Sri Lanka have won the toss and elected to bat first against Australia in the ICC ODI World Cup on Monday (October 16) in Lucknow.

Kusal Mendis will act as the captain for the rest of the tournament as regular captain Dasun Shanaka is ruled out of the tournament due to injury.  So, Shanaka’s replacement in the squad- Chamika Karunaratne is slotted into the main XI straight for the match. Sri Lanka make another forced change as young pacer Matheesha Pathirana is not fit to feature in the XI. Lahiru Kumara replaces him in the squad.

On the other hand, Australia name an unchanged XI for the match.

Both Australia and Sri Lanka lost their first two matches in the tournament.

Playing XI

Australia: David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Steven Smith, Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis (wk), Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins (c), Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood.

Sri Lanka: Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Perera, Kusal Mendis (c), (wk), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Dunith Wellalage, Chamika Karunaratne, Maheesh Theekshana, Kasun Rajitha, Dilshan Madushanka.