New Zealand vs Sri Lanka Live Streaming, Playing XI, Squads, Weather Report

New Zealand vs Sri Lanka: Depending on the weather, New Zealand has a higher chance than Pakistan and Afghanistan of making it to the last four.

At the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, New Zealand and Sri Lanka will play a crucial World Cup match. For New Zealand’s chances of making the semifinals, this game is crucial. The Kiwis’ prospects of making the playoffs would be much improved with a victory. The game, however, may be impacted by rain. Pakistan’s prospects of advancing to the semifinals are greatly improved in the event of a rainout.

With the highest NRR of the three teams still in the hunt for the final semi-final slot, New Zealand has the greatest chance of advancing. New Zealand, meanwhile, will be coming into their last, must-win game against Sri Lanka with the worst losing streak of the three teams (the others being Pakistan and Afghanistan). New Zealand’s match in Bangalore has the highest probability of being canceled due to bad weather among the three critical games scheduled over the next three days.

New Zealand vs Sri Lanka Playing 11 World Cup 2023: NZ vs SL Playing XI

New Zealand (Playing XI): 

Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, Kane Williamson (c), Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, James Neesham, Tim Southee, Trent Boult, Lockie Ferguson

Sri Lanka (Playing XI): 

Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Perera, Kusal Mendis (c), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Angelo Mathews, Dunith Wellalage, Maheesh Theekshana, Dilshan Madushanka, Kasun Rajitha

New Zealand vs Sri Lanka Squads

New Zealand squad: 

• Kane Williamson (c)
• Trent Boult
• Mark Chapman
• Devon Conway
• Lockie Ferguson
• Kyle Jamieson
• Tom Latham
• Daryl Mitchell
• Jimmy Neesham
• Glenn Phillips
• Rachin Ravindra
• Mitch Santner
• Ish Sodhi
• Tim Southee
• Will Young

Sri Lanka Squad: 

• Kusal Mendis (c)
• Kusal Perera
• Pathum Nissanka
• Dushmantha Chameera
• Dimuth Karunaratne
• Sadeera Samarawickrama
• Charith Asalanka
• Dhananjaya de Silva
• Maheesh Theekshana
• Dunith Wellalage
• Kasun Rajitha
• Angelo Mathews
• Dilshan Madushanka
• Dushan Hemantha
• Chamika Karunaratne

NZ vs SL Weather Report

On November 9 in Bengaluru, New Zealand and Sri Lanka will play in a match for the ICC World Cup 2023. Garden City has had persistent rainfall since November 6. That’s bad news for the Black Caps, who are still smarting after their recent loss to Pakistan.

Absolutely pouring in Bangalore and with rain forecast pretty much every day of this week, NZ SL match on Thursday won't happen. NZ will pay the price for poor decisions and will be knocked out. It's going to be India vs Pak in Mumbai – you heard it first here! pic.twitter.com/Bb6guAvMA7

— Nadeem (@Neopk03) November 6, 2023

Pakistan prevailed against New Zealand by 21 runs on DLS in a high-scoring match played in Bengaluru despite heavy rain. In a high-scoring, rain-interrupted match, Pakistan defeated New Zealand using the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) system thanks to brilliant batting performances from Babar Azam and Fakhar Zaman at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium.

The rain helped Pakistan move in the tournament, but it doomed New Zealand. To maintain their Top 4 position, the Kiwis now need to win their upcoming match against Sri Lanka. Since Sri Lanka cannot qualify, they have nothing to play for in this match.

This is how New Zealand may go to the semi-finals:

Wins: 4

Losses: 4

Net run rate: +0.398

Still to play: Sri Lanka (Thursday, 9.30pm)

The easiest road to qualifying for the New Zealand is to win their last match against Sri Lanka today on 10 points and end with a greater overall run rate than Pakistan and Afghanistan who might also end on 10 points.

New Zealand vs Sri Lanka Team News, Injury Update

With their skipper Kane Williamson back in the lineup after recuperating from a finger injury, New Zealand put on a great batting display in the previous encounter. Ish Sodhi’s presence on the squad was a failure, thus there might be some personnel shifts in the near future. Sodhi can be replaced by Lockie Ferguson, and James Neesham can take Mark Chapman’s position.

NZ vs SL Head to Head in ICC World Cup

• Matches- 11
• NZ won- 5
• SL WON- 6
• NR- 0

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