Sri Lanka vs India Asia Cup 2023 - when and where to watch, venue, most likely playing XIs, full squad details, Pitch Report, Weather and more
India secured their first victory of the Super Four stage of the competition when they defeat their arch-rivals Pakistan yesterday. It was a comprehensive victory and the Indian side will be riding with confidence heading into today’s fixture against the Lankan side.
On the other hand Sri Lanka, got off to a perfect start to the Super Four stage of the Asia Cup 2023. They faced Bangladesh in their first game of the Super Fours and beat them to grab their third straight win of the competition. They will be looking to carry forward the winning momentum.
Check all the details given below regarding the match:-
Sri Lanka vs India Match Details
Match: Sri Lanka vs India, Super Four Match 4, Asia Cup 2023
Captains:
Rohit Sharma is going to lead India Cricket Team
Dasun Shanaka will lead Sri Lanka Cricket Team
When: September 12th 2023, Tuesday
Match is going to start at 3:00 p.m. IST
Venue: R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Head to head of these two teams: Both teams have played 165 matches against each other. Out of which Sri Lanka has won 57 matches and India has won 96 matches with 11 end in no result and 1 tie.
Likely playing XI
India
Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj
Bench : S Iyer, SA Yadav, Tilak Varma, Axar Patel, Prasidh Krishna, M Shami, SV Samson
Sri Lanka
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
Bench : K Perera, MADI Hemantha, B Fernando, PM Liyanagamage
Pitch report
The surface at the R. Premadasa Stadium looks to be a balanced one. The batters will have to spend some time in the middle before they can start playing high-risk strokes. The spinners are expected to get plenty of purchase from the surface.
Best players from both of the teams
Best Batsman: Shubhman Gill
Best Bowler: Matheesha Pathirana
Weather forecast for today in Colombo
Maximum temperature: 29°C
Minimum temperature: 25°C
Wind speed: 14km/h
Chances of rain: 20%
Capacity of stadium: 35,000
Prediction to win: Team India is most likely to win the match
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