Sri Lanka will play their first match of the ODI World Cup 2023 against South Africa at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. Sri Lanka qualified for this tournament after playing 2023 WC Qualifiers where they were seen winning 8 consecutive games row overall they were on a 13-match winning streak but unfortunately, they don't have the firepower to face a big side as we saw what happened against India in the Asia Cup 2023 finals and also they are coming after back-to-back loss against Bangladesh and Afghanistan in warm-up games.
Here, in this article, we will see about Sri Lanka's playing XI for their first match of ODI WC 2023.
Openers: Kusal Perera-Pathum Nissanka
Kusal Perera is expected to open the innings for Sri Lanka as Dimuth Karunaratne has been very disappointing with the bat in this format, while Pathum Nissanka has been in very good touch with the bat as he remains the third-highest run-scorer in this calendar year (2023) in ODIs after Shubman Gill and Asif Khan (UAE batsman).
