Bangladesh win toss, opt to field against Sri Lanka

Sports Desk Published: 6 November 2023, 02:13 PM | Updated: 6 November 2023, 03:38 PM
Bangladesh win toss, opt to field against Sri Lanka
Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan won the toss and elected to field. Nov 06, 2023. Photo: Getty Images via ESPNcricinfo

Bangladesh won the toss and chose to field against Sri Lanka in their eighth game of the ICC Cricket World Cup at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Monday.

Bangladesh are already eliminated from semifinal contention and will be playing for pride. Sri Lanka are seventh with two wins and five defeats, sitting at four points. Although almost out of contention, they need to win their remaining two matches and also hope for other results to go their way.

Meanwhile, the venue has also been hard-hit with pollution as Delhi's Air Quality Index is in the 'severe' category.

Bangladesh: 1 Litton Das, 2 Tanzid Hasan, 3 Najmul Hossain Shanto, 4 Mushfiqur Rahim (wk) 5 Mahmudullah, 6 Shakib Al Hasan (capt), 7 Mehidy Hasan Miraz, 8 Towhid Hridoy, 9 Taskin Ahmed, 10 Tanzim Hasan, 11 Shoriful Islam

Sri Lanka: 1 Pathum Nissanka, 2 Kusal Perera, 3 Kusal Mendis (capt, wk), 4 Sadeera Samarawickrama, 5 Charith Asalanka, 6 Angelo Mathews, 7 Dhananjaya de Silva, 8 Maheesh Theekshana, 9 Kasun Rajitha, 10 Dushmantha Chameera, 11 Dilshan Madushanka