The Indian cricket team captained by Rohit Sharma will take the field against Sri Lanka in Mumbai. As soon as Team India wins this match, it will secure its ticket for the semi-finals of the World Cup 2023. With this the Sri Lankan team will be out. India had won the title by defeating Sri Lanka here about 12 years ago. Team India won the World Cup 2011 title at Wankhede Stadium. Now India has a chance to reach the semi-finals.
India has played six matches so far in the World Cup 2023 and has won all of them. He has 12 points. Team India will now reach the semi-finals after winning the match against Sri Lanka. With the defeat, the Sri Lankan team will be out of the race for the semi-finals. Sri Lankan team is currently at sixth position. He has won 2 out of 6 matches and has 4 points. After India, Sri Lanka has to play a match against Bangladesh and New Zealand.
This match between India and Sri Lanka will be played at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. India had won the title by defeating Sri Lanka in the final match on the same ground 12 years ago. Team India became champion under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Batting first, Sri Lanka scored 274 runs with the loss of 6 wickets. In response, India won the match by losing only 4 wickets. For that, Gautam Gambhir had played a brilliant inning of 97 runs. Mahendra Singh Dhoni had scored unbeaten 91 runs. Dhoni faced 79 balls and hit 8 fours and 2 sixes.
Team India now has a chance to reach the semi-finals. After this match, India has to take the field to compete against South Africa and Netherlands.