ENG vs SL Dream11: Welcome to the first ODI between England and Sri Lanka, the hosts are missing a couple of their key players to injury (Roy & Butler) and it will present an opportunity to test the bench strength, while Sri Lanka, if they dint, have many problems already have lost 3 players due to bio bubble breach which means it will be a very inexperienced side that takes the field tomorrow. The weather forecast looks good.
Fixture: England vs Sri Lanka 1st ODI
When: June 29, 2021, 3.30 PM IST
Venue: Emirates Riverside, Chester-le-Street, Durham
Form Guide:
ENG: LWLLW
SL: WLLLL
Jonny Bairstow, Dawid Malan, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan (c), Sam Billings (wk), Liam Livingston, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood, Adil Rashid
Jonny Bairstow has been one of the best openers in this format for the past few years and boats of a wonderful record in ODIs scoring 3426 runs in 86 matches at an average of 48.25, differential captaincy choice.
Joe Root will be playing his 150th match and he has been the glue to this team, a very good player, and will anchor the innings (5962 runs in 149 matches at an average of 50.10), a good choice for captaincy.
Adil Rashid is a wicket-taking bowler and will be given the ball in crucial stages of the match which improves his fantasy potential (158 wickets in 109 matches)
Mark Wood will be an enforcer in this team and will be handling the middle and death overs duty, was in amazing rhythm in his last series against India (69 wickets in 55 matches)
Kusal Perera (c)(wk), Oshada Fernando, Pathum Nissanka, Dhananjaya Lakshan, Dhananjaya de Silva, Charith Asalanka, Dasun Shanaka, Wanindu Hasaranga, Isuru Udana, Nuwan Pradeep, Dushmantha Chameera
Kusal Perera will need to step up in the absence of other senior players, scored a century in the last series against Bangladesh, and will cherish the batting tracks of England (2989 runs in 104 matches at an average of 31.79)
Dhananjaya de Silva will be a very attractive option to have considering his all-round potential, he bowled extremely well in the previous series and will anchor the innings with the bat (969 runs in 48 matches 25 wickets)
Wanindu Hasarnga is a wicket-taking leggie who can also be handy with the bat lower down the order(418 runs & 21 wickets in 21 matches)
Dushmantha Chameera is the most improved bowler in the past year, he comes to this series with a lot of confidence having done well in the recently concludedT20Is (30 wickets in 28 matches)
In ENG vs SL Dream11 match prediction, England looks very good on paper compared to their opponents who are very inexperienced so expect England to win this game.
Wicket-keepers: J Bairstow(VC), K Perera
Batsmen:: J Root (C), D Malan, O Fernando
All-rounders: S Curran, W Hasaranga, D Silva
Bowlers: M Wood, A Rashid, D Chameera
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