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Salman Ali Agha speaking after the toss:
“We are gonna bowl first. It’s a fresh pitch and there’s rain around for a few days, so we just wanted to see if there’s any moisture and we want to use that. For the first time I have seen so much grass in Sri Lanka. We have spinners and fast bowlers who can do the job here as well, so we are playing three pacers and we have all-rounders for the spin department.”
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That tells the story of this tournament’s surfaces—Sri Lanka serving up rare green tops, rain adding swing, and teams forced into balance: pace upfront, spin later.
WT20 2026 is shaping into a battle of adaptability, where execution on tricky pitches will decide who survives.
“We are gonna bowl first. It’s a fresh pitch and there’s rain around for a few days, so we just wanted to see if there’s any moisture and we want to use that. For the first time I have seen so much grass in Sri Lanka. We have spinners and fast bowlers who can do the job here as well, so we are playing three pacers and we have all-rounders for the spin department.”
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That tells the story of this tournament’s surfaces—Sri Lanka serving up rare green tops, rain adding swing, and teams forced into balance: pace upfront, spin later.
WT20 2026 is shaping into a battle of adaptability, where execution on tricky pitches will decide who survives.
