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Sri Lanka tour of India, 2nd ODI, IND vs SL Preview and Fantasy Prediction

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Sri Lanka tour of India

IND vs SL, 2nd ODI

 

Preview

The second match of the three ODI series between India and Sri Lanka will be played on Thursday (January 12) at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata at 01:30 PM IST Live. This match will be going to do or die for the Lankan Lions to stay alive in the series, Sri Lanka will have to win the second match at any cost otherwise they will lose the series as well. India is leading 1-0 in the ongoing ODI series by winning the Guwahati ODI.

At the same time, in the second match, Team India will be eyeing to capture the ODI series by making it 2-0. Rohit Sharma's team will be aiming to take an unassailable lead in the ODI series when they take on Sri Lanka in the second match at the Eden Gardens.

On Tuesday, India defeated Sri Lanka by 67 runs in the first ODI of the 3-match series and took a 1-0 lead in the series. The Visitors Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bowl at the Barsapara Stadium in Guwahati. Batting first, Team India scored mammoth 373 runs for 7 wickets with the contribution of Virat Kohli's 45th ODI Century, and Rohit and Gill's solid fifties. Sri Lanka's team scored 306 runs for 8 wickets in response to the target of 374.

Captain Dasun Shanaka scored an unbeaten 108 runs for Sri Lanka. At the same time, the fast young gun bowler Umran Malik took three wickets for India. At the same time, Virat Kohli scored a century in the first innings of this match and ended his century drought at home.

Team India has a fabulous record in the city of joy Kolkata. Given the strong performance of Team India, the path for Lankan Lions will not be going to be easy. India has so far played over all 21 ODIs on the historic ground of Eden Gardens, in which team India was successful in winning 12 matches. While he had to face defeat in 10 matches. By the way, India landed in Kolkata to play ODIs a total of 23 times but a ball could not be bowled in the matches against West Indies and South Africa. Both these matches had to be cancelled due to bad weather and rain.

So far five ODIs have been played between India and Sri Lanka at Eden Gardens in Kolkata. During this, Team India had the upper hand. India won three of these five ODIs. At the same time, Sri Lanka was successful in winning one match. While the result of one match did not come out. Sri Lanka last won an ODI against India at Eden Gardens in the year 1996. After that, whenever there was an ODI match between India and Sri Lanka in Kolkata, the visiting team had to face defeat. The result of ODI played in February 2007 on this ground ended without a result.

Both sides last played an ODI match in July 2021, when a second-string Indian side toured the Lankan Lions under Dhawan’s captaincy. India won the series 2-1 as the Sri Lankan team spared themselves from a series whitewash by winning the third ODI. India has won 9 out of their last eleven fixtures against Sri Lanka and will be looking to continue their domination.

Team India is likely to play with the same playing XI after their scintillating performance in the first ODI. We might see a few changes in Sri Lanka's side for the second ODI on Thursday.

 

Match Details

Match: IND vs SL, 2nd ODI, Sri Lanka tour of India, 2023

Date: Thursday, January 12th, 2023

Time: 01:30 PM (Jan 12)

Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata

 

Pitch Report: 

The pitch is at Eden Gardens, Kolkata is known to be a batter's paradise thanks to the smaller boundaries, but the pitch seems to assist spinners as the match wears on. The average score at this venue is 245-250 runs but considering both sides' batting we can expect a high-scoring encounter. However, the last few matches at Eden Gardens have seen seam bowlers also find some joy. Plus, the dew factor once the sunsets will also play a role in the skipper's decision at the toss, which will be the most likely choice to bowl first.

The maximum temperature will remain at 25 °C and a low of 17 °C with 52% humidity and a wind speed of 10 Km/hr for the first ODI on Thursday between India and Sri Lanka. Also, there is a hint of cool conditions after a slightly warm afternoon. There is no threat of rain all day. The 65,000-plus spectators at Gardens can enjoy the match without any disturbance from stands and millions from home or online.

 

IND vs SL Squads:

IND: Rohit Sharma (C), Hardik Pandya (VC), Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (WK), Ishan Kishan (WK), Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Umran Malik, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah.

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

 

Probable Playing XI

IND: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Mohammad Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal, Umran Malik, Mohammad Shami

SL: Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis (wk), Avishka Fernando, Charit Aslanka, Dhananjay de Silva, Dasun Shanaka (c), Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Maheesh Theekshana, Dilshan Madushanka, Lahiru Kumara

 

Match Prediction:

After the home side's astonishing performance with the bat in the first ODI, we can expect them to perform in the same way in the second ODI as well at Eden Gardens. But Lankan Lions will be looking to bounce back in this match to level up the series 1-1. Nonetheless, we say Team India will be the favourite to win this second match to go 2-0 up in the 3-match ODI series.

 

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