The second semi final of the ICC Champions Trophy is being played between India and Sri Lanka at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff Thursday morning today. In fact today's show off is the clash of two Superpowers of Cricket in subcontinent.
In the first semi final, England beat South Africa by seven wickets and now await the winner of today's semi final in the final to be played on coming Sunday.
For today's match analysts are of the view that more than the pitch, which is contrasting in nature, the weather will be key - light to heavy rain is expected through the day, which will lead to a curtailed match or, at worst, a washout.
So in case if today's semi hit by the rains and results into a washout, India, by virtue of its strong standing in the Group B would go through forward. So it is the luck which will be dominant more today rather than the game.
But if weather stays clear and in favour of Sri Lanka, even then India have an upper hand in batting and fielding. But at the same time should be careful with Sanga and Mahela, only the 2 players are in good touch. Sri Lanka has a slight upper hand in their fast bowling than India, but we never seem to be struggling against them in the recent past years. So, if weather stays clear, we have good chance to go and beat the Lankans since almost all the 11 Indian players are in good shape to give enough chance to overcome the Islanders.
The likely opposing squads are as under:
India squad
MS Dhoni*†, R Ashwin, S Dhawan, RA Jadeja, KD Karthik†, V Kohli, B Kumar, A Mishra, IK Pathan, SK Raina, I Sharma, RG Sharma, M Vijay, R Vinay Kumar, UT Yadav
Sri Lanka squad
AD Mathews*, LD Chandimal, LHD Dilhara, TM Dilshan, RMS Eranga, HMRKB Herath, DPMD Jayawardene, KMDN Kulasekara, SL Malinga, BMAJ Mendis, MDKJ Perera, NLTC Perera, KC Sangakkara†, SMSM Senanayake, HDRL Thirimanne
Umpires Aleem Dar and RA Kettleborough
The match is scheduled on Thursday, 20 June (09:30 GMT) | at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff.
In the first semi final, England beat South Africa by seven wickets and now await the winner of today's semi final in the final to be played on coming Sunday.
For today's match analysts are of the view that more than the pitch, which is contrasting in nature, the weather will be key - light to heavy rain is expected through the day, which will lead to a curtailed match or, at worst, a washout.
So in case if today's semi hit by the rains and results into a washout, India, by virtue of its strong standing in the Group B would go through forward. So it is the luck which will be dominant more today rather than the game.
But if weather stays clear and in favour of Sri Lanka, even then India have an upper hand in batting and fielding. But at the same time should be careful with Sanga and Mahela, only the 2 players are in good touch. Sri Lanka has a slight upper hand in their fast bowling than India, but we never seem to be struggling against them in the recent past years. So, if weather stays clear, we have good chance to go and beat the Lankans since almost all the 11 Indian players are in good shape to give enough chance to overcome the Islanders.
The likely opposing squads are as under:
India squad
MS Dhoni*†, R Ashwin, S Dhawan, RA Jadeja, KD Karthik†, V Kohli, B Kumar, A Mishra, IK Pathan, SK Raina, I Sharma, RG Sharma, M Vijay, R Vinay Kumar, UT Yadav
Sri Lanka squad
AD Mathews*, LD Chandimal, LHD Dilhara, TM Dilshan, RMS Eranga, HMRKB Herath, DPMD Jayawardene, KMDN Kulasekara, SL Malinga, BMAJ Mendis, MDKJ Perera, NLTC Perera, KC Sangakkara†, SMSM Senanayake, HDRL Thirimanne
Umpires Aleem Dar and RA Kettleborough
The match is scheduled on Thursday, 20 June (09:30 GMT) | at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff.
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