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IND vs SL Live Updates: Sri Lanka skipper Kusal Mendis won the toss and elected to field against India in their World Cup match at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Thursday. Dushan Hemantha comes in for Dhananjaya de Silva for Sri Lanka, while India fielded the same eleven that defeated England by 100 runs. Playing XIs: 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. Twelve years on from that dream April 2011 night when a country of billions landed in a frenzy of delight, India take on Sri Lanka in another World Cup clash in Mumbai on Thursday, albeit one that is poles apart from being termed an encore. India have hitherto marched on immaculately in pursuit of a third title and Sri Lanka have lost more than what they have won. Unbeaten in six straight games and largely unchallenged for longer spans, India have displayed traits of being a champion side which has the knack of staging remarkable fightbacks. India's confidence is irrefutably high but greater is their self-belief and trust on skills — witnessed in the mini-storm created by Australia in Chennai when reduced to 2/3 or when England limited them to a modest 229/9 in Lucknow. The doggedness to keep striking England until the defending champions were disintegrated was not only another display of their potential, but also a sign that India's opponents must raise the performance bar significantly higher when it comes to facing Rohit Sharma's team in this World Cup. Coming into fray as a forced selection with India looking to answer Hardik Pandya's absence by creating ‘balance', Mohammed Shami has only provided the happiest of selection headaches with nine wickets — including a fifer — in only two appearances.But the think tank led by captain Rohit and coach Rahul Dravid knows ‘Special Shami' must be preserved for greater battles ahead — for India would still need Jasprit Bumrah fresh and firing to steer through remaining challenges in the league stage. There is no news on Pandya's return yet, but going into this game there would be lingering concerns on how India's young guns would go.Both Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyer came into the World Cup with consistent performances in the one-day format, but are yet to make a strong dent on the tournament. Gill missed two games at the start and has only one fifty to show since he returned. He has been guilty of getting out to what is termed ‘soft dismissals' and the young batter would know the stage is set for him to get cracking once again.At 1,334 runs (24 matches, 5x100s, 6x50s, avg 63.52), Gill is still a considerable distance (560 runs) behind the legendary Sachin Tendulkar in terms of getting most ODI runs in a year. With his frailties against the short ball once again becoming opposition's weapon against him, Iyer too will be in need of a big knock. He has only one fifty to show from six outings so far. Iyer's unbeaten 53 came in the chase against Pakistan when the opposition was down and out but the right-handed batter has also fallen on occasions where there were opportunities to bat big and finish games. There will be extra motivation to put that all behind when Iyer walks out at the Wankhede Stadium, playing a World Cup game on his home ground. For that matter, the feeling would be ditto for the local boys Rohit, Suryakumar Yadav and Shardul Thakur.India's leading run-scorer with 398 runs at 66.33 with one century and two fifties in the World Cup, Rohit will want to make more memories with the bat in front of his raucous and passionate home crowd. Sri Lanka are no pushovers but they have faltered more often than not in this World Cup after an superlative show in the qualification round.Injuries and unavailability of key players have also ravaged the team from the island nation, but its young brigade should make the most of facing a high quality opponent in its pomp. Sadeera Samarawickrama has had a fine run with 331 runs in six games, hitting one century and a fifty in the process to be Sri Lanka's leading run-scorer. Pathum Nissanka has also done well for becoming only the second batter after Gill to score more than a thousand ODI runs this year. His four consecutive fifties in the World Cup makes him one to watch out for while his tally now stands at 1,108 runs in 26 matches at 48.17 with two centuries and nine fifties. But captain Kusal Mendis with his artistry with the bat remains Sri Lanka's best batter even though the venerable Angelo Mathews is back and has already put in a match-winning performance. Sri Lanka's bowlers have largely done a fair job given they have missed the presence of more experienced bowlers, but given their resources they will hope to put up a fight against the rampant Indian batters in perfect batting conditions.
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
If that World Cup final was truly a battle of titans in every sense, the impending contest is more or less a battle of the unequals.
IND vs SL Live: Gill misses century
WICKET! Shubman Gill misses century, falls for 92. Dilshan Madushanka ends Gill's stay. Poor shot selection from Gill. Oh boy! there is a silence at Wankhede stadium. Gill isn't happy at all. He falls short of 8 runs. Madushanka exults in celebration. Gill tries to slash this, gets an edge and the ball travels into the gloves of Kusal Mendis. Shreyas Iyer joins Virat in the middle.
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score: INDIA 193/2 in 30 overs vs SRI LANKA
IND vs SL: Shubman moves to 90s
FOUR! Short from Dilshan Madushanka. Shubman Gill pulls this towards mid wicket fence. He moves to 90s now. Are we going to to witness two centuries today?
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score: IND 193/1 in 29.5 overs vs SL
India vs Sri Lanka: First six of the match
SIX! Chameera to Shubman Gill. The 24-year-old plays this over mid wicket fence. What a shot. That's first maximum of the match.
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score: IND 172/1 in 28 overs vs SL
IND vs SL Live: 150-run stand comes up
The partnership between Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill is now 150 runs. Both Indian star batters are sending Sri Lanka bowlers on a leather hunt.
IND vs SL: Virat smashes Theekshana
FOUR! Virat Kohli goes on backfoot and plays this too late. Shame smashes Maheesh Theekshana towards deep backward point. He takes a single and then gives the strike to Shubman Gill. He does the same. He goes on backfoot and slashes this hard towards deep backward point. 11 runs off Theekshana's over.
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score: IND 151/1 in 25 overs vs SL
India vs Sri Lanka: Gill and Virat show continues
Both the India batsmen - Shubman Gill and Virat Kohli - are well set in the middle. After India lost an early wicket in the form of Rohit Sharma (4), Virat and Gill have formed a 136-run stand for the second wicket.
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score: IND 141/1 in 24 overs vs SL
IND vs SL Live: STAT ATTACK - Most 50+ scores in ODIs this year
STAT ATTACK - Most 50+ scores in ODIs this year: 12 - Shubman Gill*, 11- Pathum Nissanka, 11 - Babar Azam, 10- Rohit Sharma, 10 - Virat Kohli
IND vs SL: Fifty for Gill
FIFTY! Shubman Gill brings up his half century off 55 balls. Crunched down the ground. What a way to bring up a half century. This is his second fifty of the ICC ODI World Cup 2023. Virat comes forward and gives a hug and a pat on his back. Wankhede applauds the youngsters.
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score: INDIA 117/1 in 18.3 overs vs SRI LANKA
India vs Sri Lanka: Stat Attack - Most 50+ scores in ODI World Cups
Stat Attack: Most 50+ scores in ODI World Cups: 21 - Sachin Tendulkar (44 inns), 13 - Virat Kohli (33 inns)*, 12 - Kumar Sangakkara (35 inns), 12 - Shakib Al Hasan (35 inns), 12 - Rohit Sharma (24 inns)
IND vs SL Live: FIFTY for Virat
FIFTY! Virat Kohli brings up his half century off 50 balls. What a knock from him. He is celebrating in style. The Wankhede crowd and dressing room stand and applaud the Indian run machine.
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score: INDIA 102/1 in 16.1 overs vs SRI LANKA
IND vs SL: Virat with a superb straight drive
FOUR! Did you hear the cheer? Virat Kohli with a superb straight drive. What a shot. Overpitched delivery from Dilshan Madushanka. Virat hits him straight down the ground.
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score: IND 93/1 in 15.3 overs vs SL
IND vs SL Live: STAT ATTACK - Virat breaks Sachin's record
Most times scoring 1000+ ODI runs in a calendar year: 8 - Virat Kohli (2011-14, 2017-19, 2023)*, 7 - Sachin Tendulkar (1994, 1996-98, 2000, 2003, 2007)
IND vs SL: 50-run stand
50-run partnership comes up between Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill. Both the batsmen are set and are dealing in boundaries right now. India need a solid stand here after losing their first wicket in the form of their captain Rohit Sharma.
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score: IND 60/1 in 10 overs vs SL
India vs Sri Lanka: Dropped! Virat survives
How can you drop Virat Kohli? Asalanka dropped Shubman Gill at cover-point in the previous over. Now, Dushmantha Chameera drops Virat off his own bowling. How expensive it is going to be for Sri Lanka now? Chameera was on his followthrough. He got his left hand and almost grabbed it but the ball popped out. He is dejected.
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score: IND 29/1 in 5.3 overs vs SL
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IND vs SL: Shubman off the mark
FOUR! What a way to getting off the mark. Short from Dilshan Madushanka. Shubman Gill pulls this towards deep mid wicket fence and then sends the pacer towards square pf the wicket for another boundary. Shubman was on zero off 8 balls and then hits two boundaries.11 runs off Madushanka's over.
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score: IND 25/1 in 5 overs vs SL
India vs Sri Lanka: STAT ATTACK - Rohit Sharma vs left-arm pace in this World Cup
STAT ATTACK: Rohit Sharma vs left-arm pace in this World Cup: Innings - 7, Runs - 155, Balls - 125, Dismissal - 2, Avg - 77.5, SR - 124.0, 4s/6s - 17/9
IND vs SL Live: Rohit departs early
WICKET! Second ball of the day and Rohit departs. Madushanka sends Rohit's stumps cartwheeling. There is a pin drop silence in Wankhede. Rohit starts off the with a boundary and loses his wicket on the very second ball. What a delivery from the Sri Lankan speedster. Virat Kohli joins Shubman Gill in the middle.
India vs Sri Lanka Live Score: INDIA 4/1 in 0.2 over vs SL
IND vs SL: It's time for action!
Sri Lanka team have formed a huddle. Kusal with a last-minute pep talk to the team. India openers Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill are in the middle. Dilshan Madushanka will open the attack for Sri Lanka team. Here we go...!!!!
IND vs SL Live: TOSS REPORT
Sri Lanka skipper Kusal Mendis won the toss and elected to bowl against India in their World Cup match at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Thursday. Dushan Hemantha comes in for Dhananjaya de Silva for Sri Lanka, while India fielded the same eleven that defeated England by 100 runs. Playing XIs: 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.
IND vs SL: Team changes
India are going with the same eleven. Sri Lanka have brought in Dushan Hemantha in place of Dhananjaya de Silva.
IND vs SL: India (Playing XI)
Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj
India vs Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka (Playing XI)
Pathum Nissanka, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kusal Mendis(w/c), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Angelo Mathews, Dushan Hemantha, Maheesh Theekshana, Kasun Rajitha, Dushmantha Chameera, Dilshan Madushanka
Would have batted first. Obviously some assistance to start with but under lights there will be good assistance for our pacers. Great honour, great moment to lead the team. It's important for us to no get carried away by the performances we put in. Same team as the last game.
Rohit Sharma, India captain
We are going to bowl first. I think the pitch will be better for batting in the second part. Everyone did their best in the last few games. Hopefully they will continue to do the same today. One change, DDS is not playing, Hemantha is playing.
Kusal Mendis, Sri Lanka captain
IND vs SL: TOSS - Sri Lanka opt to field vs India
Sri Lanka captain Kusal Mendis wins toss, opts to field vs India in Mumbai
India vs Sri Lanka: It's TOSS time, folks
It's TOSS time, folks. Both the captains - Rohit Sharma and Kusal Mendis - are in the middle for the toss at the iconic Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. India need just one win today to become the first team to enter the semis. On papers, India look the stronger team. They have won 6 out 6 matches in the ICC ODI World Cup 2023 so far. they will look to make 7 in 7 and of course a place in the semis. It is going to be a high scoring game today. So, the team winning toss wouldn't mind batting first and put a mammoth total on the board to put the pressure on the other team.
IND vs SL Live: PITCH REPORT
It is the same pitch as the ENG v SA match - 64m and 69m square boundaries, the straight boundary is at 76m. There is a bit of shine and it means that it'll not slow down as the game progresses. The challenge for the bowlers is to hit a length around6.5-7.1 metres, a hard length which has proved difficult to get away. It's hot and the pitch is full of runs, so the captain winning the toss might opt to bat first - BY Ricky Ponting and Michael Atherton
IND vs SL: Set for a leather hunt?
The Lankans will have to be on their A game against India, else it will be another leather hunt on a pitch that has already seen South Africa rattle up scores of 399 and 382 batting first vs England and Bangladesh respectively
India vs Sri Lanka: Dilshan Madhushanka
Dilshan Madhushanka, with his left-arm seam, showed penetration and promise in the last two games and Dushmantha Chameera also bowled with pace after being recalled in Pune.
IND vs SL: Unwanted records for Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka conceded a World Cup record 428 to South Africa in New Delhi and saw 345 being chased down by Pakistan in Hyderabad, also a World Cup record
India vs Sri Lanka: Sadeera Samarawickrama
The pitch will also suit Sri Lanka's most impressive batter, Sadeera Samarawickrama (331 runs from six games) and Pathum Nissanka (four successive fifties), but it's their bowling that has imploded
IND vs SL: Kusal Mendis
For Sri Lanka, skipper Kusal Mendis has tried to employ the Rohit Sharma template in the powerplay and the true Wankhede track will suit him
India vs Sri Lanka: Added swagger
If India can find runs from Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyer, who have not clicked consistently so far, on Thursday, the hosts will enter the homestretch with added swagger
IND vs SL: Defend to win
The box that was unticked, winning a game batting first, was also checked in Lucknow, where the bowlers, led by Jasprit Bumrah and an inspired Mohammed Shami, helped them emphatically defend a sub-par 229 vs England
India vs Sri Lanka: Bad starts but big wins
Be it vs Australia in Chennai where India were reduced to 2 for 3 in a chase of 200, or against New Zealand in Dharamshala, when chasing 274, they slipped to 191 for 5
IND vs SL: Passed all trials
What will delight India is the fact that they have faced several trials and have found personnel and method to come out of them
India vs Sri Lanka: Virat Kohli
Virat Kohli, with 354 runs from six games, is just one short of equalling Sachin Tendulkar's record tally of 49 ODI tons and what better venue to go level with the Master than at the Wankhede, whose Sachin Tendulkar's stand was adorned with a statue of the Master himself on match eve
IND vs SL: Rohit Sharma
For India, skipper Rohit Sharma has led the way with 398 runs from six games and would like to make his first game as India ODI captain in front of his home crowd, a memorable occasion by carrying on with his powerplay pyrotechnics
India vs Sri Lanka: Psychological scars
Will the Islanders carry those psychological scars as they make their journey from Pune, where they suffered a heavy loss to Afghanistan, to Mumbai?
IND vs SL: The last clash
The last time India and Sri Lanka met was in the Asia Cup final on September 17 at Colombo's Premadasa Stadium and Mohammed Siraj (6-21) bowled a spell for the ages to skittle Sri Lanka for 50 in just 15.2 overs and India chased down the score in 6.1 overs and won by 10 wickets
IND vs SL: Sri Lanka's last win against India
Sri Lanka's last win against India came in Colombo in 2021 when a Covid-hit side, led by Shikhar Dhawan, had to field a host of debutants
IND vs SL Live: India at second spot
India sit pretty at second spot behind South Africa with six wins out of six
India vs Sri Lanka: Injury-ravaged Sri Lanka
Injury-ravaged Sri Lanka have limped their way to two wins and four points in six games
IND vs SL Live: The contrast
As the two sides clash at the Wankhede stadium in Match 33 of the 2023 World Cup, the contrast in strengths and stability of the two teams could not be starker
India vs Sri Lanka: Like Gill, Iyer searching for form
At 1,334 runs (24 matches, 5x100s, 6x50s, avg 63.52), Gill is still a considerable distance (560 runs) behind the legendary Sachin Tendulkar in terms of getting most ODI runs in a year. With his frailties against the short ball once again becoming opposition's weapon against him, Iyer too will be in need of a big knock. He has only one fifty to show from six outings so far. Iyer's unbeaten 53 came in the chase against Pakistan when the opposition was down and out but the right-handed batter has also fallen on occasions where there were opportunities to bat big and finish games. There will be extra motivation to put that all behind when Iyer walks out at the Wankhede Stadium, playing a World Cup game on his home ground.
IND vs SL: India-Sri Lanka rivalry
India have bossed this 'rivalry' lately, having won 10 of their last 11 clashes
ICC World Cup 2023: Concerns over Gill's form
There is no news on Pandya's return yet, but going into this game there would be lingering concerns on how India's young guns would go. Both Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyer came into the World Cup with consistent performances in the one-day format, but are yet to make a strong dent on the tournament. Gill missed two games at the start and has only one fifty to show since he returned. He has been guilty of getting out to what is termed ‘soft dismissals' and the young batter would know the stage is set for him to get cracking once again.
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