India vs Sri Lanka 2023, 3rd T20I – Pitch report, Probable XI and Match Prediction

India will battle towards Sri Lanka within the third T20I of the three-match ongoing sequence on the SCA stadium in Rajkot on Saturday, January 7.

The Islanders gained the final recreation and levelled up the sequence. Kusal Mendis (52 off 31), and skipper Dasun Shanaka (56 off 22) shined for the guests with the bat. However, India couldn’t end the sport regardless of Suryakumar Yadav and Axar Patel scoring 51 and 65 runs, respectively.

The match at Pune additionally noticed the debut of the native boy Rahul Tripathi and return of left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh. Rahul had a poor outing with the bat, whereas Arshdeep failed depressing with the ball and bowled 5 no-balls.

Indian skipper Hardik Pandya appeared sad along with his group’s general efficiency and within the post-match presentation stated: “Each bowling and batting – powerplay damage us. We made fundamental errors which we shouldn’t do at this degree. Studying ought to be the fundamentals we are able to management. You may have a nasty day however shouldn’t be going away from fundamentals.”

Now, the ultimate recreation at Rajkot shall be a sequence decider.

Pitch report:

The SCA stadium is bliss for batters and, to some extent, may also assist the spinners. The typical first-inning rating on the venue is 179. The bottom has up to now hosted 4 matches, out of which, the group batting first and the group chasing have gained two video games every. Because it’s an enormous recreation, each captains will look to bowl first after successful the toss.

Possible XIs:

India: Ishan Kishan (wk), Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav, Rahul Tripathi, Hardik Pandya (c), Deepak Hooda, Axar Patel, Shivam Mavi, Umran Malik, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal

Sri Lanka: Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis (wk), Dhananjaya de Silva, Charith Asalanka, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dasun Shanaka (c), Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Dilshan Madhushanka, Pramod Madhushan, Lahiru Kumara