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Background
India and Sri Lanka are gearing up for a rematch at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on January 12, 2023.
After India secured a 67-run victory in the first match in Guwahati, the Men in Blue are hoping to seal the ODI series win, while the Lankan Lions are out for a bit of revenge and want to bring the series to a thrilling finale.
In the first match, India’s dynamic duo Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill got the party started with a 143-run partnership, but the real star of the show was Virat Kohli, who wowed the crowd with a century!
India set a record-breaking total of 373 runs.
Sri Lanka gave it their all, with P Nissanka holding down one end, but the Indian bowlers were just too much for the visitors and they fell short by 67 runs.
Special shoutout to Indian bowler Umran Malik, who took three wickets and was the MVP of the match.
The Indian Probable Playing XI:
Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (w), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Mohammed Shami, Umran Malik, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal.
Sri Lanka Probable Playing XI:
Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis (w), Avishka Fernando, Dhananjaya de Silva, Charith Asalanka, Dasun Shanaka (c), Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Dunith Wellalage, Kasun Rajitha, Dilshan Madushanka.
Pitch stats and anlalysis
The pitch at Eden Gardens is known to be a batter’s paradise with smaller boundaries, but as the match progresses it tends to provide some assist to spinners.
Recently, seam bowlers have also had some success on the pitch.
The Dew factor is expected to play a role in the captain’s decision on the toss, and it is likely that the team that wins the toss will choose to bowl first.
And the weather is going to be a bit warm in the noon time, but it will cool down in the evening with max average temp of 25o C reducing an average low of 18o C in the evening and no chance of rain.
In the previous matches played at Eden Gardens, the average first innings score is 245 and it drops to 206 in the second.
The pitch has been great in terms of balance between bat and ball. Early on, seamers may receive some assistance, but overall the pitch is great for batting.
Looking at the past matches, India has won 12, Visiting team won 8, Neutral team won 9, with 1 game having no result.
18 matches were won while batting first, 11 matches were won while batting second.
The highest team total is 404/5 by India vs Sri Lanka in 2014 and the lowest team total is 123 All Out by West Indies vs India in 1993.
The highest successful chase is 317/3 by India vs Sri Lanka in 2009 and the lowest total defended is 195 by India vs South Africa in 1993.
Who will win
The prediction is in favor of the Indian team after their 67-run victory in the first match at the Barsapara Stadium in Guwahati.
The Indian team will be looking to maintain their dominance, while Sri Lanka will aim to come back strong.
Looking at the past performance at this venue, teams that bat first have the advantage of scoring between 250 to 330 runs.
If the team that wins the toss chooses to bat first, they have a good chance of coming out victorious.
As for today’s match prediction, India starts as the favourites after their dominant win in the 1st ODI.
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