Sri Lanka vs India 2021, 3rd ODI- Weather Forecast And Pitch Report

Sri Lanka and India are set to lock horns in an ODI for the third and final time during the ongoing ODI series. Sri Lanka vs India 3rd ODI will be played on Friday (July 23) at R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The Indian team, led by Shikhar Dhawan, has already won the first two ODI matches of the series and lead by 2-0.

India defeated Sri Lanka in the first match by 7 wickets. Restricting Sri Lanka to 262-9 in the first innings, India managed a comfortable victory with the fifties by Shikhar Dhawan and Ishan Kishan in the match. In the second ODI, India had to chase 276 run-target.

India faced a tough situation during the chase by losing 7 wickets for 193, however, managed to pull off a victory in the end by 3 wickets. Pacer Deepak Chahar, who came to bat at the no.8 spot, scored unbeaten 69 runs to get the winning runs for India.

Now, the Shikhar Dhawan and company will look to whitewash the home team in the series with another victory in the 3rd ODI. Dasun Shanaka-led Sri Lanka, on the other hand, will aim to win the last ODI so as to earn at least one victory in their kitty in the ODI series.

Sri Lanka vs India 2021, 3rd ODI- Weather Forecast

Sri Lanka vs India third ODI will commence at R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka on Friday (July 23, 2021). The match will begin at 3 PM (IST and local time) on Friday (July 23). The toss will take place at 2:30 PM.

According to the weather forecast, the temperature at Colombo city of Sri Lanka will be between 30ºC to 25ºC on Friday, July 23, 2021. There are chances 80% chances of rains during the day while 90% chances of rains during the night. Humidity during the daytime will be 81% and will increase to about 89% during the night.

Sri Lanka vs India 2021, 3rd ODI- Pitch Report

Premadasa Stadium in Colombo will host Sri Lanka vs India 3rd ODI. This ground also hosted the first two ODI games. The cricket stadium has hosted a total of 131 ODIs so far. The team batting first has won 71 times while the team batting 2nd has won 52 times.

It is not a high-scoring ground with most of the totals ranging between 250 to 300. The average 1st inning score at the stadium is 235 while the average second innings score is 196. The stadium gives a good assistant to spinners, something which has been witnessed in the first two Sri Lanka vs India ODI games.

Average first innings score in ODIs (in last five games, including successful defending): 276.6 (2 wins).

Average second innings score in ODIs (in last five games, including successful chasing): 235.4 (3 wins).