Since Sunday, India has been engaged in nonstop cricket activity. Colombo experiences sunny weather today as per ground reports; previously, due to frequent rain delays, India’s match against Pakistan, which started at 3 p.m. IST on Sunday, ended at 10.55 p.m. on Monday. They have prepared for their next Asia Cup Super 4 encounter against Sri Lanka less than 16 hours later. It is not surprising that India may decide to rest several key players against Sri Lanka because of this singular series of circumstances, maybe including Jasprit Bumrah and Virat Kohli.
Following Virat’s spectacular unbroken 122 against Pakistan, a performance that helped India win by an incredible 228 runs, Kohli said that in his 15 years of international competition, he has never experienced a circumstance like this. India will play in an ODI match for a third straight day because of the tight schedule and rain delays, which may cause the Indian players to feel as though they are playing in a Test match inside the Asia Cup.
In the meantime, Sri Lanka faces a big obstacle. They will certainly advance to the championship game with a win over India. But if Sri Lanka loses today, India would go to the championship game, forcing Sri Lanka to play Pakistan in a hypothetical knockout match.
The match’s result will be clear in time; until then, Let’s have a look at the playing eleven from both teams
The Indian team includes Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan (w), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, and Mohammed Siraj
The Sri Lanka’s on the other hand have, Pathum Nissanka, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kusal Mendis(w), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Dasun Shanaka (c), Dunith Wellalage, Maheesh Theekshana, Kasun Rajitha, Matheesha Pathirana, in the playing eleven.
“We are going to have a bat. That’s the challenge you come across as a sportsman, different challenges thrown at you as a player and as a team. We ensured everyone got into the pool after the game last night. They are fresh, as we had five days off before these two games. The last game was good for us; we batted well and then came out to defend the total with some good bowling. But again, this is a new day and a fresh game. The pitch looks different; it looks a lot drier, and there’s no grass, so we bring in Axar for Shardul. It might assist the spinners, but we also have three quality pacers.”
Rohit sharma has completed 10,000 runs in ODI cricket format with a staggering 49 average and 90 strike rate and excels at holding the captain’s spot for team India as he clashes further against Lanka on Tuesday.
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