SL vs BAN

3rd washed out match. The most in a World Cup history!

SL gets another free point, with Bangladesh not being too satisfied with the same, knowing they were in a better form and had the upper hand today.

Lasith Malinga leaves tonight to attend a funeral of his Mother-in-law and might miss the next game against a team like Australia.

Sri Lanka moves to the 5th position with 4 points – 1 win, 1 loss and 2 N/R in their 4 matches.

Bangladesh moves to the 7th position with 3 points – 1 win, 2 losses and 1 N/R in their 4 matches.

Bangladesh play their next against West Indies and Sri Lanka play their next against Australia.

Up next –

Australia vs Pakistan

Australia ought to seek revenge of India’s loss against Pakistan and come back onto the winning momentum. On the other hand, Pakistan won a game followed by a Washed out game and hence would like to continue their winning momentum and have the upper hand.

But, Australia are the favourites for tomorrow’s game and it’s going to be a battle of seamers since both teams have an exceptional seam attack.

Point to remember – Marcus Stoinis has been ruled out for tomorrow’s game and Mitchell Marsh has been announced as his replacement.

Probable XIs –

AUS – Warner, Finch, S Marsh, Smith, M Marsh, Maxwell, Carey, Cummins, Starc, Lyon and Richardson.

PAK – Zaman, Imam, Babar, Hafeez, Shoaib, Sarfaraz, Shadab, Wahab, Hasan, Shaheen and Amir

Possible Replacements which should take place are as follows –

Shaun Marsh, Mitchell Marsh, Kane Richardson and Nathan Lyon in place of Usman Khawaja, Marcus Stoinis, Nathan Coulter-Nile and Adam Zampa respectively…

Even though 4 changes in a go doesn’t seem likely for a team like Australia but these changes are all likely to be done at some point even if not together.

And, Shaheen Afridi in place of Asif Ali, since Pakistan would want 5 regular bowlers rather than opting for Hafeez/Shoaib as their 5th bowling option against a strong team like Australia.

Hopefully tomorrow’s match doesn’t get washed out!