Published on: Jun 29, 2021 12:00 pm IST|Updated on: Jun 29, 2021 1:30 pm IST
ENG vs SL Dream11: The first One-Day international match between England and Sri Lanka will be played on 29 June at the Riverside Ground in Chester-le-Street. Both these teams recently faced each other in a three-match T20I series where hosts England registered a comprehensive 3-0 series whitewash. However, both the teams will be hoping to make a fresh start in this three-match ODI series. England will surely have the upper hand due to their experienced and flamboyant batting line-up while Sri Lanka have to perform well above their abilities to challenge the home team.
Fixture Name: 1st ODI, England vs Sri Lanka
Competition: England vs Sri Lanka ODI
Date: 29 June
Time: 3:30 PM IST
Ground: Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street
Team Form Guide: ENG (recent last): L W L L W SL (recent last): W L L L L
ICC Rankings: ENG 4, SL 9
Pitch Report: The pitch at the Riverside Ground will have enough help for batsmen. It is expected to be a high-scoring contest with good batting conditions. However, the captain winning the toss should look to bowl first.
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ENG vs SL Playing 11
ENG Team News
Injury Update, Unavailability
Expected Team Line-up
ENG Playing 11 (likely) Jonny Bairstow Dawid Malan Joe Root Eoin Morgan Sam Billings Liam Livingstone Moeen Ali Sam Curran Chris Woakes Adil Rashid Mark Wood
SL Team News
SL Playing 11 (likely) Kusal Perera Oshada Fernando Pathum Nissanka Dhananjaya Lakshan Dhananjaya de Silva Dasun Shanaka Charith Asalanka Wanindu Hasaranga Isuru Udana Dushmantha Chameera Nuwan Pradeep
Who will win today match
England will depend a lot on the likes of Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Dawid Malan and captain Eoin Morgan to come good in the batting department. Chris Woakes, Sam Curran, Adil Rashid and Mark Wood will be their main bowlers. On the other hand, Sri Lanka will want that Kusal Perera, Oshada Fernando and Dhananjaya de Silva take the responsibility with the bat while Wanindu Hasaranga, Dushmantha Chameera and Isuru Udana will be their key bowlers. England will definitely be the overwhelming favourites in this match. In our Dream 11 Today Match Prediction we back England to win this match.
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Fantasy Cricket Tips, Captain & Differential Pick
Captain Options:
Jonny Bairstow: England’s wicket-keeper batsman Jonny Bairstow has delivered stunning performances for his side in the limited-overs format. Bairstow was the Player of the Series during the three-match ODI series in India where he clobbered a total of 219 runs at an average of 73.
Joe Root: England batsman Joe Root has a brilliant ODI record. In 149 ODIs, Joe Root has scored 5962 runs at an impressive average of 50.1 that includes 33 fifties and 16 centuries.
Differential Pick:
Kusal Perera: Sri Lanka captain Kusal Perera led his team from the front and smashed a remarkable century in the last ODI win against Bangladesh earlier this year. Kusal Perera has composed 2989 runs in 104 ODIs at an average of 31.46 which includes 14 fifties and 6 hundreds.
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Grand League Team 1
We are picking Jonny Bairstow as the Captain of this team due to his phenomenal tally of 219 runs in the last ODI series against India where he averaged 73.
WICKET-KEEPERS: Jonny Bairstow (C), Kusal Perera BATSMEN: Dasun Shanaka, Dawid Malan, Joe Root ALL-ROUNDERS: Chris Woakes, Dhananjaya de Silva (VC), Sam Curran BOWLERS: Adil Rashid, Dushmantha Chameera, Mark Wood
Grand League Team 2
We are selecting Joe Root as the Captain of this team because of his brilliant ODI record having scored close to 6000 runs at an average of more than 50 in 149 matches.
WICKET-KEEPERS: Jonny Bairstow, Sam Billings, Kusal Perera BATSMEN: Joe Root (C), Eoin Morgan, Dasun Shanaka, Liam Livingstone ALL-ROUNDERS: Sam Curran (VC) BOWLERS: Nuwan Pradeep, Mark Wood, Dushmantha Chameera
Grand League Team 3
We are making Kusal Perera as the Captain in this team as he smashed a remarkable match-winning century in Sri Lanka’s last ODI match against Bangladesh.
WICKET-KEEPERS: Jonny Bairstow (VC), Kusal Perera (C) BATSMEN: Dasun Shanaka, Dawid Malan, Joe Root ALL-ROUNDERS: Dhananjaya de Silva, Sam Curran, Wanindu Hasaranga BOWLERS: Adil Rashid, Isuru Udana, Mark Wood
Grand League Team 4
We are picking Dawid Malan as the Captain of this side because he smashed wonderful half-centuries each in his last T20I and ODI matches.
WICKET-KEEPERS: Kusal Perera BATSMEN: Liam Livingstone, Dawid Malan (C), Eoin Morgan, Joe Root ALL-ROUNDERS: Dhananjaya de Silva, Chris Woakes BOWLERS: Mark Wood (VC), Isuru Udana, Dushmantha Chameera, Adil Rashid