IND vs SL Asia Cup 2023 Final: India vs Sri Lanka match prediction, head to head, injury list, other details

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IND vs SL: India will lock horns with Sri Lanka in the final of Asia Cup 2023 at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Sunday. Sri Lanka in the final of Asia Cup for the 12th time (both ODI and T20I format) and aiming to equal India's tally of seven titles.

India, on the other hand, are aiming to extend their lead over Sri Lanka. The two sides met in the Super Fours round of the Asia Cup 2023 as India successfully defended a 214-run target and won the match by 41 runs.

India cannot take the hosts lightly at all. In a must-win game against Pakistan on Thursday, Sri Lanka chased down a 252-run target on the last ball of the match to enter the final.

India made five changes in their dead rubber final Super Fours match against Bangladesh on Friday. They lost the match by six runs. The likes of Virat Kohli, Hardik Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah are all expected to return for the summit clash.

IND vs SL Asia Cup 2023 Final: Injury List

India Injury List: Axar Patel has niggle issues and was seen in a lot of discomfort in the match against Bangladesh on Friday. Washington Sundar has been called as his cover.

Shreyas Iyer continues to recover from his back spams. He missed all the three matches for India in the Super Fours round. He is unlikely to feature in the final as well.

Sri Lanka Injury List: Maheesh Theekshana has been ruled out of the final after a hamstring injury. Sahan Arachchige has been inducted in the Sri Lanka squad.

IND vs SL Asia Cup 2023 Final: Head to head

Matches: 166

India Won: 97

Sri Lanka Won: 57

Tied: 1

NR: 11

IND vs SL Asia Cup 2023 Final Match Prediction

Upbeat India are expected to face a good challenge against Sri Lanka but emerge victorious in the final of Asia Cup 2023. India lost all their 10 wickets to Sri Lanka spinners in the Super Fours round. It was the first instance of Indian ODI team losing all their 10 wickets to spinners.

However, India did superbly well to defend the 214-run target to wrap Sri Lanka innings at 172 and win the match by 41 runs. The second-ranked ODI team in the world, will come better prepared to tackle the Sri Lankan threat this time. The Indian bowling unit is also in top form and the expected inclusion of off-spinner Washington Sundar is expected to bolster the attack.

Having also played under lights on Friday, India will have a fare idea of dealing with the situation if they are asked to bat second. India brought end to Sri Lanka 13-match winning streak on Friday and they will also have a psychological edge of winning each of their last four matches against Sri Lanka.

IND and SL Asia Cup 2023 Squads

India: Rohit Sharma (c), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya (vc), Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Sanju Samson (travelling reserve).

Sri Lanka: Dasun Shanaka (c), Pathum Nissanka, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kusal Mendis, Kusal Perera, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Maheesh Theekshana, Dunith Wellalage, Kasun Rajitha, Dushan Hemantha, Binura Fernando, Pramod Madushan, Sahan Arachchige

IND vs SL Asia Cup 2023 Final Match Details

Series: Asia Cup 2023

Match: India vs Sri Lanka, Asia Cup 2023 Final

Venue: R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo

Toss: 2:30 PM IST, Live action from 3:00 PM IST on Sunday, September 17