India and Sri Lanka are all set to face off in the Super Four stage of the ongoing Asia Cup 2023 at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Tuesday, September 12.

Both teams are coming off a victory in their respective last matches. India beat Pakistan at the same venue while Sri Lanka got the better of Bangladesh for the second time in the tournament.

The past few matches have witnessed rain interruptions at the scheduled venue with the weather conditions in Colombo making it a concern for everyone.

India will be heading into the game without any rest, having played Pakistan in the last couple of days as the match was forced to be played on the reserve day due to rain interruption.

If rain washes out the match between India and Sri Lanka, both teams will share one point each as there is not any reserve day for the contest.


Weather Report

There is a concerning threat looming over the India vs Sri Lanka fixture as well with the possibility of rain raising the tensions of fans and spectators.

According to the meteorological department and multiple weather forecast websites, there is an 84 percent chance of rain in the morning and a 55 percent chance of rain in the evening in Colombo on Tuesday.

The temperature on September 12 (Tuesday) will be 29° Celcius during the day and fall to 25° Celcius at night. The sky has been predicted to have thunderstorms during the day and night. The humidity will be 84% during the day and rise to 90% at night.

Rohit Sharnma-led Indian team kicked off their Super Four campaign with a win as they beat arch-rivals Pakistan by 228 runs in a rain-marred match at the same venue to increase their chances of making it to the final.


Squads:

India Squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul (wk), Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Mohammed Shami, Suryakumar Yadav, Axar Patel, Shreyas Iyer, Prasidh Krishna, Tilak Varma

Sri Lanka Squad: Pathum Nissanka, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kusal Mendis (wk), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Dasun Shanaka (c), Dunith Wellalage, Maheesh Theekshana, Kasun Rajitha, Matheesha Pathirana, Kusal Perera, Binura Fernando, Pramod Madushan, Dushan Hemantha