India has already qualified for the finals of Asia Cup 2023 and this match has no importance for Team India’s POV. India is playing this match merely to fulfill a formality. India will not suffer any loss by winning or losing the match on Friday, but they will definitely want to maintain their team’s momentum and confidence. This will be their first clash against Bangladesh this season. India will try to win the match easily.
Bangladesh has performed poorly in Asia Cup
This year Bangladesh could not perform well in the Asia Cup. They enjoyed a comfortable win over Afghanistan but lost the other three matches to Bangladesh. Bangladesh had a chance to win both their matches against Sri Lanka, but Bangladesh’s batting failed. Similar incidents were seen against Pakistan also. Shakib Al Hasan’s team could not bat well against Pakistan. On Friday, Bangladesh will play its last match with India. India and Bangladesh have faced each other 14 times in the Asia Cup. Bangladesh has had to face punches from the Indian Army 13 times. Bangladesh has given sixth place to India for the first time.
Weather Forecast
According to Weather.com, Colombo city of Sri Lanka will have cloudy sky with clear sky and strong winds. The weather forecast shows that it is a better day than the last few days. The temperature in Colombo city of Sri Lanka will remain 29°C for most part of the day till evening and may fall further by one or two degrees i.e. 27°C at night. There is less chance of rain throughout the day. There is about a 9% chance of rain at the start of the game and it may increase to about 14% at 9:00 pm onwards. A lot of humidity will be felt in the stadium. Humidity will remain around 80%+. Winds will blow towards south-west at a speed of 20 km per hour during the day and 13 km per hour during the night.
R Premadasa Stadium pitch report
The pitches at Premadasa Stadium have a lot of variety. India vs Pakistan saw one of the best batting surfaces, India vs Sri Lanka saw a rank turner which benefited the spin bowlers and again a good batting surface in the Sri Lanka vs Pakistan match. Got to see. So keeping in mind the last 4 to 5 matches, Colombo’s R. The spinners are having a lot of advantage at Premadasa Stadium. The average score in this stadium is around 250 to 260, but once you get settled at the crease, this 260 can easily turn into 280.
2023 World Cup India Squad
Rohit Sharma (Captain)
Shubhman Gill
Virat Kohli
Shreyas Iyer
Ishaan Kishan
KL Rahul
Hardik Pandya (Vice-Captain)
Suryakumar Yadav
Ravindra Jadeja
Akshar Patel
Shardul Thakur
Jasprit Bumrah
Mohammed Shami
Mohammad Siraj
Kuldeep Yadav
Complete schedule of World Cup 2023
5 October – England vs New Zealand – Ahmedabad
6 October – Pakistan vs Netherlands – Hyderabad
7 October – Bangladesh vs Afghanistan – Dharamsala
7 October – South Africa vs Sri Lanka – Delhi
8 October – India vs Australia – Chennai
9 October – New Zealand vs Netherlands – Hyderabad
10 October – England vs Bangladesh – Dharamsala
10 October – Pakistan vs Sri Lanka – Hyderabad
11 October – India vs Afghanistan – Delhi
12 October – Australia vs South Africa – Lucknow
13 October – New Zealand vs Bangladesh – Chennai
14 October – India vs Pakistan – Ahmedabad
15 October – England vs Afghanistan – Delhi
16 October – Australia vs Sri Lanka – Lucknow
17 October – South Africa vs Netherlands – Dharamshala
18 October – New Zealand vs Afghanistan – Chennai
19 October – India vs Bangladesh – Pune
20 October – Australia vs Pakistan – Bengaluru
21 October – England vs South Africa – Mumbai
21 October – Netherlands vs Sri Lanka – Lucknow
22 October – India vs New Zealand – Dharamshala
23 October – Pakistan vs Afghanistan – Chennai
24 October – South Africa vs Bangladesh – Mumbai
25 October – Australia vs Netherlands – Delhi
26 October – England vs Sri Lanka – Bengaluru
27 October – Pakistan vs South Africa – Chennai
28 October – Netherlands vs Bangladesh – Kolkata
28 October – Australia vs New Zealand – Dharamshala
29 October – India vs England – Lucknow
30 October – Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka – Pune
31 October – Pakistan vs Bangladesh – Kolkata
1 November – New Zealand vs South Africa – Pune
2 November – India vs Sri Lanka – Mumbai
3 November – Netherlands vs Afghanistan – Lucknow
4 November – England vs Australia – Ahmedabad
4 November – New Zealand vs Pakistan – Bengaluru
5 November – India vs South Africa – Kolkata
6 November – Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka – Delhi
7 November – Australia vs Afghanistan – Mumbai
8 November – England vs Netherlands – Pune
9 November – New Zealand vs Sri Lanka – Bengaluru
10 November – South Africa vs Afghanistan – Ahmedabad
11 November – England vs Pakistan – Kolkata
11 November – Australia vs Bangladesh – Pune
12 November – India vs Netherlands – Bengaluru
15 November – Semi Final 1 – Mumbai
16 November – Semi Final 2 – Kolkata
19 November – Final – Ahmedabad