Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka Dream11 Team Prediction Today Match, Top Picks, Playing 11, Captain, Vice Captain, Player Stats, Pitch Report & Weather Update
Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka Match 2 Asia Cup 2023 | |
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Date | 31st August, 2023 |
Time | 3:00 PM IST, 09:30 AM GMT, 03:00 PM LOCAL |
Venue | Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele |
Bangladesh and Sri Lanka will kick-off their Asia Cup 2023 campaign against each other on 31st August. The 2nd Match of the Asia Cup 2023 is set to take place at Pallekele Cricket Stadium in Sri Lanka. This will also be the 1st fixture of Asia Cup 2023 to take place in the island nation.
Let's take a look at the dream11 team prediction for this match.
This is an overall balanced pitch which gets assistance for the spinners. The average score is around 230 and the toss winner is expected to bat first.
The weather forecast predicts clear weather with some overcast clouds. The temperature is expected to hover around 28°C.
Litton Das, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Towhid Hridoy, Shakib Al Hasan (c), Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Afif Hossain, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam, Ebadot Hossain
Pathum Nissanka, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kusal Mendis (wk), Dasun Shanaka (c), Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Dushan Hemantha, Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana, Dunith Wellalage, Kasun Rajitha
The Sri Lankan team is dealing with the number of injured players which has impacted its bowling strength at large. 4 key players including Wanindu Hasaranga could not make it to the Sri Lanka Asia Cup 2023 squad.
Bangladesh also received a blow just before the start of the tournament as one of the key batters Litton Das has been ruled out due to viral fever and he has been replaced by wicket-keeper batsman Anamul Haque
Sri Lanka has a strong dominance over Bangladesh in the ODI head to head stats. Out of total 51 meetings, Sri Lanka has won 40 matches while Bangladesh have won only 9 times.
Matches | BAN Won | SL Won | Tie | No Result | |
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Overall | 51 | 9 | 40 | 0 | 2 |
Wicket-Keepers | Kusal Mendis |
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Batters | Pathum Nissanka, Najmuj Hossain-Shanto (vc) |
All-Rounders | Shakib Al Hasan, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Dhananjaya de Silva (c), Dasun Shanaka, Dunith Wellalage |
Bowlers | Mustafizur Rahman, Maheesh Theekshana, Taskin Ahmed |
Sri Lanka’s top-order batsman is a key player for this fantasy team. He has scored 1264 runs in 34 ODIs at an average of 40.77.
Bangladesh's star all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan will be a must-pick player in all the Bangladesh matches. Shakib has an experience of 235 ODIs so far in which he has scored 7211 runs and picked 305 wickets. He is the dream11 vice-captain for this dream11 fantasy team.
Najmul Hossain Shanto is a crucial batter for the Bangladesh team after the exclusion of Litton Das. He has scored 639 ODI runs so far and we are backing him to score big in this match.
We are backing Dhananjaya de Silva as the dream11 captain for this match. He has scored 1653 runs and picked 41 wickets in 76 ODIs. He has been in good form this year.
Maheesh Theekshana is one of the key spinners for the Sri Lankan and he is expected to pick wickets in these home pitches. He has taken 36 wickets in 22 ODIs.
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