(IND) will be up against (SL) in the 4th match of the Super Four round of the Asia Cup 2023
Both teams won their opening game of the Super Four stage and are placed in the first and second position in the points table.
India had squared off against Pakistan in their last match, where Pakistan won the toss and elected to bowl. Being put to bat, India started brilliantly, with both their openers looking fabulous. They lost both their openers in quick succession, which pushed them back, but Virat and Rahul joined hands to put up a historic partnership. They posted a mammoth total of 356 in reply, of which Pakistan crumbled totally. They were bowled out for a mere total of 128 runs and lost the match by 228 runs.
India played one match in the Super 4 of this season of the Asia Cup which they won against Pakistan while Sri Lanka played one match in this season where they won that game against Bangladesh.
DATE – 12 SEPTEMBER 2023
TIME – 3:00 PM ONWARDS
VENUE – R. Premadasa Stadium, Khettarama, Colombo
PITCH REPORT
R Premdasa Stadium offers a pitch that is quite favorable to batters in nature. Spinners, in particular, can do well on this track due to the turn and bounce on offer. Batters can exploit the batting nature of the pitch and score heavily. Teams winning the toss might choose to chase, with the average first innings total being 214.
PROBABLE PLAYING XI
Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya, Ishan Kishan (wk), Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohamaad Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav
Sri Lanka
D Karunarante, Pathum Nissanka, C Asalanka, Dunith Wellalage, D de Silva, D Shanaka (C), K Mendis (wk), S Samarawickrama, M Theekshana, K Rajitha, Matheesha Pathirana
DREAM11 PREDICTION
Keeper – Kusal Mendis
Batsmen – Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli (c), Shubman Gill, Pathum Nissanka, Sadeera Samarawickrama
All-rounders – Dananjaya de Silva (vc), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja
Bowlers – Mohammad Siraj, Maheesh Theekshana