England to bat first against Sri Lanka

Online Desk

England has won the toss and opted to bat first against Sri Lanka in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru on Thursday.

England lost consecutive games in their 2019 WC-winning campaign as well and one of those defeats was to Sri Lanka. They turned it around after those losses and went on an unbeaten run to claim the trophy and Jos Buttler would hope for the same.

Meanwhile, Sri Lanka will hope their four-match winning run against England in World Cups continues, they haven't lost since 1999 even though England hold the edge 6-5 in the competition.

England Playing XI: Jonny Bairstow, Dawid Malan, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, David Willey, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood.

Sri Lanka Playing XI: Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Perera, Kusal Mendis, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Angelo Mathews, Maheesh Theekshana, Kasun Rajitha, Lahiru Kumara, Dilshan Madushanka.

Bd-pratidin English/Golam Rosul