India will take on Sri Lanka on the 2nd of November at the very same venue where we last lifted the World Cup trophy, The hunt for a World Cup trophy is still there and in process, India will look to book their ticket to Mumbai again for the semi-finals. The way this Indian team is going, the way they are dominating the
top teams in the competition, it can be a one-way traffic but one can’t write off a Lankan team in a big tournament as they are the new unpredictable team in the town.
Team India:
The only team in the competition who haven’t put a foot wrong yet, they entered the competition as a top contender to lift the cup and have been moving on the same path ever since the beginning of the tournament, in their journey, they have managed to win some games so comfortably and have faced some little competition against some odd teams, for them everything is places so rightly. The team environment is looking so good, everyone is in a good space and this is what it takes to win big tournaments. Rohit Sharma who’s leading the team is providing good starts regularly and veteran Virat Kohli is playing the way we all know him and winning the games for the team. The bowling unit after the inclusion of Shami is looking much more settled and better than ever. For the Indian team, it’s all about continuing what they are doing best as of now.
Team Sri Lanka:
For Sri Lanka the road to the semis is getting tougher and tougher with each passing game, even if they win their remaining 3 games the semi-final berth will not be in their hands, it’s fair to believe that they will be playing just for pride now. Injuries haven’t been kind to the Sri Lankan team as they have seen at least 3-4 players being ruled out of the tournament. They are a team that can beat top sides on a day now and will bundle out for nothing on odd days, The team which won comfortably against Defending champions England lost a game to Afghanistan. When they take on India next up it will be more of about pride and giving good competition to team India. They have the potential to defeat India.
Probable XI:
India: Rohit Sharma ©, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Surya K Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj.
Sri Lanka: Pathum Nissanka, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kusal Mendis ©(wk), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Angelo Matthews, Dushmanta Chameera, Maheesh Theekshana,
Kasun Rajitha, Dilshan Madushanka
Stats:
H2H in World Cups – The rivalry is evenly poised as both have won 4 matches each while 1 match ended up with no result.
Ishan Kishan needs 67 Runs to complete 1000 ODI Runs.
Shreyas Iyer Needs 65 Runs to complete 2000 ODI Runs.
Sadeera Samarawickrama needs 54 Runs to complete 1000 ODI Runs.
Maheesh Theekshana needs 3 Wickets to complete 50 ODI Wickets.
If Mohammed Shami picks 5 more wickets, he will become the Highest Wicket Taker for India in the World Cup with 45 Wickets Surpassing the Current Joint-Highest – Zaheer Khan and Srinath who have taken 44 wickets in the day cricket World Cup.
This will be 50th ODI for Dimuth Karunaratne
Ravindra Jadeja needs 5 fours to complete 200 fours in ODIs.
KL Rahul needs 4 fours to complete 200 ODI fours.
Pitch and Weather Report:
Mumbai is considered a batsman’s paradise, batsmen love to come to Mumbai. When playing in Wankhede teams would generally prefer batting first and putting up a good score to defend.
