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Match Details
Date: November 2, 2023
Time: 2:00 PM IST
Venue: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
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Preview
The match 33rd of the ODI World Cup 2023 will be played between India and Sri Lanka at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. After securing six straight wins, the Men in Blue are flying high in the flagship tournament, while the Lankan Lions lost their previous match in a tough manner against Afghanistan. One more win for India in the ODI World Cup 2023 will secure them a place in the semi-final, which will be an added motivation for them to perform well against Sri Lanka on November 2.
Pitch Report
The pitches at the Wankhede Stadium for the ODI World Cup 2023 have been one of the best for batters, where a lot of big totals have been made consistently. And despite the fact that the average first innings score at this venue is 256, the Indian cricket team could easily breach it, on the evidence of the current form of their batters, against Sri Lanka in their upcoming encounter.
Team Analysis
India
Rohit Sharma played an impressive innings of 87, curbing his natural instincts to play attacking cricket, to resurrect the Indian batting lineup, who had lost three quick wickets against England in their last outing of the ODI World Cup 2023. Although the Indian bowlers had only 229 runs to defend, they did it at a canter, with the likes of Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, and Kuldeep Yadav picking up the bag of wickets of the English.
SportsTiger Playing XI of India
Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka batters had a tough time with the bat against Afghanistan, losing wickets at regular intervals, with no batters going past the fifties, including the in-form Pathum Nissanka, captain Kusal Mendis, and Sadeera Samarawickrama. The bowling attack of Sri Lanka also lacked penetration while defending the 241 total, with only Dilshan Madushanka picking up a couple of wickets.
SportsTiger Playing XI of Sri Lanka
Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Perera, Kusal Mendis (c & wk), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Angelo Mathews, Dushmantha Chameera, Maheesh Theekshana, Kasun Rajitha, Dilshan Madushanka
Match Prediction
Conclusion
India are firm favourites to win against Sri Lanka, on the basis of the recent run of results, in their next match of the ODI World Cup 2023, but still, they can’t afford to take the former world champions lightly on November 2.
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