IND vs SL: India will try to secure a place in the semi-finals, victory is necessary for Sri Lanka

IND vs SL: India will try to secure a place in the semi-finals, victory is necessary for Sri Lanka

Today, the two-time world champion Indian team will face Sri Lanka in the ODI World Cup. The match will be played at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai from 2 pm. The toss will take place half an hour before the match at 1:30 p.m.

Sri Lanka is the same team in which India won the ODI World Cup for the second time after 28 years by defeating it on the same ground in 2011.

Host India is in second position in the points table with 12 points after winning the first 6 matches. By defeating Sri Lanka today, Team India can qualify for the semi-finals and again become the table topper.

Whereas Sri Lanka is at number 7 in the points table with 4 points from 6 matches with 2 wins and 4 losses. Another defeat will almost end Sri Lanka's hopes of reaching the semi-finals. After the defeat, the team will have to win the next two matches and also pray for the defeat of Pakistan and New Zealand.

In this story, we will know the head-to-head record of both teams, results of World Cup matches, pitch report, weather conditions, and possible playing eleven…

Head-to-head and recent records

A total of 167 ODIs have been played between the two teams so far. India won 98 matches and Sri Lanka won 57 matches. 11 matches remained inconclusive, while one match was also tied.

At the same time, Sri Lanka's record against India in the World Cup has been good. In the World Cup, both the teams have clashed 9 times so far, India won 4 and Sri Lanka won 4. One match has been no result.

The last ODI between India and Sri Lanka was played on 17 September 2023. That was the final match of Asia Cup. In which India won by 10 wickets.

Rohit Sharma's top run scorer

Rohit Sharma is India's top run scorer in the ODI World Cup 2023, he has scored 398 runs in 6 matches of the tournament. After him, only Virat Kohli has been able to score more than 300 runs for India. Whereas fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has taken maximum 14 wickets for the team.

No Sri Lankan player is in the top-5 performers

No Sri Lankan player is in the top-5 performers in the tournament. Sadira Samarawickrama has scored the most runs for the team. He has one century and one half-century to his name. Among the bowlers, Dilshan Madushanka has 13 wickets in his name, which is the highest for the team in the tournament.

The final match of World Cup 2011 took place between these two teams.

Hardly any Indian fan can forget the final match of the 2011 ODI World Cup between India and Sri Lanka. In this match, Sri Lankan team won the toss and batted first and scored 274 runs losing six wickets. Mahila Jayawardene played an inning of 103 runs not out in this match.

In reply, the Indian team won the match in the 49th over after losing four wickets. Captain MS Dhoni hit the winning six on the ball of bowler Nuwan Kulashekara. In the match, Gautam Gambhir scored 97 runs and Dhoni scored 91 not out.

Team India's all-rounder Hardik Pandya will not play against Sri Lanka today. However, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has not yet confirmed for how many matches Hardik will be out.

pitch report

The pitch of Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium is batting friendly. The batsmen get a lot of help here. Due to good bounce, the ball hits the bat properly. The third match of the tournament will be played in the stadium. England-South Africa and Bangladesh-South Africa matches were played on this ground.

So far 25 ODI matches have been played on this ground, in which the team batting first has won 13 matches and the team batting later has won 12 matches. The average total in the first inning is 256 runs.

The highest team score is 438 which was made by South Africa against India in 2015. The lowest team score is 115 which was made by Bangladesh against India in 1998.

weather forecast

The weather will be clear in Mumbai on Thursday, November 2. There is no chance of rain. During this period the wind speed will be 11 kilometers per hour. The temperature can range from 26 to 37 degrees Celsius.

Possible playing-11

India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami and Mohammed Siraj.

Sri Lanka: Kusal Mendis (captain and wicketkeeper), Pathum Nissanka, Dimuth Karunaratne, Sadira Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjay de Silva, Angelo Mathews, Mahish Teekshana, Kasun Rajitha, Dushmantha Chameera and Dilshan Madushanka.