Preview: The third and final One-Day International (ODI) between India (IND) and Sri Lanka (SL) is scheduled to take place at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Wednesday, August 7. The Men in Blue faced a batting meltdown in the opening One-Day International, which resulted in an unlucky stalemate to start the series. After the first game, the hosts felt quite confident, and they carried that belief into the second one.Charith Asalanka’s team, batting first, finished their allocated 50 overs with a total score of 240/9. At a score of 40, Kamindu Mendis and Avishka Fernando shared first place. In response, Rohit Sharma led from the front as India got off to a strong start. But following Sharma, the visitors were unable to find another batsman who could carry out the same task, which ultimately cost them the game and left them 32 runs short of the goal.
India Tour of Sri Lanka, 2024, 3rd ODI Match, IND vs SRI
Venue: R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Date & Time: Wednesday, August 07, 2:30 PM
Pitch Report: The pitch at R Premadasa Stadium starts out as a dry surface that is favorable to hitters. But as the game goes on, the surface tends to slow down, which might work to bowlers’ favor. The Colombo pitch may be especially helpful to spinners because it tends to provide both bounce and rotation. Whoever wins the toss will attempt to bat first.
PROBABLE PLAYING XI
Sri Lanka: Pathum Nissanka, Avishka Fernando, Kusal Mendis (wk), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka (C), Janith Liyanage, Kamindu Mendis, Dunith Wellalage, Jeffrey Vandersay, Akila Dananjaya, Asitha Fernando.
India: Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (WK), Riyan Parag, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj.
