Sri Lanka Playing 11 vs Bangladesh- 1st ODI, Bangladesh Tour of Sri Lanka 2025
Published - 01 Jul 2025, 01:53 PM | Updated - 01 Jul 2025, 02:00 PM
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Sri Lanka will be up against Bangladesh in the first of the three-match ODI series. This article provides details about Sri Lanka's Playing 11 vs Bangladesh for the first match of the series.
Sri Lanka Playing 11 vs Bangladesh- 1st ODI, Bangladesh Tour of Sri Lanka 2025:
Openers: Pathum Nisanka, Avishka Fernando
Sri Lanka will open the innings with a new opening pair of Pathum Nissanka and Avishka Fernando in the first of the three ODIs against Bangladesh, scheduled to take place on Wednesday.
Nissanka has been in great form in the last few months, which includes a match-winning century against England in the final game of the Test series played last year.
The right-hander also scored two centuries in the recently concluded Test series against Bangladesh, which was a part of the World Test Championship.
The batter will hope to build on the good start he has had this year and carry the form in the upcoming three-match ODI series against Bangladesh.
Avishka, on the other hand, has had a stop-start career after bursting onto the scene in 2016.
The batter has been under immense pressure in white ball cricket after a string of low scores in the last couple of series that he has played.
Avishka will look to get the team off to a good start and provide good support to Pathun Nissanka.
Middle-order batsmen and all-rounders: Kusal Mendis, Sadeera Samarawickrama (wk), Charith Asalanka (c), Dunith Wellalage, Kamindu Mendis, Wanindu Hasaranga
The opening pair will be followed by an in-form middle order, which comprises the likes of Kusal Mendis, wicketkeeper batter Sadeera Samarawickrama, and the captain, Charith Asalanka.
The trio of Mendis, Samarwickrama, and Asalanka will look to stabilize the Sri Lankan innings like they have successfully done on a number of occasions in the past.
As far as Lanka's crucial batting position of number six and seven is concerned, it will be occupied by Kamindu Mendis and Dunith Wellalage, both of whom can act as the fifth bowler on a wicket which will assist the spinners.
Lanka will also have the services of former captain Wanindu Hasaranga, who will come in at number eight to add some handy runs with the bat.
Bowlers: Maheesh Theekshana, Dilshan Madhushanka, Asitha Fernando
Sri Lanka has a good variety of bowlers at their disposal and are expected to go with four proper bowlers, with Wellalage and Kamindu Mendis chipping in as the fifth bowling option.
The onus will be on Wanindu Hasaranga and Maheesh Theekshana to pick up the majority of wickets on a spin-friendly track in Colombo.
The fast bowling duo of Asitha Fernando and Dilshan Madhushanka would also hope to keep the batters under pressure from one end by stemming the flow of runs.
Having said that Lanka would hope for their batters to put enough runs on the board for the team to have a fair chance of winning the game.
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