Sri Lanka and Bangladesh will play each other in Colombo in the Super Fours of the 2023 Asia Cup on September 9. Here are today’s Asia Cup live scores, along with updated scorecard, match statistics, playing XIs, toss updates and more.
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Sri Lanka v Bangladesh
Asia Cup 2023, match eight
September 9, 2023, 3pm local time
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
SL v BAN, Asia Cup 2023 Match 8: Toss
The toss will take place at 2:30pm on September 9 local time.
SL vs BAN, Today’s Asia Cup 2023 Match 8: Live score
SL vs BAN, Asia Cup 2023 Match 8: Team news
Bangladesh were completely outplayed by Pakistan on Wednesday. They will likely re-shuffle their pack to strengthen their batting as they look to bounce back. Litton Das looks likely to open as Mohammad Nain‘s partner, while Mehidy Hasan Miraz could move down to No.8 to accomodate another specialist batter.
Sri Lanka will more than likely stick with the same XI that has given them success so far in this tournament. If they beat Bangladesh, they will have accumulated the second-highest winning streak in ODI history. Dimuth Karunaratne is in a super run of form, as is Pathum Nissanka, with Kusal Perera, Dushan Hemantha, Binura Fernando and Pramod Madushan waiting in the wings.
SL vs BAN, Asia Cup 2023 Match 8: Playing XIs
Playing XIs will be announced after the toss, which will take place at 2:30pm local time on September 9.
Match prediction – Today’s Asia Cup live match
All of the form coming into this match points to Sri Lanka as the victors. Bangladesh’s fast bowling attack will give them hope of restricting Sri Lanka to a low total, but the reigning champions have the edge going into the fixture.
