Originally posted by: Savera84
Team Watch:
England
Another World Cup has cruelly come to an end due to injury for Reece Topley. England have roped in Brydon Carse as his replacement.
England dropped all their allrounders in the previous game, but didn't get the result they desired. Moeen Ali admitted the change of plan didn't work, and that he wouldn't be surprised if England reverted to type. That could mean a spot in the XI again for the vice-captain as well as the likes of Chris Woakes, Sam Curran and Liam Livingstone.
Tactics & Strategy
Another admission from the England camp after the humbling in Wankhede at the hands of South Africa was that they should've batted first after winning the toss. Relying on their strength to post a big score and defend it should be the way to go for the rest of the tournament for Buttler's side. Along with picking up the points on offer, England also desperately need to repair their abysmal NRR.
In that endeavour, they might want to improve their death-overs batting numbers. In the two games they batted first, they scored just 58/3 (vs New Zealand) and 66/6 (vs Bangladesh) in the last 10 overs.
Probable XI: Dawid Malan, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Harry Brook/Liam Livingstone, Jos Buttler (c & wk), David Willey/Moeen Ali, Chris Woakes/Sam Curran, Adil Rashid, Gus Atkinson, Mark Wood
Sri Lanka
Angelo Mathews, who batted and bowled in the lead-up to the game, is officially part of Sri Lanka's 15, coming in as a replacement for the injured Matheesha Pathirana.
Sri Lanka are likely to bring the former captain into the XI straightaway, in place of Chamika Karunaratne. If Dunith Wellalage is fit, he should reclaim his spot from Dushan Hemantha.
Tactics & Strategy
Sri Lanka have played on two pristine batting strips so far and have done well with the bat there - 326 against South Africa in Delhi and 344/9 against Pakistan in Hyderabad. But they picked no points as their depleted bowling attack suffered at both venues. Thursday's game at Chinnaswamy will pose a similar test for Sri Lanka's bowlers, but hand them a chance to right two previous wrongs.
Left-arm pacer Dilshan Madushanka has been immensely impressive so far, and should ruffle a few feathers early against an England side that has made three shaky starts in four outings.
Probable XI: Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Perera, Kusal Mendis, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Angelo Mathews, Dushan Hemantha/Dunith Wellalage, Maheesh Theekshana, Kasun Rajitha, Dilshan Madushanka
So glad to see England playing like true champions 
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