India vs Sri Lanka ICC World Cup 2019 Match Preview: Venue, Telecast, Head to Head, Form Guide and Stats

Team India will take on Sri Lanka in what will be the 44th match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019. Sri Lanka are already out of the tournament and will play for pride in their final fixture. They have managed to win only 3 out of their 8 games in spite of performing well in patches. For Sri Lanka, Malinga has been among the wickets, picking up 12 wickets from 6 outings. He would look to test the fragile Indian middle-order and ensure a consolation victory for his side.

India on the other hand are comfortably placed at second position in the points table with 6 wins from 8 games. They go into this game as favorites and will look to try out various combinations in the already weak middle order. Right throughout the tournament, India have relied heavily on the top-order to score runs. Rohit Sharma has been in sublime form scoring 544 runs at an average of 90.67 including four centuries. The skipper too has contributed with half-centuries in almost every game in this tournament and has scored 408 runs from 7 outings. The game against Sri Lanka will be chance to give MS Dhoni and co a chance to bat freely without any pressure and build their confidence ahead of the semis. It would be interesting to see if Mayank Agarwal, the latest entrant into the squad gets a game. On the bowling front, Bhuvneshwar Kumar's injury came as a blessing in disguise as his replacement Mohammed Shami has picked up 14 wickets from 4 games including a hat-trick against Afghanistan.

India will have a chance to finish at the top of the table and clash with New Zealand in the semis if Australia lose to South Africa in the other clash of the day.

Match Details:

Venue: Headingley, Leeds

Time: The match will begin at 15.00 HRS IST and the toss will happen at 14.30 HRS IST.

Telecast details: The match will be telecast on the Star Sports Network and will be live streamed on Hotstar.

Squads:

India: Virat Kohli(c), Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Rishabh Pant, MS Dhoni(wk), Hardik Pandya, Kedar Jadhav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammad Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Dinesh Karthik and Ravindra Jadeja.

Sri Lanka: Dimuth Karunaratne (c), Kusal Perera (wk), Avishka Fernando, Kusal Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Dhananjaya de Silva, Thisara Perera, Jeevan Mendis, Isuru Udana, Lasith Malinga, Nuwan Pradeep, Lahiru Thirimanne, Jeffrey Vandersay, Suranga Lakmal and Milinda Siriwardana.

Form Guide:

India: Won, Lost, Won, Won, Won

Sri Lanka: Won, Lost, Won, Lost, No Result

Head to Head Stats:

In ODIs: Played-158, India-90, Lost-56, Tied-1, No Result-11

Previous Encounter: India won by 8 wickets at Visakhapatnam on 17th Dec 2017.

In World Cups: Played-8, Sri Lanka-4, India-3, No Result-1

Previous Encounter: India beat Sri Lanka by 6 wickets on 2nd Apr 2011.

At this venue:

Highest total: 351 for 9 by England against Pakistan on 19th May 2019.

Lowest total: 93 by England against Australia on 18th Jun 1975.

Avg first innings score: 228

Avg second innings score: 209