Who Won the Toss Today, ENG vs SL World Cup 2023 Match 25: England vs Sri Lanka Match Toss Result on October 26

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Who Won the Toss Today, ENG vs SL World Cup 2023 Match 25: England captain Jos Buttler won the toss and elect to Bat first against Kusal Mendis led Sri Lanka in ICC World Cup 2023 Match 25 at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Thursday (October 26).

The match is scheduled for 2 PM IST at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Thursday (October 26).

What the captains said at the ENG vs SL toss?

England captain Jos Buttler said, "We are going to bat first. Looks a good wicket, little bit drier but we will look to put up a good score. We have been short of our best, we have done enough talking and it is about performing. We have stayed very level as a group, there is some frustration around for not playing as well as we could but there is quality in the team indivdually and collectively. Throughout the team. We have three changes - Woakes, Moeen and Livingstone come in."

Sri Lanka Captain, Kusal Mendis said, "Pitch is good and we were looking to bat first as well. I am enjoying the captaincy. There are players who are advicing me and supporting me. The last match we did well with bat and ball. Very important game, we need a good start with the ball and if we get that then we can manage the game. He (Mathews) comes into the team, most experienced guy in the team and hopefully he does well today. Angelo and Kumara are playing."

ENG vs SL ICC World Cup 2023: Playing XI

England (Playing XI): Jonny Bairstow, Dawid Malan, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler(w/c), Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes, David Willey, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood

Sri Lanka (Playing XI): Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Perera, Kusal Mendis(w/c), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Angelo Mathews, Maheesh Theekshana, Kasun Rajitha, Lahiru Kumara, Dilshan Madushanka

M.Chinnaswamy Stadium Pitch Report

"Pitch no. 8 today. Pitch no. 9 had over 650 runs scored in the game between Australia and Pakistan. This might be a little bit drier, a little bit on the slower side but on the surface it is a good track where the ball will come on to the bat. The dimensions remain the same; 73 straight, 53 behind, 61 and 67 on the side," informs Ravi Shastri. "It is a very interesting pitch, there's a lot of grass in the center of the pitch, but see where it is (while standing in batters position), it is devoid of grass. Batting against spin for left-handers will be interesting. This is the kind of pitch where you need to have a right-left combination because the pitch will play differently on both sides. There will be a bit of turn and that's because of the dry surface, it is like a honeycomb. IT is going to be a challenge for batting," reckons Dinesh Karthik.