Australia and Sri Lanka are going to fight for their first two points in their third game of World cup 2023. Both teams have lost their first two games and are looking for a start. Australia’s shocking performance in the tournament has made us wonder if Australia is going to qualify for the semis or not, the same question has been raised for Sri Lanka that how the 2022 Asia Cup champions and 2023 Asia cup finalists are performing like underdogs . We’ve seen both teams winning the world cup and now watching their disappointing performances leaves us in shock.
Sri Lankan bowling lineup is struggling to bother batters and this is same for Australian batting line up but Australians have some great names in this bowling squad who could turn the game with just one spell. It will be thrilling to see which team will dominate the other and how bowler’s of both teams are going to take on in the friendly surface of Lucknow. In this article I am going to choose 3 bowlers to pick the most wickets in today’s game.
Dilshan Madhushanka
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Sri Lankan 23 years old left arm pacer Dilshan Madhushanka is going to be the biggest threat for Kangaroos in the slow surface of Lucknow. He has only played 8 ODI games till now where he owns 14 wickets and in 3 games of the world cup he has picked 4 wickets. Madhushanka hasn’t played any game against Australia so this is going to be a tough challenge for Australia to pick him. He is bowling in hard line and bothering batters at the top so Australian openers have to face it with eyes open in the middle of the ground. It will be interesting to see how Madhushanka will manage to add numbers of wickets in his bucket of world cup.
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Glenn Maxwell
Slow and turning wicket of Ekana is going to help Australian all rounder Glenn Maxwell to make the opponent fight for runs in the middle overs. He has picked 2 big big wickets of Bavuma and centurion De Kock in his last game against South Africa in the same venue. Where every other bowler was struggling to break the partnership between two openers of South Africa Maxwell did it very well by sending the captain to the pavilion and then he stopped De Kock too. He is going to be harmful for Sri Lankan batters in this venue so either they are going to take him down or not going to hit him any way. Glen Maxwell picking up wickets is always beautiful to watch and today he may add more in his pocket.
Maheesh Theekshana
Sri Lanka’s mystery spinner is going to take advantage of Ekana’s pitch and this type of surfaces make him even more hard to play, he has played only one game which was against Pakistan and he took only wicket but he has a lot of experience bowling in Indian wickets and he could be more deadly in grounds like Ekana. He has played one IPL game at this venue and he picked 2 wickets so it is sure that he is familiar with the wicket and is going to make it hard for Australians to score against him. He may not get many wickets but he is surely gonna bother the Kangaroos.
Also read: Men’s ODI WC: Sri Lanka Spinner Maheesh Theekshana Likely To Return For Pakistan Clash
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