New Zealand vs Sri Lanka: A High-Stakes Showdown at ICC World Cup 2023

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New Zealand vs Sri Lanka will play the 41st ICC Cricket World Cup match on November 9, 2023, at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium. It is going to be do or die for the New Zealand team because if they want to qualify for the semi-final, then they have to win against Sri Lanka in the last match.

The New Zealand cricket team has been the unluckiest team ever in the history of cricket, which once again faced its unlucky faith in the match against Pakistan, where they set 400 total and just because of Rain, Pakistan given the win under the DLS Method but in a real scenario if the match would have followed up it would quite hard for the Pakistan team to win the match because they needed 200 runs more which would be not easy for them to keep on going with 8 runs per over.

New Zealand now lost four out of the last four matches they played in the tournament, which gave Pakistan and Afghanistan a chance to qualify for the semi-finals. However, they are the favorite to win their next match against Sri Lanka because of their all-round quality in the team.

The rain continues and play is called in Bengaluru. @TheRealPCB ahead on DLS when the teams left the field for a second time thanks to a strong partnership between Fakhar Zaman 126* and Babar Azam 66*. Scorecard | https://t.co/3Nuzua3Jiu #CWC23 pic.twitter.com/bhKkHahnpW
— BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) November 4, 2023

Sri Lanka’s cricket team performance has been not so good in the tournament as they only won two matches and they lost their last match against Bangladesh, which turned into quite an event because of a few incidents that happened in the match, which started when Angelo Matthews gave time out for being late to take a stance. They did not shake hands with the Bangladesh team after the match as Kusal Mendis took his team directly into the dugout, which led to the firing of the whole Sri Lanka management.

Angelo Mathews blasted off in the post-match conference on Shakib Al-Hasan and the Bangladesh team, who did quite dirty to the old veteran of Sri Lanka because his helmet strap got broken, and he took more than 2 minutes before facing the first delivery. He even posted a video showing that he had five seconds remaining.

I rest my case! Here you go you decide 😷😷 pic.twitter.com/AUT0FGffqV
— Angelo Mathews (@Angelo69Mathews) November 7, 2023

I don’t know where the common sense went because obviously it’s obviously disgraceful for Shakib and Bangladesh if they want to play cricket like that obviously stooped down to that level I think there’s something wrong drastically because – if I got late if I got past my two minutes to get to the crease and in the law says you have to be ready within the two minutes and I was there two minutes 45 or 50 seconds – I still had after my helmet broke off, I still had five more seconds to go. And the umpires also have said to our coaches that they didn’t see my helmet breaking. I mean, I was asking for my helmet,
Angelo Mathews said in the Post Interview

When and Where To Watch New Zealand vs Sri Lanka 41st ICC World Cup 2023 Match

Match	New Zealand vs Sri Lanka, 41st ICC World Cup Match, 2023
Date & Time	November 9, 2023, 2:00 PM IST
Venue	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru
Where to Watch	Disney Hotstar

Player Injury Report For New Zealand vs Sri Lanka 41st ICC World Cup Match

James Neesham got injured in the last match, and it is going to be hard for him to play in the next match.

New Zealand vs Sri Lanka Head-to-Head ODI Record

Match Played	101
New Zealand Won	51
Sri Lanka Won	41
Tie/NR	1/8

Sri Lanka has one of the worst records against New Zealand in recent times, as they lost the last five out of five matches they played against New Zealand.

Weather Conditions For New Zealand vs Sri Lanka 41st ICC World Cup Match

Weather will be partially cloudy, and the temperature will be 31 degrees Celcius, but there will be high humidity.

Pitch Report of M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, In New Zealand vs Sri Lanka Match On November 9, 2023

Match Played	40 Matches
Batting first won	14 Matches won
Batting second won	20 Matches won
Average 1st innings scores	232 Runs
Highest Team innings total	383/6 by IND
Lowest Team innings total	114/10 by INDW

M. Chinnaswamy has been batting paradise for the batter, and in the last match between Pakistan and New Zealand, both teams scored 601 runs in 75 overs, which shows that the run rate was over 8+ per over, and there was no hint of spin or swing from the pitch. Even the ground dimension is quite short, which helps batters get six from the edge of the bat.

Team Preview Of New Zealand

New Zealand has been lacking either bowling or batting in different matches they played but has not been able to perform well as an all-around aspect. In the last match against Pakistan, they did well in the batting area, but in the bowling area, they leaked too many runs, which is why they lost the match under the DLS method. They need to perform as a unit in the next match against Sri Lanka because if they do not, then it is going ot be hard for them to even win against Sri Lanka. The bowling unit has not been up to the mark in the World Cup for the BlackCaps.

Important players for the New Zealand Team in the match against Sri Lanka

1- Kane Williamson has been in class form the New Zealand side and scored 173 runs in just two matches, which is quite commendable because both times, he came from injury to score well for his team. However, he has a great average against Sri Lanka, too, and will be crucial for the New Zealand side.

2- Rachin Ravindra has been the best young cricketer in the World Cup with the bat as he scored 523 runs in his debut World Cup with an average of 74.71 and also took two wickets in 8 matches.

3- Daryl Mitchell has been good in the World Cup for the team, scoring 375 in the last 8 matches with an average of 65.5 and a strike rate of 108.6. He can also bowl a couple of overs for the team if needed.

Team Preview Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka had one of the worst World Cups because they were eliminated early, and then the whole team management was fired because of the incident that happened between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

Important players for the Sri Lanka Team in the match against New Zealand

1- Sadeera Samarawickrama has been one of the best technical batters for Sri Lanka, and in the last 10 matches, he scored 420 runs with an average of 52.5. He can give a tough time to bowlers in the next match against Sri Lanka.

2- Dilshan Madushanka has been the top wicket-taker in the World Cup with 21 wickets in 8 matches, which is impressive bowling by him even though his team is doing nothing in the World Cup.

3- Kusal Mendis can be crucial for the team in the next match against the New Zealand side, but he needs to perform as he has not done it in the last 3 matches.

New Zealand vs Sri Lanka Match Prediction

New Zealand will be the favorite to win the match against Sri Lanka.

New Zealand vs Sri Lanka: Probable Playing 11 of New Zealand

Devon Conway, Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham(w/c), Glenn Phillips, James Neesham, Mitchell Santner, Matt Henry, Tim Southee, Trent Boult

New Zealand vs Sri Lanka: Probable Playing 11 of Sri Lanka

Pathum Nissanka, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kusal Mendis(w/c), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Angelo Mathews, Dushan Hemantha, Maheesh Theekshana, Kasun Rajitha, Dushmantha Chameera, Dilshan Madushanka