In the 11th match of on-going World Cup 2019 series, Sri Lanka will fight against Pakistan today in Bristol. Both teams will come face-to-face after 36 years in the World Cup on England ground. The last match in Sri Lanka-Pakistan in world cup tournament was played in Headingley in 1983. Pakistan won this match by 11 runs. The Sri Lankan team has failed to win against Pakistan in the last 6 matches. Sri Lanka’s last win against Pakistan was in 2015. It defeated Pakistan by 165 runs.
In England, both the teams played four matches so far. In these matches, the Sri Lankan team never won. In 2017, during the Champions Trophy, both the teams faced each other and Pakistan won by three wickets.
If we recall the history in total 153 matches played between these two teams, Pakistan has won 90, whereas Sri Lanka won 58. One of the matches was a tie, while the rest 4 became drawn. In World Cup, both the teams played 7 matches and in all the matches Pakistan emerged as a winner.
This time it will be interesting to see which team will win. Well, India will surely keep its eyes on its arch-rival Pakistan. To let you know, India will face Pakistan on June 16, 2019. You can watch Sri Lanka vs Pakistan match on Star Sports Network from 3:00 pm onward today.
