ICC World Cup 2023: Who’ll win Netherlands vs Sri Lanka match? Prediction, fantasy team, pitch report and more
World Cup 2023. Their captain Dasun Shanaka has also been ruled out of the tournament due to a thigh injury. The match on October 21 will be a do-or-die one for the Lions.
The Netherlands and Sri Lanka have faced off 5 times so far while the Asian cricketing giants have won all the matches. The first time they met was in the ICC Champions Trophy 2002. Marvan Atapattu scored a century for Lanka to take the team to a total of 292/6 in 50 overs.
Lanka bowlers bundled out the Dutch batters for 86 under 30 overs. This is the first time they are playing against each clothes in an ODI World Cup. Vikramjit Singh, Max O'Dowd, Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Perera, Colin Ackermann (C), Dhananjaya de Silva, Scott Edwards (WK), Chamika Karunaratne (VC), Roelof van der Merwe, Maheesh Theekshana and Aryan Dutt.
The Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Stadium in Lucknow has long been renowned as a haven for spinners and slower bowlers, resulting in low-scoring games. However, the new World Cup wickets, made from black soil, showed some life, at least in the first innings of the Australia vs South Africa match. Six of the 10 Australian wickets were taken by South African fast bowlers.
In the next match, Adam Zampa took 4 wickets for Australia against Sri Lanka. In Lucknow, the forecast suggests no chance of rain and the temperature is predicted to be 31 degrees with 82% humidity, as per Weather.com. As per Google’s win probability, there is a 79% chance that Sri Lanka will be victorious in this match despite the results in the last 3 matches.
As per CricTracker, no matter which team bats first, Sri Lanka will win the match. As per MyKhel, while the Lions are “slightly ahead", it won’t be a surprise if the Dutch pull off another win. We
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