~ is difficult to collect big in the second innings on the Mount Maunganui pitch. So I would say that the team that wins the toss has a better chance of winning if the players can perform with some responsibility.
Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to field. I don't know why Sri Lanka took such a decision. Did the Sri Lankan management do their homework on this pitch? I think so. I have seen very few matches where batting first has won on this pitch.
Bay Oval, Mount MaunganuiOut of the 17 T20 matches played on this pitch, the team batting first has won 11 matches. And the team batting at the target has won only 3 matches. And Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to field. If New Zealand can give a target of 160+ in today's match, then I think New Zealand can win today's match quite easily.
Sri Lanka should have won the toss and decided to bat. But perhaps because of the irregular batting of the batsmen, the Sri Lanka captain did not decide to bat even after winning the toss. He wanted to know the condition of the pitch. So in the first match of the series, he won the toss and decided to field.
However, in this match, I have bet on New Zealand winning. If the series was Sri Lanka's home series, I would probably have bet on Sri Lanka winning. Although teams like Bangladesh and Sri Lanka play well at home, the performance of these two teams in away matches is weak. So in this series, I consider New Zealand as the favorite. I hope New Zealand will not disappoint me today. New Zealand has scored 18 runs without losing any wickets in 3 overs.
