Group India captain Rohit Sharma at a training session in Mumbai. (Photo: AP)
Group India are considering a seventh succeeding win when they handle 1996 World Cup champs Sri Lanka in match no. 33 of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Thursday. India are the only group with an unbeaten record on the planet Cup 2023 up until now, having actually won 6 matches on the trot however have actually slipped to 2nd area on the Points Table on Wednesday with South Africa increasing to the top after their dominant 190 runs win over New Zealand in Pune.
Rohit Sharma’s side will be missing out on the services of all-rounder Hardik Pandya when again, who had actually twisted his ankle in the clash versus Bangladesh in Pune last month and has actually run out action ever since.
“His treatment after the injury is really favorable. Whatever treatment he needed to go through after the injury, and the NCA, there were a great deal of favorable things. Now, he is not offered for tomorrow’s match. It is an injury that we have to see every day how much percent he has actually enhanced, how much healing has actually been made, how much bowling has actually been done, how much batting has actually been done. On a daily basis, we would like to take a call. Since we are looking for the World Cup, so certainly, the matches are happening every 3 – 4 days. We are viewing the scenario daily. It’s possible, as he is advancing, it’s possible, ideally, we’ll get an opportunity to see him as quickly as possible. That’s all I can state in the meantime,” Indian captain Rohit Sharma stated in the pre-match interview on Wednesday.
With Pandya out, India have actually been served well with the return of Mohammad Shami in location of Shardul Thakur. Shami has actually gotten 9 wickets in the last 2 video games however Mohammed Siraj has actually been having a hard time for kind up until now.
It will be intriguing to see if India decide to play Ravichandran Ashwin to boost their batting in location of Siraj, who had actually gotten 6 wickets in the Asia Cup 2023 last versus Sri Lanka just recently.
“All sorts of mix is possible. You can still have fun with 3 spinners and 2 seamers if requirement be. I believe in this competition, in this World Cup, you’ve seen spinners really are the ones who are stopping that run circulation in the center overs. I am keeping my alternatives open whether we have Hardik or not at this moment in time to play 3 spinners or not. If the scenario requires for us to play 3 spinners, we will play 3 spinners. Since I feel spinners in fact with a great deal of capability can put a break on the scoring rate in the center overs if our spinners have actually got a lot ability bowling in these conditions. Certainly a possible alternative for us,” Rohit stated about playing 3 spinners.
Sri Lanka, on the other hand, might think about reviving left-arm spinner Dunith Wellalage– who got 5 wickets versus India in the Asia Cup 2023 match, consisting of wickets of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli– in location of Dhananjaya de Silva.
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India vs Sri Lanka ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 Predicted Playing 11
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj/Ravichandran Ashwin
Sri Lanka: Pathum Nissanka, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kusal Mendis (c, wk), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Angelo Mathews, Dinuth Wellalage/Dhananjaya de Silva, Kasun Rajitha, Maheesh Theekshana, Dilshan Madushanka, Dushmantha Chameera