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Team India will face Sri Lanka today in the last match of the Asia Cup Super-4 round. This match is dead rubber. That is, the victory and victory in this will not make any difference to the health of both teams. India has already qualified for the final by winning two matches. At the same time, Sri Lanka is out of the race after losing two consecutive matches. India will face Pakistan in the final on Sunday.
The India-Sri Lanka match will begin at 8 pm at Dubai International Stadium. The toss will be at 7.30.
India won 65% matches Sri Lanka’s record is somewhat better against India than teams like Pakistan and Bangladesh. 32 matches have been played between India and Sri Lanka so far. Among them, the Indian team has won 21 matches and Sri Lanka won 9 matches. 1 match has been tie and 1 no result. India won the super over of the tie match.
India broke Sri Lanka’s record in last match The Indian team became the highest match winning team in the history of Asia Cup with defeating Bangladesh on Wednesday. In this tournament, India has now won 48 wins. Earlier this record was in the name of Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka has won 47 matches.
Bumrah can get rest The final match is to be played on Sunday. Therefore, the Indian team can relax their premiere fast bowler Jaspreet Bumrah against Sri Lanka. Arshdeep Singh may get a chance in his place. Apart from this, there is no expectation of much change in playing-11.
The Indian team can also make some reshuffle in the batting order. Sanju Samson has not got much batting in the tournament. They can be promoted on number-3 or number-4.
Will the team bat first Targeting on Dubai pitch is considered beneficial and it is difficult to score big by batting first. Despite this, the Indian team can choose the first batting on winning the toss in this match, so that there is a complete practice of batting first before the final.
Possible playing-11 of both teams
India: Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Sanju Samson, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Akshar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Arshdeep Singh and Varun Chakraborty.
Sri Lanka: Pathum Nishanka, Kusal Mendis, Kusal Perera, Charith Asalanka (Captain), Dasun Shanaka, Kamindu Mendis, Chamika Karunaratne, Vanindu Hasranga, Mahish Tuakhana, Dushmantha Chamera and Nuan Thusara.
