Pakistan is raring to go after their morale-boosting win over England. Their Batting clicked and bowling was disciplined.
On the other hand, Sri Lanka beat Afghanistan against the odds. The rain God's smiled on them and bowl started swinging and there was strong movement of the pitch. Malinda looked like the bowler, he used to be. However batting collapse will dent their confidence and some drastic decisions need to be taken to revive their chances.
Pitch.
It is a batting friendly pitch and 11 out of 17.matches played here, have been won by teams batting 2nd. In earlier match of World Cup, Australia won chasing Afghanistan's total of 207 by the loss of only 3 wickets. So the same trend is expected.
Weather.
There are reports of thunderstorms and possibly game will be washed off. In case if Rain comes later or it stops then In a rain-curtailed match, anything may happen and there will be better competition.
Verdict.
Pakistan to win as they can chase a score of 250 which can be set by Sri Lanka or they can score 300+ score, which can't be chased by Sri Lanka.
Players to watch out for
Sri Lanka - Perera,
Pakistan - Babar Azam.
