ICC World Cup 2023: Who’ll win New Zealand vs Sri Lanka match? Prediction, fantasy team, pitch report and more
World Cup 2023 brilliantly with a thumping win against defending champions England (win by 9 wickets) looked all set to dominate the tournament. As it stands now, they are on the verge of getting eliminated if they don’t win this cricket match. They have 8 points from 8 matches and are currently threatened by Pakistan and Afghanistan for the fourth position.
Sri Lanka, on the other hand, had a forgettable tournament this year. With just 2 wins for 8 matches, they are sitting at the bottom of the points table along with the Netherlands. They have one thing to play for, pride.
New Zealand and Sri Lanka have played 101 ODIs so far. The Black Caps have won 51 times and Sri Lanka 41 times. There were 8 matches that did not produce any results while 1 match ended in a tie.
The last ODI between these two was in March 2023, when New Zealand won by 6 wickets. There have been 11 World Cup matches between these two. Sri Lanka have a slightly better record with 6 wins while New Zealand have won 5 times.
In 2019, during their last WC encounter, the Kiwis won by 10 wickets. Devon Conway, Kane Williamson (C), Tom Latham (WK), Mitchell Santner, Trent Boult, Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis (VC), Angelo Mathews, Maheesh Theekshana, Kasun Rajitha and Dushmantha Chameera. The Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru is good for scoring runs because of its small boundaries.
Captains who win the toss often decide to bowl first. The same thing happened in the last match played here. Pakistan won the toss and asked New Zealand to bat first.
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