathum Nissanka, Kamil Mishara, Kusal Mendis(w), Pavan Rathnayake, Dunith Wellalage, Kamindu Mendis, Dasun Shanaka(c), Janith Liyanage, Dushmantha Chameera, Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana, Kusal Perera, Charith Asalanka, Pramod Madushan, Dushan Hemantha

SL vs OMA T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Aamir Kaleem, Jatinder Singh(c), Hammad Mirza, Karan Sonavale, Wasim Ali, Sufyan Mehmood, Vinayak Shukla(w), Jiten Ramanandi, Nadeem Khan, Shakeel Ahmed, Shah Faisal, Shafiq Jan, Ashish Odedara, Jay Odedra, Mohammad Nadeem

SL vs OMA T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Welcome everyone, to our live coverage of today's T20 World Cup fixture as Sri Lanka take on Oman. Hasarange has been ruled out and the co-hosts need to manage without him. Stay tuned folks!