ENG vs SL: England has not been able to beat Sri Lanka in the tournament for 16 years

ENG vs SL: England has not been able to beat Sri Lanka in the tournament for 16 years

The defending champion England team will face Sri Lanka in the ODI World Cup 2023 today on 26th October. The match will be played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru from 2 pm onwards. The toss will take place half an hour earlier at 1:30 pm.

England has been waiting for victory against Sri Lanka in the ODI World Cup for 16 years. The team's last win was in 1999. Since then, four matches (2007, 2011, 2015 and 2019) were played between the two teams and the English team lost all of them. That means Sri Lanka has won the last four matches consecutively.

5th match of both the teams in this World Cup

This will be the fifth match of both the teams in this World Cup. England has won only one out of 4 and lost three. On the other hand, Sri Lanka has also lost three out of four and won only one.

Head-to-head and recent records

A total of 78 ODIs have been played between the two teams so far. England won in 38 and Sri Lanka won in 36. Three matches were no result and one was tied. Talking about the tournament, 11 matches have been played between the two so far, in which England won 6 and Sri Lanka won 5.

 

• England: Won 1 out of last 5 ODIs. Had to face defeat in 3 matches. One match was no result.

• Sri Lanka: Had to face defeat in 4 out of last 5. Has won only 1 match.

 

David Malan scored the most runs

David Malan has scored the most runs from England in this World Cup. He has one century to his name. Whereas in bowling, Reece Topley has taken the most wickets, but he is out of the tournament due to injury. So right now the bowler taking the most wickets for England is Adil Rashid.

Samarawickrama top scorer, Madushanka top wicket-taker

The top scorer in the tournament for Sri Lanka is Sadira Samarawickrama. He has scored one century and one half century. Dilshan Madushanka is the top wicket taker in bowling, he has taken 11 wickets in four matches.

pitch report

The pitch of M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru is considered batting friendly. So far 27 ODI matches have been played on this ground. The team batting first won 12 matches and the team chasing the target won 12 matches. Two matches were no result and one match was tied. The average score of the first inning is 264 runs.

weather forecast

The weather of Bengaluru will be absolutely clear on Thursday. The wind speed will be 11 kilometers per hour. There is a 1% chance of rain. The temperature will be between 31 to 19 degrees Celsius.

Possible playing eleven of both teams

Sri Lanka: Kusal Mendis (captain and wicketkeeper), Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Perera, Sadira Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjay de Silva, Dushan Hemanth, Chamika Karunaratne, Kasun Rajitha, Mahish Teekshana and Dilshan Madushanka.

England: Jos Buttler (captain and wicketkeeper), Jonny Bairstow, Dawid Malan, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Harry Brook, David Willey, Adil Rashid, Gus Atkinson, Mark Wood and Chris Woakes.