The ICC World Cup 2023 Qualifiers are off to a fascinating start as hosts Zimbabwe and West Indies registered victories on the opening day of the championship. The Sri Lankan side and Ireland will kickstart their respective Qualifiers campaign today as they take on UAE and Oman respectively.
Sri Lanka is the undisputed favourite to win the tournament whereas Ireland will aim to edge past West Indies to seal their World Cup berth. In the battle of supremacy, it will be quite interesting to find out the winners.
Sri Lanka will look to overpower UAE in Their Opening Game
The Dasun Shanaka-led team are confident enough and will likely make a flying start to the championship. However, they cannot take it easy on their counterpart UAE who looks to be in fine touch. UAE had a commendable performance in their last ODI series and they will likely take lessons to fight against the island nation.
Sri Lanka vs UAE Probable Playing 11:
Sri Lanka
Pathum Nissanka, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kusal Mendis(w), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Dasun Shanaka(c), Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Kasun Rajitha, Lahiru Kumara
UAE
Muhammad Waseem(c), Ali Naseer, Vriitya Aravind(w), Rohan Mustafa, Basil Hameed, Asif Khan, Rameez Shahzad, Aayan Afzal Khan, Karthik Meiyappan, Zahoor Khan, Muhammad Jawadullah
Ireland will aim for a winning start
Meanwhile, the Men in Green Irish side will also look to put up a threshold performance and start on a winning note. They had slightly missed their chance to qualify for the 2019 event in England and they will now strive to make no mistakes. Given that Oman is also in great touch, we can expect a thrilling encounter.
Ireland vs Oman Probable Playing 11:
Ireland
Paul Stirling, Peter Moor, Andy Balbirnie (c), Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker (wk), Curtis Campher, George Dockrell, Andy McBrine, Mark Adair, Josh Little, Graham Hume
Oman
Kashyap Prajapati, Jatinder Singh, Shoaib Khan, Aqib Ilyas, Zeeshan Maqsood (c), Mohammad Nadeem, Ayaan Khan, Bilal Khan, Mohammad Naseem Kushi (wk), Jay Odedra, Kaleemullah
ICC World Cup 2023 Qualifiers Live Streaming:
Both the matches will begin at 12:30 pm (IST) today and live streaming is available on Disney+ Hotstar and the Fancode application.
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