Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand : Fantasy Tips For NZ Vs SL Date Time Venue, Pitch Report, Probable Playing XI

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The opening ODI of the series will be between Sri Lanka (SL) and New Zealand (NZ). Wellington's Basin Reserve will host this game. Sri Lanka will be feeling quite confident going into this ODI leg after winning the T20I series 2-1. There have been 105 ODI matches between Sri Lanka and New Zealand. 52 of these 105 games have been won by New Zealand, while 43 have been won by Sri Lanka.

Due to the absence of Dushan Hemantha, Kusal Perera, Sadeera Samarawickrama, and Dishan Madushanka, Sri Lanka made four changes to the team that participated in the ODI last month. In addition to Hasaranga, Sri Lanka has added medium-pacer Eshan Malinga, who has not yet been capped, and batter Nuwanidu Fernando.

This series will be the final one for New Zealand before they choose their Champions Trophy team. Mitch Santner takes over as captain, and Matt Henry, Daryl Mitchell, and Rachin Ravindra rejoin the team. A few fresh players who have performed well in the domestic circuit will be put to the test. This game between these two teams is sure to be exciting.

Pitch Condition

There will be plenty of runs available, and the surface will be suitable for batting. During the game, pacers will be essential. Chasing will be preferred by both teams.

Predicted to win

30°C

Weather Report

Batting-friendly

Pitch Condition

261

Avg. 1st inning score

Probable Playing XI

New Zealand

Probable XI

Michael Bracewell, WA Young, DJ Mitchell, MS Chapman, Mitchell Santner(C), Rachin Ravindra, Glenn Phillips, Tom Latham, JA Duffy, MJ Henry, William O’Rourke

Bench

Kane Williamson, Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi, LH Ferguson, Devon Conway, HM Nicholls, Tom Blundell, Zak Foulkes, JA Clarkson, Mitchell Hay, Nathan Smith, D Foxcroft, Tim Robinson, B Jacobs

Sri Lanka

Probable XI

A Fernando, C Asalanka(C), MNK Fernando, Pathum Nissanka, Chamindu Wickramasinghe, PHKD Mendis, W Hasaranga, D Chandimal, K Mendis, K Perera, B Fernando

Bench

AM Fernando, N Thushara, M Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana, Dunith Wellalage, D Karunaratne, A Mathews, L Kumara, JF Vandersay, S Samarawickrama, D de Silva, NGRP Jayasuriya, MVT Fernando, K Rajitha, M Priyanath, J Liyanage, KNM Fernando, O Fernando, N Peiris, L Embuldeniya, LU Igalagamage, M Shiraz, Eshan Malinga, B Rajapaksa

SLbat

In 61 ODI appearances, Pathum Nissanka has amassed 2422 runs at an average of 43, including six hundreds. Encourage him to succeed.

Rachin RavindraC

NZall

Rachin Ravindra, a gifted all-around player, made his debut at the 2023 World Cup. He will make an excellent captain because he has amassed 820 runs in his ODI career.