IND vs SL: Is Dinesh Karthik Playing Today's India vs Sri Lanka match? Here's the update

Dinesh Karthik IND vs SL: Team India is now ready to lock horns with Sri Lanka in a must-win Super 4 clash of the Asia Cup 2022 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on 6 September, 2022 (Tuesday). The Men in Blue will surely be looking forward to make a strong comeback with an improved performance after their disappointing 5-wicket defeat at the hands of arch-rivals Pakistan in their opening game of the Super 4 stage. The Rohit Sharma-led side will now have to win both of their remaining games against Sri Lanka and Afghanistan in order to qualify for the Asia Cup 2022 finals.

IND vs SL: Is Dinesh Karthik Playing Today’s India vs Sri Lanka match? Here’s the update

After an unfortunate setback in the form of all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja getting ruled out of the remainder of the competition, India were forced to make as many as three changes to their playing combination in a big game against Pakistan on Sunday. In order to counter the Pakistani spinners, the team management preferred to back left-handed wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant ahead of Dinesh Karthik in the playing XI. The Indian team also included Deepak Hooda in the side, but his services with the ball were not used even after both Yuzvendra Chahal and Hardik Pandya conceded plenty of runs. Therefore, even though, Hooda contributed with a cameo of 16 runs towards the end, Team India might consider playing Karthik against Sri Lanka on Tuesday as he has done incredibly well in the recent while at the finisher’s role.

“There’s no such a thing as first choice playing XI for every single condition. That will vary. On that day against Pakistan, we felt Dinesh was the right choice for us,” said India’s head coach Rahul Dravid.

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India Playing 11

1. Rohit Sharma (C)
2. KL Rahul
3. Virat Kohli
4. Suryakumar Yadav
5. Hardik Pandya
6. Rishabh Pant (wk)
7. Deepak Hooda/Dinesh Karthik
8. Bhuvneshwar Kumar
9. Ravi Bishnoi
10. Arshdeep Singh
11. Yuzvendra Chahal

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Asia Cup 2022 Schedule

Date	Match	Venue	Time	Result
27 August, 2022 (Saturday)	Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan	Dubai	7:30 PM IST	Afghanistan won by 8 wickets
28 August, 2022 (Sunday)	India vs Pakistan	Dubai	7:30 PM IST	India won by 5 wickets
30 August, 2022 (Tuesday)	Bangladesh vs Afghanistan	Sharjah	7:30 PM IST	Afghanistan won by 7 wickets
31 August, 2022 (Wednesday)	India vs Hong Kong	Dubai	7:30 PM IST	India won by 40 runs
1 September, 2022 (Thursday)	Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh	Dubai	7:30 PM IST	Sri Lanka won by 2 wickets
2 September, 2022 (Friday)	Pakistan vs Hong Kong	Sharjah	7:30 PM IST	Pakistan won by 155 runs
3 September, 2022 (Saturday)	Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan	Sharjah	7:30 PM IST	Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets
4 September, 2022 (Sunday)	India vs Pakistan	Dubai	7:30 PM IST	Pakistan won by 5 wickets
6 September, 2022 (Tuesday)	India vs Sri Lanka	Dubai	7:30 PM IST	TBA
7 September, 2022 (Wednesday)	Pakistan vs Afghanistan	Dubai	7:30 PM IST	TBA
8 September, 2022 (Thursday)	India vs Afghanistan	Dubai	7:30 PM IST	TBA
9 September, 2022 (Friday)	Sri Lanka vs Pakistan	Dubai	7:30 PM IST	TBA
11 September, 2022 (Sunday)	Final (1st Super 4 VS 2nd Super 4)	Dubai	7:30 PM IST	TBA