Sri Lanka have won the toss and elected to bat first in the Asia Cup 2023 final against Sri Lanka on Sunday (September 17) in Colombo.

Sri Lanka have made one forced change to their squad as leg-spinner Dushan Hemantha replaces Maheesh Theekshana in the squad. Theekshana suffered a hamstring injury in Sri Lanka’s previous match against Pakistan in the tournament.

On the other hand, India’s main team players are back for the final as they rested five players in their last match against Bangladesh. That means Virat Kohli, Hardik Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj are back in the squad. Washington Sundar who joined the team yesterday in place of injured Axar Patel, has been slotted into the team straight for the final. Shreyas Iyer is still not in the team.

In the Super Four match, India beat Sri Lanka by 41 runs which was a low-scoring game between the two teams.

Playing XI

Sri Lanka: Kusal Perera, Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis (wk), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Dasun Shanaka (c), Dunith Wellalage, Dushan Hemantha, Matheesha Pathirana,  Pramod Madushan.

India: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul (wk), Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah.