India vs Sri Lanka: 2023 Asia Cup ultimate preview | Cricket Information

Who: Sri Lanka vs India

The place: R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka

When: Sunday, September 17, 3pm native time (09:30 GMT)

Colombo, Sri Lanka – Asia Cup co-hosts and defending champions Sri Lanka didn’t begin the event as favourites contained in the presence of then top-ranked one-day-international workforce Pakistan and a powerful Indian workforce, nonetheless have managed to learn from having enjoyable with at residence.

Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by two wickets contained in the Giant 4 stage to rearrange a gathering with India in Sunday’s closing at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. They’ll look to match India’s report of seven Asia Cup titles of their second consecutive (and eleventh full) closing.

Sri Lanka’s captain Dasun Shanaka praised his comparatively youthful and underrated side.

“The gamers have fought all one of many easiest methods and it’s a big deal for us to be contained in the closing for 2 consecutive years,” he acknowledged in his pre-match options on Saturday.

The journey unfolds! India and Sri Lanka have battled by the use of ups and downs, and tomorrow, they meet contained in the grand closing. Who might be topped champions? 🏆 #AsiaCup2023 pic.twitter.com/1sgtu0kIJp

— AsianCricketCouncil (@ACCMedia1) September 16, 2023

It was Sri Lanka’s three spinners who bagged the whole Indian wickets all by means of their Giant 4 match, which India acquired by 41 runs, with breakout star Dunith Wellalage eradicating 5 of India’s six top-order batters.

The 20-year-old has swiftly change proper right into a crowd favorite with this skilled left-arm spin and promising batting. He has been marked as one for the long run by cricket followers and specialists alike.

That ball from Wellalage to Gill is a dream ball for any spinner, nonetheless most significantly a big endorsement to the triple spin risk.#AsiaCup2023 #INDvsSL

— Ashwin 🇮🇳 (@ashwinravi99) September 12, 2023

Regardless of the residence workforce’s spin risk, India might be impressed by the form of their top-order batters, three of whom have scored centuries inside the last word two matches.

Opener Shubman Gill, who had not scored a century since January, was India’s top-scorer within the path of Bangladesh on Friday.

Shubman Gill, ODI century quantity 5 and counting👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻.

— Ian Raphael Bishop (@irbishi) September 15, 2023

Group information

India: Virat Kohli, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj and Kuldeep Yadav are anticipated to return to the side after being rested for the match within the path of Bangladesh.

Sri Lanka: A hamstring hurt has pressured Maheesh Theekshana out of the match and the off-spinning all-rounder would possibly most likely be modified by leg-spinner Dushan Hemantha.

📸 Maheesh Theekshana paid a go to to Sri Lanka’s educating session.

Sadly, he isn’t going to have the pliability to be part of us contained in the finals as a consequence of his appropriate hamstring hurt. 😔 Wishing him a speedy restoration 🙌 #AsiaCup2023 #SLvIND pic.twitter.com/fuxgY8oT4m

— Sri Lanka Cricket 🇱🇰 (@OfficialSLC) September 16, 2023

Head-to-head

Sunday’s finalists are acquainted foes, to say the least. India and Sri Lanka have carried out additional ODI (166) matches within the path of one another than one other two opponents.

India has acquired 97 of those and Sri Lanka 57, with 11 ending in “no consequence” and one in a tie.

Their report contained in the Asia Cup is concurrently each groups have acquired 11 matches apiece.

Tickets

If the gang in Sri Lanka’s match within the path of Pakistan is one factor to go by, the final phrase may even see a full dwelling as a whole lot of Indian followers have descended upon Colombo prior to now week.

Tickets in all classes other than the costliest one – the grandstand at 40,000 rupees ($125) – are bought out.

Sort

Each groups acquired two matches every all by means of the Giant 4 stage of the event.

India: NR W W W W L

Sri Lanka: W W W L W

Native climate

Native climate has been one in all many talked-about topics all by means of the Sri Lankan leg of the event. Rain has pressured one match to finish in a washout, two others to be shortened and one totally different to be stretched over two days.

Delicate showers are forecast for Sunday afternoon and night time time nonetheless typically are normally not anticipated to threaten a washout, notably as Monday has been put aside as a reserve day.