Sri Lanka is already starting their tour of Zimbabwe, which will start with the One-Day Internationals. Basically, the first ODI between Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka is on 29th August. It starts at 9:30 AM local time, whereas it is 1 PM as per the Indian Standard Time. Harare Sports Club in Harare is the venue for the match. The question is, where to watch Zimbabwe vs Sri Lanka 1st ODI Live Streaming?
These white ball cricket matches are surely a great warm-up match for the Sri Lankan team for the Asia Cup. They will play two One-Day Internationals and a total of three T20s in this tour. The three T20s will help the Sri Lankan team to be ready and come up with that mindset for the Asia Cup happening in the United Arab Emirates.
Zimbabwe vs Sri Lanka 1st ODI Live Streaming
The live action of the Zimbabwe vs Sri Lanka will be available on the FanCode application as well as the website. Basically, the fans need to buy a tour pass, which will cost them Rs 149. This price includes all the matches of this series, as well as the Afghanistan-Pakistan-UAE Tri-series and the Netherlands tour of Bangladesh. The fans can enjoy three series for just Rs 149.
Our Predictions – Zimbabwe vs Sri Lanka 1st ODI
When you look at the teams on paper, both Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka are very evenly balanced. Zimbabwe has everything to defeat Sri Lanka, and they are also playing in their home conditions. Kushal Mendis will surely need the player to get runs for the Sri Lankan team. We are predicting Sri Lanka to win the first ODI against Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe vs Sri Lanka – Head to Head in ODIs
Before coming into this match, both Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka have played sixty-four matches against each other since they started playing in 1992 in the ODI format. The Sri Lankan team has dominated the Zimbabwean team by winning 49 matches out of the 64, whereas Zimbabwe could only win 12 matches. Eventually, the other three matches had no results.
What is the venue for Zimbabwe vs Sri Lanka 1st ODI?
Basically, Harare Sports Club in Harare will be the venue for the first One-Day International between Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka. The fast bowlers will enjoy the new ball on these wickets, whereas it will be easy for the batter to score runs once they are settled on the field. We can expect a lot of runs.
Top players to watch in Zimbabwe vs Sri Lanka 1st ODI
Sikandar Raza (Zimbabwe)
Surely one of the legends of Zimbabwean cricket has to be Sikandar Raza. He can bat as well as bowl off spin. Sikandar Raza has played more than 150 ODIs for Zimbabwe and scored more than 4200 runs, which includes seven hundreds. He would love to score one in this match too. Sikandar Raza usually bats in the middle order and plays as per the situation.
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Maheesh Theekshana (Sri Lanka)
In the last few years, Maheesh Theekshana has been one of the promising talents of the Sri Lankan team. He is a right-arm off-break bowler and surely bowls with a bit of pace. Maheesh Theekshana’s pace will surely help him on the wicket, and he can be one of the bowlers to get the Zimbabwean batters out. He is not a proper batter, but can slog and get you vital runs when needed.
