India will face Sri Lanka in the second last match of ICC Cricket World Cup (CWC), 2019. The action will take place at Headingley Cricket Ground in Leeds. India has qualified for semis, however, they will want to win this game and finish on top in the point table. But even if Men in Blue win this game they will have to hope that Australia gets defeated by South Africa in their upcoming match so that India end group stage round with the first spot. On the other hand, Lankans will play for pride and honour as they are already knocked out of the World Cup tournament. Meanwhile, we will present you with a list of mini-battles including Rohit Sharma vs Lasith Malinga and others from IND vs SL match. Sri Lanka vs India Cricket Score 44th ODI Match.

India and Sri Lanka have faced each other on eight occasions in the World Cup tournament where Indian team has won three games and lost three, while one match ended in no result. Sri Lanka defeated West Indies in their last match, while India won against Bangladesh in their previous game to confirm their qualification for semis. Let us have a look at some mini-battles from the upcoming game. Ready, Action, Cut! Cricket World Cup Asks Captions for Virat Kohli’s Photo, Twitterati Respond with Funny Comments Ahead of IND vs SL CWC19 Match.

Rohit Sharma vs Lasith Malinga

Rohit Sharma has already scored four centuries in this tournament so far and has a good batting record against Sri Lanka. It will be interesting to see how Lasith Malinga will be able to stop in-form Rohit from scoring. If Malinga manages to dismiss Indian opener Sharma early in in the inning, Sri Lanka will be in a very good position.

Virat Kohli vs Isuru Udana

Virat Kohli has also had a good World Cup tournament so far, where he has scored 408 runs from 7 innings. Sri Lankan bowler Isuru Udana has the ability to take the pace out of the bowl and can give tough competition to Indian skipper Kohli. On this track at Headingley Cricket Ground, Udana can make good use of the condition and can strategically bowl well against Virat Kohli.

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Jasprit Bumrah vs Dimuth Karunaratne

Jasprit Bumrah is World No 1 bowler as per ICC ranking and does not allow the opposition to start off with a good run rate. He delivers wicket for his team as and when required. It will be interesting to see how Sri Lankan skipper Karunaratne plays against yorker specialist Bumrah. As Dimuth opens up batting for his team and mostly stay on the crease for a longer time to help the scoreboard ticking.

The four semi-finalists of CWC 2019 are Australia, India, England and New Zealand. Sri Lanka has not made it to the semis, however, they will look back at the two washed out games against Pakistan and Bangladesh which could have given them two more points and kept them alive in this tournament.

 

 

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