INDIA vs Sri Lanka Live Score Updates - World Cup 2023: India eye seventh win on the bounce; survival on the line for Sri Lanka

INDIA vs Sri Lanka Live Score Updates: As we move into the last phase of the tournament, it only gets exciting and thrilling. It is time to witness a 2011 throwback as India take on Sri Lanka in the Wankhede stadium, Mumbai.

The only team to be undefeated in this ICC Men's Cricket World Cup, India will look to clinch two more points before it faces the might Proteas.

Sri Lanka, even though with slight chances to make it to the semis, will look to beat India after an embarassing loss in the finals of Asia Cup.

India faced the defending champions in their previous encounter. Having put to bat first for the first time in this tournament, India lost a couple of wickets and set a total as low as 229.

The bowlers however, thrashed the English batting order to win the match by a thumping 100 runs.

The pace combination of Shami and Bumrah stunned the opposition as they collectively picked 7 wickets.

The spinners, Kuldeep Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja, too gave the batsmen a tough time in the middle taking advantage of the friendly pitch in Lucknow.

As for the island nation, Sri Lanka, their previous encounter was marked by a loss against Afganistan. The latter won the match by 7 wickets with 28 balls remaining.

The Sri Lankan team was all out at 241 runs as the lethal spin combination of Fazal Farooqi and Mujeeb Ur Rahman dominated the innings for Afghanistan.

Even though the Afghans lost a couple of early wickets, a strong innings by the middle order batsmen, Rahmat Shah (62 runs in 74 balls), skipper Hashmat Shahidi (58 runs in 74 balls) and Azmatullah Omarzai (73 runs in 63 balls) chased the target successfully.

When Sri Lanka and India met in 2019 world cup, the then Virat Kohli led team beat the former by 7 wickets and 39 balls remaining.

A show was put up by Kl Rahul and Rohit Sharma in the Yorkshire Cricket Ground as they scored a century each.

Winning against India would mean that the islanders are still in the race to the semis. As for India, question remains if it can confirm it's semifinals berth with the team's 7th straight win?

Squads:

India: Rohit Sharma (c), Hardik Pandya (vc), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav

Sri Lanka: Dasun Shanaka (c), Kusal Mendis (vc), Kusal Perera, Pathum Nissanka, Dimuth Karunaratne, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Dushan Hemantha, Maheesh Theekshana, Dunith Wellalage, Kasun Rajitha, Matheesha Pathirana, Lahiru Kumara, Dilshan Madushanka