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Where: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
When: Saturday Apr 2, 14:30 local, 09:00 GMT, 20:00 AEDT, 22:00 NZDT
ODI Head to Head: Played: 128, Wins: India 67, Sri Lanka 50, No Result: 11.
Last meeting: Aug 28, 2010 – Sri Lanka 299-8 (50 ov) degraded India 225 (46.5 ov) by 74 runs.
World Cup Head to head: Played: 7, Wins: India 2, Sri Lanka 4 No Result: 1.
World Cup Last meeting: Mar 23, 2007, Sri Lanka 254-6 (50 ov) degraded India 185 (43.4 ov) by 69 runs.
Selection Table:
Likely India team: Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Harbhajan Singh, Yusuf Pathan, Zaheer Khan, Munaf Patel.
Suresh Raina sewed up his mark in a choice with an dominant 36 to beam India to a respectable, as well as in conclusion winning, sum in only his third coming this debate as they overcame sour opposition Pakistan in a semi-final. Ashish Nehra, however, is out with a damaged finger, with big-hitting all-rounder Pathan expected to come in to a XI notwithstanding a gaunt debate with a single wicket as well as a batting normal of 14.8 in 6 games.
Likely Sri Lanka team: Upul Tharanga, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Angelo Mathews, Thilan Samaraweera, Chamara Silva, Rangana Herath, Lasith Malinga, Muttiah Muralidaran, Ajantha Mendis.
Selection queries have been a harmed Murali as well as Angelo Mathews, with maestro paceman Chaminda Vaas as well as all-rounder Suraj Randiv on-call to reinstate a span should they not pass aptness tests. Expect Murali to fool around upon a single leg, though, as it will be his last hand in general cricket.
X-Factor:
India: Sachin Tendulkar – warmed up for a last with a quiescent 85, as well as nonetheless he was forsaken no reduction than 5 times, a Little Master is upon aim to measure a century of centuries in one-day internationals. It would be a conspicuous theatre to grasp a attainment – nonetheless it would not warn any cricket fan, nor would it dissapoint most viewers of a clash, exclusive a Sri Lankan contingent.
Sri Lanka: Kumar Sangakkara – a large theatre for a large diversion player, as well as a large measure is compulsory to assistance his side over a line. Led from a front in their prior World Cup last coming in 2007, attack 54 from 52 – together with 7 bounds – though could not get Sri Lanka over a line. Three of his career sum eleven ODI centuries, have came opposite their sub-continent counterparts. The 33-year-old averages 42 opposite India upon their home soil, so we can bank upon an additional certain grant from a skipper.
Summary:
A mental condition choice for contest organisers, as well as a theatre is set for a little of a sub-continent’s most appropriate to go conduct to conduct for World Cup glory.
Sri Lanka manager Trevor Bayliss pronounced mythological spinner Murali will play, though his efficacy opposite a clever Indian batting choice might be influenced as he is struggling with a groin complaint.
It will additionally be Murali’s initial one-day confront opposite a Indians in India for 6 years.
India have been aiming to turn a initial republic to win a ICC World Cup upon home soil, as well as have some-more than sufficient batting abyss to do it.
Sri Lanka will positively be spurred by their disaster in a 2007 last – when they mislaid to Australia in vanishing light adjacent upon imitation in a Caribbean – with as most as 7 of Sri Lanka’ stream group carrying played in which loss.
Mumbai has been declare to 1037 runs in dual ODIs this debate during an normal of 259.25 an inning, so batting initial as well as posting a sum of 280-plus could set a last up agreeably for possibly side.
Astoundingly, India have won fourteen of their last sixteen games when they have hosted Sri Lanka in ODIs.
India have sufficient superstars in their batting to set up a plain sum in a pressure-cooker of a World Cup final, as well as they will expected magnify their prevalence of their internal rivals upon their home territory as well as lift a Cup for a second time in their history.
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