The 25th match of the ICC World Cup 2023 between England and Sri Lanka will be played at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru. Both England and Sri Lanka have one win in four matches in this tournament. This should be an exciting match between these two sides.
When: 26 October, 2:00 PM IST
Where: M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
TV Channel, Live Streaming: Star Sports, Hotstar
M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru Pitch Report
The surface here was extremely good for batting in the previous match as more than 650 runs were scored. Australia scored 367 runs runs and in reply Pakistan also scored 305. We can expect another high scoring fixture and both teams will prefer chasing.
England Playing 11
- Dawid Malan
- Jonny Bairstow
- Joe Root
- Harry Brook
- Ben Stokes
- Jos Buttler (c & wk)
- Moeen Ali
- Chris Woakes/ David Willey
- Mark Wood
- Adil Rashid
- Gus Atkinson
- Reece Topley is injured and ruled out.
Joe Root Stats in ODI
| Matches Played | Runs | Last 5 performance | Batting Average | Hundreds |
| 166 | 6418 | 2, 11, 82, 77, 26* | 48.6 | 16 |
Adil Rashid Stats in ODI
| Matches Played | Wickets | Last 5 performance | Bowling Average | WC 2023 |
| 129 | 185 | 2/62, 3/42, 1/42, 0/47, 2/27 | 32.71 | 6 wickets |
Sri Lanka Playing 11
- Kusal Perera
- Pathum Nissanka
- Kusal Mendis (c)
- Sadeera Samarawickrama
- Charith Asalanka
- Angelo Mathews
- Dhananjaya De Silva
- Dunith Wellalage
- Maheesh Theekshana
- Kasun Rajitha
- Dilshan Madushanka
- Pathirana is ruled out of this WC. Angelo Mathews has replaced him.
Charith Asalanka Stats in ODI
| Matches Played | Runs | Last 5 performance | 50/100 | Batting Average |
| 45 | 1421 | 44, 25, 1, 79, 12, 18 | 10/ 1 | 42 |
Maheesh Theekshana Stats in ODI
| Matches Played | Wickets | Last 5 performance | BBM | Bowling Average |
| 29 | 45 | 0/49, 1/59, DNB, 1/42, 1/41 | 4/25 | 24 |
ENG vs SL Dream11 Team Prediction
Wicket-keepers: Sadeera Samarawickrama
Batsmen: Jonny Bairstow, Kusal Mendis, Charith Asalanka, Dawid Malan, Joe Root
All-rounder: Moeen Ali, Dhananjaya De Silva
Bowlers: Mark Wood, Maheesh Theekshana, Adil Rashid
Captain, Vice Captain for Small League, Head-to-Head contests: Joe Root Charith Asalanka
Captain, Vice Captain for Grand League: Adil Rashid, Maheesh Theekshana
ENG vs SL Fantasy Tips
- Joe Root has scored more than 6400 runs in this format at an average of close to 50. He has two half centuries in two matches in this WC.
- Harry Brook is a talented batter and scored a half century against Afghanistan.
- Jos Buttler will be batting lower down the order and he can be left out if England are chasing.
- Dawid Malan has not been able to get the runs in the last few games but has scored 140 runs earlier in the WC against Bangladesh.
- Adil Rashid will play a key role in the middle overs and did well in the previous match against South Africa picking up two wickets.
- Pathum Nissanka is a talented batter and scored a half century in the previous match against Netherlands.
- Samarawickrama was also in great form in the recent Asia Cup and also scored a century against Pakistan in this WC
- Kusal Mendis smashed a century against Pakistan and looked in sublime form with the bat. He scored 72 runs in the opening match against South Africa
- Dunith Wellalage has not been able to make much of an impact in this WC and can be left out.
- Angelo Mathews is an experinced batter and has a good record in this format. He can be tried in Grand Leagues.
- The surface here has aided the batters quite a bit hence try to cover all the main all-rounders and batters.
Who will win England vs Sri Lanka today match?
- England are expected to win this match
- Both the team have played against each other in 78 ODI matches so far. England is leading in the head to head record over Sri Lanka . England has 38-36 win/loss record over Sri Lanka in these matches with one game being tied and 3 matches ending in no result.