World Cup 2023: Sri Lanka-Afghanistan clash today in Pune, know how the playing-11 of both teams will be

World Cup 2023 AFG vs SL : Today is the 30th match of ODI World Cup 2023 between Afghanistan and Sri Lanka. The match will be played at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune from 2:00 PM onwards. Afghanistan and Sri Lanka have played 5-5 matches so far in ODI World Cup 2023 out of which both teams have won 2-2 matches. Sri Lanka defeated the Netherlands and England in the last 2 matches after losing the opening three matches of the tournament. While the Afghanistan team defeated England and Pakistan. So cricket fans believe that an exciting match will be seen between the two teams today.

More than 300 runs were made 8 times on the ground of Pune

So far 8 matches have been played at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune, in which 8 times the score has been over 300. England's Ben Stokes has hit 16 sixes in this ground upper 4 match. Talking about bowling, this ground can help upper fast bowlers. The top-5 bowlers who have taken the most wickets on this ground are fast bowlers. The fast bowlers may have been more successful in taking wickets here but today the pitch is expected to help the spinners as well.

There will be a change in the Sri Lankan team

Sri Lanka's woes are not going to ease in ODI World Cup 2023. Without a big player like Hasaranga, the Sri Lankan team that came to India has lost another three match-winners. Sri Lankan captain Dasun Shanaka and Mathisha Pathira are out due to injury. Apart from this, Lahiru Kumara is also out of the tournament due to injury. Now the test for the Sri Lankan team management will be to pick a balanced playing eleven against Afghanistan today. While the possibility of change in the Afghanistan team is less.

Possible playing eleven of both teams

Sri Lanka

Kusal Mendis (C/wkt), Pathum Nisanka, Kusal Perera/Dimuth Karunaratne, Sadira Samarawickrama, Charith Aslanka, Dhananjay de Silva, Angelo Mathews, Mahish Tikshana, Kasun Rajitha, Dushmantha Chamira, Dilshan Madushanka

Afghanistan

Hashmatullah Shahidi (C), Rehmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Azmatullah Omarzai, Ikram Alikhil (wkt), Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb ur Rehman, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqui