Icc Cricket World Cup 2023: The ICC Cricket World Cup will be played on Tuesday, October 10, i.e. today, the first match will be played between England and Bangladesh at 10:30 am, while the second match will be played between Pakistan and Sri Lanka, which will start at 2 pm.
Pakistan played their first match against the Netherlands, which they won by 99 runs, but their team could not perform as expected. On the other hand, the Sri Lankan team had to face defeat at the hands of South Africa in their first match. South Africa made the highest ODI score of the World Cup against Sri Lanka. However, Sri Lankan batsmen did fight, but their fight was not enough to win.
In such a situation, now it has to be seen how the match between these two big teams of Asia is played today. The last encounter of these two was during the Super-4 round match in the Asia Cup, this match will be played at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad.
Pakistan vs Sri Lanka: Match Details
ICC Men’s ODI Cricket World Cup 2023, Match, Pakistan vs Sri Lanka
Match Date: October 10, 2023
Time: 2 pm Indian time
Venue: Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
Pakistan vs Sri Lanka: Head to Head
So far, 156 ODIs have been played between these two teams, in which Pakistan has won 92 matches, while Sri Lanka has won 59 matches. Therefore, according to the record, Pakistan’s lead looks heavy.
Pitch Report
The Hyderabad pitch helps the batsmen a lot. In all the matches that have been played so far, including practice matches, batsmen have enjoyed batting. In the last five matches, the average score of this pitch has been 296, which means that there can still be a high-scoring match today.
Probable playing XI of Pakistan:
Imam-ul-Haq, Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam (captain), Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Saud Shakeel, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf
Sri Lanka’s playing XI:
Pathum Nisanka, Kusal Perera, Kusal Mendis (wk), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Aslanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Dasun Shanaka (captain), Dunith Velalez, Mathisha Pathirana, Dilshan Madushanka, Kasun Rajitha