Sri Lanka tour of India, 2023: India vs Sri Lanka, 2nd ODI Preview

India and Sri Lanka will come against each other for the 2nd ODI match. India won the first ODI match by 67 runs and is leading the scoreboard with 1-0. In the first match, India posted 373 runs by the end of 50 overs. Kohli crossed the century while Sharma and Gill contributed with their half-centuries. 

To respond to this, Sri Lanka smacked 306 runs with Dasun Shanaka hitting an unbeaten century. Sri Lanka will aim to show a comeback in the series while India will look to win again over Lankans. The match between the two would be interesting today. 

Pitch Report

The pitch of Eden Gardens will favor both batters and the bowlers and get decent help throughout their gameplay. In the middle overs, the spinners can pace up in this track.  

Date & Time – January 12 at 1.30 PM Local 

Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Words by Virat Kohli 

‘My preparation and intent always remain the same. I thought I was hitting the ball nicely. It was close to the template I play with, I understood we needed an extra 25-30 runs. I tried to understand the conditions in the second half. Tried to get a comfortable total for us on the board.’

Words by Dasun Shanaka

‘I think the start their openers gave, we didn’t use the new ball well, unlike their bowlers who got it to swing.’

Squads

India

Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Mohammed Shami, Umran Malik, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal, Suryakumar Yadav, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Ishan Kishan, and Arshdeep Singh.

Sri Lanka

Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis(w), Avishka Fernando, Dhananjaya de Silva, Charith Asalanka, Dasun Shanaka(c), Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Dunith Wellalage, Kasun Rajitha, Dilshan Madushanka, Maheesh Theekshana, Lahiru Kumara, Ashen Bandara, Nuwanidu Fernando, Pramod Madushan, Jeffrey Vandersay, and Sadeera Samarawickrama. 

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