India and Sri Lanka lock horns in a crunch Super 4 fixture of Asia Cup 2023. With both teams having 2 points, a win will be crucial for both sides in their bid to reach the final of Asia Cup 2023. Sri Lanka come into the fixture on the back of 13 back-to-back wins, having bowled out their opponents in each of those games.
The R Premadasa Cricket Stadium in Colombo will host the ODI clash on September 12. Sri Lanka look better than ever, recording 13 consecutive wins in ODIs so far. It will be interesting to see if they can extend their lead against India this Tuesday.
The Men in Blue hammered Pakistan by 228 runs, a massive win but it came in the wee hours on Monday night, and it remains to be seen whether the Indian management will make any changes to their playing XI.
Sri Lanka were able to pick up a comfortable victory against Bangladesh in their previous Super Four fixture. They will be hoping to repeat the same feat against India.
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India vs Sri Lanka head-to-head:
India have faced Sri Lanka on 21 occasions in the Asia Cup. The Men in Blue have recorded 10 wins in those games while Sri Lanka have won 11 times. In the overall ODI format, however, India and Sri Lanka have competed for a total of 165 times. India have proven to be the superior team in this record with 96 wins while Sri Lanka has only managed 57. Only a single match was tied between the two teams and no result could be reached on 11 occasions.
Check out India vs Sri Lanka Probable XIs:
IND Probable XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj
SL Probable XI: Pathum Nissanka, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kusal Mendis (wk), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Dasun Shanaka (c), Dunith Wellalage, Maheesh Theekshana, Kasun Rajitha, Matheesha Pathirana
India vs Sri Lanka Full Squad
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Shreyas Iyer, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Virat Kohli, Axar Patel, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Ishan Kishan (wk), KL Rahul (wk), Sanju Samson (wk), Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Shardul Thakur
Sri Lanka: Charith Asalanka, Dimuth Karunaratne, Pathum Nissanka, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Dasun Shanaka (c), Dhananjaya de Silva, Dushan Hemantha, Kusal Mendis (wk), Kusal Perera (wk), Binura Fernando, Dunith Wellalage, Kasun Rajitha, Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana, Pramod Madushan