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Shakib Al Hasan-led Bangladesh will be facing Kusal Mendis-led Sri Lanka which recently faced a massive defeat at the hands of the Indian cricket team.
Shakib Al Hasan (c), Litton Kumer Das, Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Najmul Hossain Shanto (vc), Tawhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah Riyad, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Nasum Ahmed, Shak Mahedi Hasan, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Hasan Mahmud, Shoriful Islam, Tanzim Hasan Sakib
Kusal Mendis (vc), Kusal Perera, Pathum Nissanka, Dimuth Karunaratne, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Dushan Hemantha, Maheesh Theekshana, Dunith Wellalage, Kasun Rajitha, Matheesha Pathirana, Lahiru Kumara, Dilshan Madushanka
There are no fresh reports of any injury to the players of either Bangladesh or Sri Lanka team. Though, Sri Lankan skipper Dasun Shanaka remains ruled out of the World Cup tournament due to a thigh injury. Chamika Karunaratne, right-handed batsman and all-rounder bowler was announced as his replacement.
The India vs South Africa match will be played at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. It is a dry pitch making it easier for batters to hit boundaries. It is also favourable to the spin bowlers.
Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka match will begin at 2 pm. The toss will take place at 1:30 pm.
Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka can be live-streamed for free on the OTT platform Disney+ Hotstar. The match will be telecast on Star Sports Network channels.
In the head-to-head ODI statistics, Sri Lanka boasts a dominant 42-9 record against Bangladesh in 53 encounters.
In light of their previous head-to-head encounters, Google predicts Sri Lanka has 61% chance of winning the match against Bangladesh in today's World Cup match.
Bangladesh has already crashed out of the World Cup following its low-scoring performances throughout the tournament. Sri Lanka's condition is no better as it is at the 7th spot in the World Cup points table after scoring the lowest totals in this tournament.
Rohit Sharma-led Team India which was the first team to qualify for World Cup semi-finals has now defeated South Africa by massive 243 runs. India scored 326/5 while South Africa scored just 83 runs for all out.
Virat Kohli gifted himself a century on his 35th birthday. He equalled the record of Sachin Tendulkar of scoring highest (49) ODI centuries. CAB (Cricket Association of Bengal) President Snehasish Ganguly gifted a gold-plated bat as a memento to Virat Kohli on his birthday. He and Tendulkar are the only players to score 6,000 ODI runs in India.
– Rohit equalled South Africa’s AB de Villiers for hitting the most ODI sixes in a calendar year (58) – Ravindra Jadeja became only the second Indian spinner, after Yuvraj Singh (5/31 vs Ireland in 2011), to take a five-wicket haul in the ODI World Cup – India (8) equalled its longest winning streak in a single edition of the ODI World Cup – Quinton de Kock became the fourth South African batter to score 1000 career World Cup runs