Sri Lanka's captain Kusal Mendis (L) and his Bangladesh counterpart Shakib Al Hasan (2L) gesture during the toss before the start of the 2023 ICC Men's Cricket World Cup one-day international (ODI) match between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on November 6, 2023
Sri Lanka's captain Kusal Mendis (L) and his Bangladesh counterpart Shakib Al Hasan (2L) gesture during the toss before the start of the 2023 ICC Men's Cricket World Cup one-day international (ODI) match between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on November 6, 2023

World Cup

Bangladesh opt to field first against Sri Lanka

Bangladesh won toss and opted to field against Sri Lanka in their penultimate match of World Cup at Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi.

Bangladesh have already been eliminated from the race of semifinals standing at ninth in the ten-team table with only one win and six defeats while Sri Lanka are currently seventh in the table with four points from seven matches.

Bangladesh make one change in the squad as Tanzid Tamim replaces Mustafizur Rahman. Sri Lanka bring in Dhananjaya and Kusal Perera for Karunaratne and Hemantha.

Bangladesh: Litton Das, Tanzid Hasan, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Mahmudullah, Shakib Al Hasan (capt), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Towhid Hridoy , Taskin Ahmed, Tanzim Hasan and Shoriful Islam

Sri Lanka: Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Perera, Kusal Mendis (capt, wk), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Angelo Mathews, Dhananjaya de Silva, Maheesh Theekshana, Kasun Rajitha, Dushmantha Chameera and Dilshan Madushanka