Australia vs Sri Lanka Live Score, World Cup 2023: Sri Lanka stand-in skipper Kusal Mendis won the toss and opted to bat against Australia in the World Cup 2023 encounter in Lucknow on Monday. Sri Lanka have made two changes as Chamika Karunaratne and Lahiru Kumara walk into the playing XI. They come in place of Dasun Shanaka and Matheesha Pathirana. Australia, on the other hand, have not tweaked their playing XI.
With a win over Sri Lanka, Australia vs Sri Lanka can avoid a 0-3 scoreline in the round-robin phase of the ODI World Cup. Australia’s Travis Head has returned to the nets after recovering from a left hand fracture. His absence has impacted Australia’s batting at the ODI World Cup in India. Head has an ODI average of 41 and the Aussie star has slammed three centuries and 15 fifties in the ODIs. Head can feature for Australia as early as the Netherlands encounter on October 25. Meanwhile, Sri Lanka is without skipper Dasun Shanaka, who is ruled out of the World Cup with a thigh injury.
Australia has failed to register a 200-plus total in its previous appearances at the ODI World Cup. The record-time winners posted 199 against India in its World Cup opener. Cummins and Co. then folded for 177 against South Africa. However, Australia will enter its upcoming match against Sri Lanka as clear favorites to emerge victorious. In their last 10 meetings, Australia has recorded six wins against Sri Lanka.
Australia vs Sri Lanka is likely to name an unchanged playing XI against a Shanaka-less Sri Lanka. Since lifting the famous trophy in the 1996 edition of the World Cup, Sri Lanka has failed to upstage Australia in the last seven attempts at the ODI World Cup. Australia has an edge over Australia vs Sri Lanka in the 50-over formats. The five-time world champions have recorded 63 wins over Sri Lanka. Former champions Sri Lanka have beaten Australia only 36 times.