IND vs SL Dream11 3rd ODI: Prediction, Possible Playing 11, Squads, head-to-head as India take on Sri Lanka

IND vs SL Dream11 3rd ODI: India will take on Sri Lanka in the third and final ODI of the 3-match series at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Wednesday, August 7. The match will start at 2:30 PM.

The first match ended in a draw, while in the second game Sri Lanka defeated India by 32 runs. Chasing a 241-run target, India were bundled out for 208 runs despite a 97-run opening stand between Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill.

Rohit and Gill partnered for 75 runs in the first ODI as well, but India were bundled out for 230 in fifty overs. Nine India wickets fell to spin in both the matches. Leg-spinner Jeffrey Vandersay picked six wickets in the last match.

IND vs SL Dream11 3rd ODI

IND ODI Squad vs SL: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill (vc), Virat Kohli, KL Rahul (WK), Rishabh Pant (wk), Shreyas Iyer, Shivam Dube, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohd. Siraj, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, Riyan Parag, Axar Patel, Khaleel Ahmed, Harshit Rana

SL ODI Squad vs IND: Charith Asalanka (c), Pathum Nissanka, Avishka Fernando, Kusal Mendis, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Kamindu Mendis, Janith Liyanage, Nishan Madushka, Dunith Wellalage, Chamika Karunaratne, Akila Dananjaya, Mohamed Shiraz, Maheesh Theekshana, Asitha Fernando, Eshan Malinga, Jeffrey Vandersay

SL standby players: Kusal Janith Perera, Pramod Madushan

IND vs SL Dream 11 3rd ODI - Team 1

Wicket-keeper: KL Rahul, Kusal Mendis

Batter: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Pathum Nissanka. Charith Asalanka, Shreyas Iyer

All-rounder: Axar Patel, Dunith Wellalage

Bowler: Jeffrey Vandersay, Kuldeep Yadav

Captain: Virat Kohli, Vice-captain: Charith Asalanka

IND vs SL Playing 11 3rd ODI

IND Playing 11 vs SL: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Riyan Parag, Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana/Khaleel Ahmed, Mohammed Siraj

SL Playing 11 vs IND: Pathum Nissanka, Avishka Fernando, Kusal Mendis (wk), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka (c), Kamindu Mendis, Janith Liyanage, Dunith Wellalage, Akila Dananjaya, Asitha Fernando, Jeffrey Vandersay

IND vs SL Head-to-Head

Matches: 170

India won: 99

Sri Lanka won: 58

Tied: 2

NR: 11

IND vs SL Match Prediction for 3rd ODI

India are expected to make a comeback and level the series 1-1. The team will very likely go back to their previous batting order which made them highly successful in the Asia Cup 2023 and World Cup 2023. Despite a demand performance by Sri Lanka spinners in the first two ODIs, we expect India batters to apply themselves and avoid their first bilateral ODI series defeat against Sri Lanka since 1997.

IND vs SL 3rd ODI Colombo Weather forecast

Thunderstorms have been predicted in Colombo at 12:00 AM, 3:00 AM to 4:00 AM, 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM, and 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM. However, no rain has been predicted after that. The match is scheduled to start at 2:30 PM. With a humidity level of 80 percent, the temperature will hover around 29-30 degree celsius. The wind speed at the venue will be close to 19 km/h.