While the Indian side is mostly unchanged, with Rohit Sharma and Ajinkya Rahane will be handling the opening batting order, the rest of the side is unchanged. Bolstering the middle order will be MS Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh and Virat Kohli while bowling will be handled by youngsters Pawan Negi and Hardik Pandya and experienced Ashish Nehra. Although this is the same Indian side which faced issues when facing Pakistan’s bowling attack in the last match.
But having said that, the major focus will be on how/when will Sri Lanka shake off the losing streak. After losing two consecutive games in the series against T20 match, the Lankans stared at their campaign in the Asia Cup with a loss.
The match will be played at the Sher-E-Bangla stadium at Dhaka. And the match will start at 07:00 pm in the evening when the temperatures will be in high 20s, around 27 degree Celsius. But as the match will progress the temperatures will fall and will settle at 24 degree Celsius.
The presence of light winds from southwestern direction can be observed. The sky will be mostly clear with humidity levels settling around 50% - 65%.