SL vs SA Dream11 Grand League Team, Team News: ICC World Cup 2019 | 35th Match

SL vs SA Dream11 35th Match Prediction | Sri Lanka vs South Africa ICC World Cup 2019

Chester-le-Street will be hosting its first match of ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 which will see Sri Lanka and South Africa lock horns. This would be the 35th match of the competition with a lot at stake for Sri Lanka.

This result of this match won’t affect the position of South Africa who are already out of the contention to finish among the top four. On the other hand, Sri Lanka would be eyeing a win here to stay in the hunt for the semi-finals.

Talking about the previous matches of these two sides, the Proteas are coming into this contest after being thrashed by Pakistan by 49 runs, whereas, Sri Lanka tamed the hosts England by 20 runs to get into the winning ways.

Match Schedule

Sri Lanka vs South Africa

Venue: River Side Ground, Chester-le-Street

Time: June 28, 03:00 PM

The conditions at the Chester-le-Street

The last ODI played here was in the year 2018 where England chased down a formidable 311 against Australia in just 44.4 overs. This stat definitely states that batting has been easy here and with no signs of rains, batting is going to be easy here.

Venue Stats: (Last 5 ODIs)

June 21, 2018: England (314/4, 44.4/50 overs) bt Australia (310/8, 50/50 overs) by six wickets

June 20, 2015: England (192/7, 25/26 overs, target: 192) bt New Zealand (283/9, 50/50 overs) by three wickets (DL method)

May 25, 2014: Sri Lanka (256/8, 50/50 overs) bt England (99, 26.1/50 overs) by 157 runs

July 7, 2012: England (201/2, 47.5/50 overs) bt Australia (200/9, 50/50 overs) by eight wickets

Sept 3, 2011: England (27/2, 7.2/50 overs) v India (274/7, 50/50 overs) – no result

Sri Lanka vs South Africa Head to Head (ODIs):

Matches Played: 78

Sri Lanka won: 31

South Africa won: 43

Tied: 00

No result: 02

SL vs SA Team News

• South Africa might give chance to some of their benched players as they have nothing to lose now.
• The likes of JP Duminy and Dwaine Pretorius can be considered in the eleven, at the expense of David Miller or Aiden Markram.
• Sri Lanka will be sticking with the same eleven after a stupendous win over England.
• No such injury concerns among the two camps.

Also Read: SL vs SA Dream11 Prediction

SL vs SA Squad:

Sri Lanka: Dimuth Karunaratne (c), Lasith Malinga, Jeevan Mendis, Lahiru Thirimanne, Isuru Udana, Kusal Perera (wk), Suranga Lakmal, Avishka Fernando, Angelo Mathews, Kusal Mendis (wk), Jeffrey Vandersay, Milinda Siriwardana, Thisara Perera, Nuwan Pradeep, Dhananjaya de Silva.

South Africa: Faf du Plessis (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Hashim Amla, Aiden Markram, Tabraiz Shamsi, Dwaine Pretorius, Rassie van der Dussen, JP Duminy, David Miller, Chris Morris, Lungi Ngidi, Imran Tahir, Andile Phehlukwayo, Beuran Hendricks, Kagiso Rabada.

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SL vs SA Dream11 Grand League Teams:

#1: A good day for the batsmen

With no cloud covers and dry day expected, the batsmen will definitely relish the opportunity to bat here.

• Quinton de Kock- 353 runs from last 5 innings against South Africa.
• Faf du Plessis- 272 runs from last 5 innings against Sri Lanka.
• Hashim Amla- 1063 runs against this opponent from 20 innings.

• Dimuth Karunaratne- 180 runs from 4 innings at an average 60.
• Angelo Mathews- 230 runs from last 4 innings against South Africa at an average of 115.
• Rassie van der Dussen- 216 runs from 5 innings in this World Cup at an average of 54.

#2: Some possible changes

• JP Duminy in for David Miller.
• Dwaine Pretorius in for Aiden Markram.

#3: An unorthodox combination

Key Players

South Africa

• Quinton de Kock
• Faf du Plessis
• Hashim Amla
• Kagiso Rabada
• Imran Tahir

Sri Lanka

• Dimuth Karunaratne
• Lasith Malinga
• Kusal Perera
• Angelo Mathews