Opener Avishka Fernando was one of two half-centurions for Sri Lanka in the second ODI. He also made 33 in the opening ODI and is a good bet for Sri Lanka’s leading run scorer in this clash. Wanindu Hasaranga bowled economically in the first ODI and took 3-37 including both Indian openers. The spinner is a smart choice for Sri Lanka’s top wicket taker in this match.
India’s captain Shikhar Dhawan only made 29 in Tuesday’s game but hit 86* in the opening game and is a class player. He is a reliable option for India’s top run scorer in this game. With the ball, Yuzvendra Chahal has 5 wickets in the series so far and is well worth backing as India’s leading wicket taker in this clash.
With the gloves, Sri Lanka’s Minod Bhanuka took a catch and made 36 to back up his 27 in the opening ODI. Ishan Kishan took a catch, ran out a batsman but only made 1 with the bat. We are going with Minod Bhanuka as the leading wicket-keeper in this game.
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Sri Lanka vs India 3rd ODI Prediction & Betting Tips
Sri Lanka and India end their ODI series on Friday afternoon in Colombo. India have already secured the series and come into this game with a 2-0 lead. The opening ODI produced an easy 7 wicket win for India before a much closer second game which India won by 3 wickets. This final ODI gets underway at the R.Premadasa Stadium at 15:00 local time.
Although disappointed not to win the last game, when the dust settled, Sri Lanka will have been pleased to have been competitive after poor displays against England and India. They will now have the belief that they can win the final ODI.
India will believe that Tuesday’s batting performance was a one-off and be grateful that they still managed to get over the line. They have more than enough quality across their squad to return to winning ways in this match.
Sri Lanka vs India 3rd ODI Live Streaming
The match can be watched live on Sony Sports in India. Channel Eye will show the game live in Sri Lanka. The match will be shown on Willow TV in USA.
Live Streaming: Fans in India can stream the match on the Sony Liv app.
SL vs IND Match Toss Prediction
As with the opening ODI, Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat first. Although they may want to stick to this plan they must be tempted to insert India after causing them problems with the ball on Tuesday.
SL vs IND Pitch Report
Once again it was the spin bowlers who delivered the best bowling figures in the second ODI. 300 should be the par score in an ODI on this wicket.
Weather Report
Highs of 28 degrees but feeling very muggy with a large threat of thunderstorms over Colombo during the game.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds, and match prediction for Sri Lanka vs India 3rd ODI
The home side made only one change from the first ODI with bowler Kasun Rajitha coming in for the expensive Isuru Udana. Rajitha went at 7.40 runs from 7.1 overs, a marked improvement on Rajitha’s 2 overs for 27 runs. We expect Mickey Arthur to stick with the same XI who performed far better on Tuesday.
SL Key Players
Avishka Fernando - Sri Lanka’s opening batsman hit his 4th ODI half-century in the second ODI and shared useful partnerships with Minod Bhanuka and Dhananjaya de Silva.
Wanindu Hasaranga - The leg-spinner was very impressive on Tuesday dismissing Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan and Krunal Pandya. He is one of the few top class players in this Sri Lanka side.
Dushmantha Chameera - The opening bowler has not picked up a wicket in either of the games in the series so far. However, he is an integral member of this attack and has plenty more dismissals in the tank.
SL Team Form
Losses are becoming a habit for Sri Lanka with ones like Tuesday’s all the harder to take after being in a winning position. They should take positives from getting into that position for the first time in a while.
SL vs IND Dream11 Team Prediction, Captain, Vice Captain
Wicket-keeper
Minod Bhanuka (8.5) will be our wicket-keeper. He has made useful runs at the top of the order for Sri Lanka in both games so far.
Batsmen
Shikhar Dhawan (10.5), Suryakumar Yadav (9), Dasun Shanaka (9), Prithvi Shaw (9) and Avishka Fernando (8.5) are our batsmen. Yadav and Fernando impressed in the second ODI.
All-rounders
Wanindu Hasaranga (9.5) and Dhananjaya de Silva (9) will be our all-rounders. Hasaranga has bowled brilliantly over a long period of time across all formats.
Bowlers
Bhuvneshwar Kumar (9), Yuzvendra Chahal (9) and Deepak Chahar (8.5) are our bowlers. Chahal is the leading wicket taker in the series.
Captain/Vice-captain
Shikhar Dhawan will be captain, Yuzvendra Chahal his deputy
SL vs IND Dream11 Team Prediction
Batsmen:Shikhar Dhawan(c), Suryakumar Yadav, Dasun Shanaka, Prithvi Shaw, Avishka Fernando
All Rounder:Wanindu Hasaranga, Dhananjaya de Silva
Unchanged from the big win in the first ODI, there will be a temptation to ring the changes in this game, particularly as India’s qualification for the 2023 World Cup is guaranteed as hosts. However, there were many average performances on Tuesday and the backroom staff will be keen to give the players a chance to atone.
IND Key Players
Shikhar Dhawan - It was very strange to see Dhawan leave the middle with only 6 fours to his name. As captain and an experienced batsman, he is a big part of this team.
Suryakumar Yadav - The only one of the India batsmen to make a half-century during Tuesday’s chase. It was great to see him back in the runs after a bad shoulder injury earlier in the year.
Yuzvendra Chahal - The leg-spinner has figures of 2-52 and 3-50 in the series so far. He even included a maiden over in his figures in the second ODI.
IND Team Form
India are undoubtedly a very strong ODI side and have strength in depth to match. However, it will do them no harm to have been reminded that they are fallible and we expect to see a strong performance in response.
For Sri Lanka, we believe Avishka Fernando, Dhananjaya de Silva and Minod Bhanuka are most likely to pile on the runs. Fernando has looked good throughout the series and his patient half-century was well deserved.
Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw and Suryakumar Yadav are the batsmen to back for India. Dhawan and Yadav have both top scored in the games so far.
We recommend Sri Lanka’s Dushmantha Chameera, Wanindu Hasaranga and Chamika Karunaratne with the ball. Hasaranga has been Sri Lanka’s standout bowler across both of their last ODI series.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav are the Indian bowlers worth backing. Chahal has been racking up the wickets during the series.
The second ODI was a fantastic game for any neutral cricket fans with the under-performing Sri Lankans suddenly in a winning position against the all-conquering Indians. However, India showed their class to get over the line and we expect them to win this final ODI by a more comfortable margin.
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Jul 23, 2021
15:00 IST / 9:30 GMT
R. Premadasa Stadium - Colombo, Sri Lanka
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