Sri Lanka will play for the first time against Papua New Guinea in a T20 match as they face off in Sri Lanka’s 2nd warm up game in ICC T20 World Cup 2021 which will be played at 11.30am SL time today.
Papua New Guinea Journey so far: Following near-misses in their qualification attempts for the 2014 and 2016 ICC Men’s T20 World Cups, Papua New Guinea left nothing to chance in the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier and were the first team to seal their spot after topping Group A.
A five-wicket win over Netherlands in the group stage proved decisive and though the Dutch got their own back by winning the final, Papua New Guinea were still able to celebrate qualifying for their first ever ICC global tournament…