IND vs SL: The seventh match of the Indian cricket team in the ICC ODI World Cup 2023 is with Sri Lanka. Both the teams will clash for this match at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The Indian team has won six consecutive matches in the tournament.
The teams of India and Sri Lanka will once again play at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai after 11 years. The last time both the teams clashed was in the final of the 2011 ODI World Cup and India became the champion. In such a situation, let us know how much the teams of India and Sri Lanka have changed in these 11 years.
How much has India and Sri Lankan team changed?
IND vs SL: Team India became world champion for the second time against Sri Lanka on 2 April 2011, ending the drought of 28 years. This day had become like a festival for crores of countrymen. Even before Diwali, crackers started being burst in every house.
There was an atmosphere of joy everywhere. This happened in celebration of Team India’s victory in the Cricket World Cup. After 11 years, once again India is going to face the same Sri Lankan team at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
Sri Lanka’s Cricket Transformation
A lot has changed during this period. The level of both the teams is also quite different. The Sri Lankan team which had entered the field 11 years ago to take on India in the finals, is now on the verge of being eliminated from the tournament after losing to Afghanistan in 2023.
Not only this, since 2011 the condition of the Sri Lankan team has deteriorated so much that during this period it could not even qualify directly for the World Cup. Whereas Team India’s performance has been much better than that.
It is not easy to overcome Sri Lanka
The teams of India and Sri Lanka (IND vs SL) have played against each other a total of 9 times so far in the ODI World Cup. Team India has won four of these matches, while Sri Lanka has won the same number of matches.
At the same time, no result could be found in one match. That is, the head-to-head figures of the World Cup clearly tell the story that Sri Lanka presents a challenge to the Indian team every time in the tournament.
IND vs SL ODI head-to-head statistics
IND vs SL: However, if we talk about the records of ODI cricket, here the Indian team has completely dominated Sri Lanka. India and Sri Lanka have clashed a total of 167 times in ODI cricket, out of which Team India has won 98 matches. At the same time, Sri Lanka has taken the field in 57 matches.
Both the teams for the match are as follows-
IND vs SL: India– Rohit Sharma (captain), Shreyas Iyer, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah.
Sri Lanka– Kusal Mendis (captain), Angelo Mathews, Charith Asalanka, Dimuth Karunaratne, Pathum Nissanka, Sadira Samarawickrama, Chamika Karunaratne, Dhananjaya de Silva, Dunith Vellalaghe, Dushan Hemantha, Kusal Perera, Dilshan Madushanka, Kasun Rajitha, Dushmantha Chameera and Mahish Teekshana.