Mumbai: Rohit Sharma-led India will square off against Sri Lanka in the ongoing marquee event, ICC ODI Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Thursday.
Sri Lanka have been on a rollercoaster ride so far in an injury-ravaged tournament. After successive defeats to South Africa, Pakistan, and Australia in their first three matches, the Lankans bounced back with strong wins in their next two matches, including a win over reigning world champions England. However, a defeat to Afghanistan in their last match put a big dent in their World Cup hopes.
Meanwhile, Rohit Sharma's India will be looking to become the first team in the tournament to qualify for the semi-finals. With six consecutive wins, India are comfortably placed at the top of the points table. They are the team to beat so far in this ongoing World Cup. One more win in the remaining three matches and India will book their seat in the semifinals by finishing the league stage on 14+ points guaranteeing them the semi-final spot.
- 8.33 pm
Final nail in the coffin as Ravindra Jadeja bowled a full delivery to Madushanka and the batter tried to slog it. Shreyas Iyer runs from mid-off and takes an easy catch to wrap up the Sri Lankan innings. - 8.26 pm
Shami scalps one more wicket and becomes the highest wicket-taker for India in the history of the World Cup. - 8.16 pm
Theekshana hits a boundary to a fuller delivery from Mohammed Shami straight down the ground and four runs are added to the scoreboard. - 8.10 pm
A boundary from Kasun Rajitha and he is delaying the inevitable with Maheesh Theekshana as India are just two wickets away from a victory. - 8.04 pm
Mohammed Shami bowls a full in swinging delivery to Angelo Matthews and the batter is beaten all hands up as a result of a brilliant ball. - 7.54 pm
Mohammed Shami dismisses Chameera as the batter gloves one delivery going down the leg. Umpire adjudged it as not out earlier but a review from India overturned the decision. - 7.48 pm
This is the first time that Sri Lanka has scored more than six runs in an over. - 7.41 pm
Indian bowlers are not allowing anyone to stay on a crease for a long time as they are getting a swing and movement from the pitch. - 7.38 pm
Shami picks two wickets in two balls and it appears that Sri Lankan batters have kneeled down in front of the Indian pace battery. - 7.22 pm
Just two runs came from Siraj's fourth over of the innings. - 7.19 pm
When does experience matter? In such situations where your team is in trouble and someone needs to step up and take the team through and that is what Mathews is doing. - 7.12 pm
Maiden over! Bumrah bowls the second maiden over of the innings. The first maiden was bowled by Siraj, where he took two wickets. - 7.08 pm
Indian bowlers are unleashing the hell upon the Sri Lankan batters. They have picked four wickets in the five over and conceded only 7 runs. - 7.01 pm
Wicket! Siraj gets his third wicket of the match. He removed the Sri Lanka skipper Kusal Mendis. Siraj wants to repeat the Asia Cup final, when he took a six-wicket haul to bowl out Sri Lanka for only 50 runs. Siraj has now picked three wickets without conceding a single run so far. - 6.48 pm
First ball wicket for Bumrah and now first ball wicket for the one and only Mohammed Siraj. India are on a roll as Sri Lanka go 2 down in 1.1 overs. - 6.41 pm
Pathum Nissanka 0 (1) LBW by Jasprit Bumrah. What a start for India as Sri Lanka lose a wicket on the very first ball of the second innings. - 6.38 pm
Sri Lanka openers Pathum Nissanka and Kusal Perera are in the middle as they look for a bright start in their chase of 358 runs against the mighty Team India. - 6.05 pm
Shreyas Iyer and Ravindra Jadeja provided the final flourishes as India went post 358 runs target in front of injury-hit Sri Lanka. India's run machine Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill also hit fifties and missed out on well-deserving centuries while Jadeja playing a handy knock in the end allowed India to go past the 350 mark. For Sri Lanka, it was Dilshan Madhushanka who stole the show taking a fifer in his 10 overs while Chameera took the wicket of KL Rahul but others were expensive and were unable to pick up a wicket for the team. - 5.56 pm
Jadeja hits a six and a four to help India go past the 350-run mark. Shami has also done a great job by giving singles to him. - 5.51 pm
Shreyas Iyer hit two huge sixes to Dilshan Madhushanka, one on the back foot towards mid-wicket and the other on the front foot straight down the ground before getting caught at point by Maheesh Theekshana. Iyer made 82 off 56 balls with three fours and six sixes. - 5.46 pm
Only 40 runs have come from the last five overs. Ravindra Jadeja and Shreyas Iyer trying to hit big shots but are unable to go big so far. India needs a fiery finish from the last three overs to take the momentum with them. Jadeja, who is playing on 12 off 13 deliveries will have to score some big shots to help Shreyas get going. - 5.35 pm
Brilliant Yorker delivery from the off-spinner Maheesh Theekshana, not only the batter but even the wicketkeeper missed the ball which eventually went for a four byes. - 5.30 pm
Only seven runs came from the over of Dilshan Madhushanka. Indian batters will have to deal with boundaries now. Sri Lanka won't mind the singles and doubles at this time. - 5.25 pm
Shreyas completes another fifty in the World Cup on a home ground. He is currently batting on 53 off 38 balls with two fours and six fours. - 5.20 pm
Suryakumar Yadav tried to play a scoop shot but gloved a delivery from Dilshan Madushanka to Kusal Mendis. The umpire had given it not out earlier but a smart review from Mendis worked in the favour of Sri Lanka and they got a breakthrough. - 5.16 pm
Shreyas Iyer is racing toward his fifty as he smashes a six over long-on and the batter will now look forward to taking the innings towards a mammoth total. - 5.12 pm
Suryakumar Yadav whacks one hit straight down the ground and has a quick start to his knocks the game enters fag end of the innings. - 5.06 pm
Just when it looked like KL Rahul will set his foot on the pedestal, he played one straight to the fielder placed at extra cover on a slower delivery from Dushmantha Chameera - 5.00 pm
A tidy over from Theekshana as he conceded only seven runs but the duo will now accelerate the scoreboard with the innings entering in the back end. - 4.50 pm
Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul have stitched a partnership of 43 runs from 27 balls so far and are playing attacking cricket to steer the scoreboard. - 4.33 pm
A heartbreak for the Indian team as Virat Kohli is deceived in the pace and walks back to the pavilion as a result of the soft dismissal. - 4.22 pm
Gill missed out on his well-deserved century. He edged the ball and Kusal Mendis accepted a simple catch behind the wickets. He made 92 runs off 92 balls with two sixes and 11 fours. - 4.16 pm
Gill hit a six and a boundary in this over. They have amassed 45 runs in the last 5 overs as Gill also enters into the 80's. - 4.12 pm
Just two singles from Theekshana's overs. The bowler from the other end should help him by not letting the batter hit boundaries. - 4.08 pm
Kohli is batting like he owns the ground. He is slowly moving towards his 49th century in ODI cricket as he is just 17 runs away from equalling the record for most centuries in ODI cricket held by Sachin Tendulkar. - 4.03 pm
Kohli enters into the eighties. Chameera conceded 11 runs in his fifth over. Sr Lanka continues to fail in reducing the scoring rate and maintaining pressure on batters. - 3.58 pm
Kohli-Gill's partnership nearing the 150 run mark. 11 runs came from the 25th over with two boundaries, each one from both of them. - 3.54 pm
Just four singles came from the 24th over bowled by Dushmantha Chammera. But the scoring rate has gone down in the last five overs. - 3.51 pm
Bowling change from the other end as well. Dushmanth Chameera, who dropped Kohli earlier in his innings is back into the attack. Chameera has also bowled two maidens in his first three-overs spell. - 3.50 pm
Theekshana comes back into the attack after being expensive in his first over. - 3.45 pm
Virat Kohli played a magnificent on-drive to get a boundary. But even after a boundary, just six runs came from the over. - 3.43 pm
Six runs came from the last over with a four-single and a double. - 3.40 pm
Just a single came from the 20th over of the Indian innings. Both are now set and have dominated the first 20 overs putting India in a strong position. - 3.32 pm
Shubman Gill has now the most half-centuries this year in ODI cricket with a fifty against Sri Lanka. He now has scored 12 fifties this year surpassing Sri Lanka's opener Pathum Nissanka., who has scored 11 fifties this year. - 3.26 pm
Kohli notches up to his 13th ODI World Cup fifty. Kohli is now only behind the former Indian batting maestro, Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar in the most half-centuries record. Together they have also stitched a fifty partnership in 101 balls. - 3.23 pm
Gill came down the ground and hammered it towards extra cover for a four. Kohli also slapped a four down the ground just past back to the nonstriker. - 3.20 pm
Virat Kohli just four runs away from his half-century as India marched towards the 100-run mark. - 3.15 pm
Thirteen runs came from the last two overs as India neared the 100-run mark. Now, Gill has now joined the party with Virat Kohli are going at a healthy rate. - 3.10 pm
Gill found a boundary towards the square leg. Ten runs came from the last over with a wide and double and two singles. - 3.01 pm
Just four singles came from the 11th over of the match. - 2.58 pm
Another bowling change from the Sri Lankan captain. Eight runs came from the first over of Maheesh Theekshana. - 2.54 pm
Angelo Mathews uses all of his experience here. He almost took the wicket of Virat Kohli who went to play a ball on sixth or seventh stump. - 2.51 pm
Fifty partnership between Kohli and Gill in quick time. These two have not just consolidated Indian innings but scored quickly. - 2.45 pm
Bowling changes from both ends now. Angelo Mathews bowled a good over except a boundary from Gill's bat. Just five runs came from the eighth over. - 2.42 pm
Kohli is doing what Rohit is doing in this World Cup. Kohli is taking off the pressure from youngster Shubman Gill, who is struggling to time the ball. Kohli again amassed two boundaries in an over. - 2.35 pm
Two catch drops in two overs! Indian batters, who were struggling to time the ball are now taking on Sri Lankan bowlers. Just eight runs came from the sixth over with two beautiful boundaries from Virat Kohli. - 2.28 pm
Good over for India. Indian opener Shubman Gill smashed two fours in an over of Dilshan Madhushanka with a wide and two singles. - 2.22 pm
Back-to-back maidens from Dushmantha Chameera. Chammera is consistently bowling at good length letting the bowl do movement. - 2.18 pm
Kohli tries to ease the pressure from the team. The experienced batter has hit two boundaries in the 9 deliveries that he has faced so far. (14/1 in 3 overs) - 2.12 pm
Dushmantha Chameera delivers a maiden to increase the already built pressure on the hosts, India after the early first wicket. (8/1 in 2 overs) - 2.08 pm
King Kohli starts with a boundary in the fine leg. India will look to make this partnership a big one after the huge loss of Captain's wicket. ( 8/1 in 1 over) - 2.03 pm
The Indian skipper Rohit Sharma departs on the second ball of the innings. Rohit b Madushanka 4(2) [4s-1] - 1.45 pm
The Sri Lankan players will wear black armbands during today's game against India to pay tribute to Percy Abeysekera, the legendary fan, who passed away a couple of days ago. - 1.36 pm
Playing XI:
India: Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj
Sri Lanka: Pathum Nissanka, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kusal Mendis(w/c), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Angelo Mathews, Dushan Hemantha, Maheesh Theekshana, Kasun Rajitha, Dushmantha Chameera, Dilshan Madushanka - 1.32 pm
Sri Lankan skipper Kusal Mendis won the toss and elected to field first against India at Wankhade Stadium in Mumbai. - 12.40 pm
Ahead of the India-Sri Lanka clash of the ongoing marquee event, ICC World Cup 2023 at Wankhede stadium in Mumbai, DCP Pravin Mundhe has shared some guidelines to be followed by the audience. DCP Mudhe said, "Firstly since we are expecting 100% footfall of spectators, to avoid last-minute rush and inconvenience due to security checks, all are advised to reach the stadium well within time. The match starts at 2 PM, but the stadium will be open for entry by 11 AM itself. Secondly, spectators will not be allowed to carry bags, power banks, water bottles, coins, inflammable objects like lighters, matchboxes, tobacco products like cigarettes, gudka and also objectionable flags, banners, or pamphlets. Thirdly, kindly avoid traveling by your own cars as there is no parking facility in and around the stadium. Do use public transport..."
IND vs SL Head-to-Head record in World Cups:
Matches played: 9
India won: 4
Sri Lanka won 4
No result: 1
Weather forecast: Mumbai is anticipated to have partly sunny and warm conditions, with the temperature hovering at approximately 37°C when the match starts. It will let the spectators watch the entire match, as there is no possibility of rain forecast by the weather department. The maximum temperature expected is around 34 degrees and the mercury can dip to 26 degrees, later in the night. A windspeed of 18 km per hour is the expected forecast during the match.
Pitch report: The Wankhede Stadium's pitch is fairly balanced, offering a fair amount of bounce to bowlers and a swing under the lights while batters can trust the pitch to play across-the-line shots. It will most probably be a high-scoring encounter because of its short boundaries. The highest score ever recorded here was 438/4, achieved by South Africa versus India in 2015. In contrast, Bangladesh's 1998 victory over India, with 115, remains the lowest total recorded here.
Interesting facts:
- The iconic 2011 World Cup final was played between the same teams, India and Sri Lanka, eventually which was won by Men in Blue.
- India's speedster Mohammed Siraj has only picked two wickets inside the first PowerPlay in the ongoing World Cup 2023.
Squads:
Sri Lanka: Pathum Nissanka, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kusal Mendis(w/c), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Angelo Mathews, Dushmantha Chameera, Maheesh Theekshana, Kasun Rajitha, Dilshan Madushanka, Chamika Karunaratne, Dunith Wellalage, Dushan Hemantha, Kusal Perera
India: Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Ishan Kishan
