England vs Sri Lanka Live Streaming: How To Watch ENG vs SL World Cup 2023 Match On TV And Online?

World Cup 2023 match today: Defending champions England will face Sri Lanka in the 25th game of the tournament on Thursday. The ENG vs SL match will be played at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru from 2 PM IST onwards.

England will get a chance, perhaps a final one, to drag their shipwreck of a World Cup campaign, marked by batting and bowling downtime, to less stormy shores when they face fellow strugglers Sri Lanka.

The defending champions have two points from four matches, similar to their opponents, and are eighth on the points table.

A win on Thursday will not push them too far ahead on the chart, but it may give them that tiny bit of motivation against teams like India and Australia ahead. But a defeat against Lanka will take away even the benevolence of mathematics, which is currently scaffolding their hopes.

However, England will find some consolation from the fact that Sri Lanka are dealing with an equal amount of mess despite a five-wicket win over the Netherlands in their last match.

They have lost two players to injuries after four matches – captain Dasun Shanaka and young pacer Matheesha Pathirana. But that does not even feel like a loss as those two were not exactly setting the stage ablaze.

If England lacked clarity on several fronts, Sri Lanka are giving them a close run. Sample this. They brought in veteran Angelo Mathews as Pathirana’s replacement when they had a like-for-like pacer in Dushamantha Chameera available among the travelling reserves.

Angelo Mathews on Wednesday said Sri Lanka need to be ready for a desperate England onslaught and urged his teammates to fight fire with fire.

"We have to play our A game to win against a strong English team. Even though they haven't played to their potential, they are a very dangerous team. They can hurt us badly. It's a good wicket, small outfield and we have to fight fire with fire because they're going to come really hard at us and we are up for the challenge," said Mathews during the pre-match press conference.

Pacer Brydon Carse has been added to England's 15-member World Cup squad as a replacement player for injured Reece Topley. Topley broke his left index finger during England's match against South Africa on Saturday and was subsequently ruled out for the remainder of the tournament.

The ENG vs SL World Cup 2023 match will be telecast live on the Star Sports Network in India.

Disney+ Hotstar will livestream the ENG vs SL match on its app and website.

Cricket fans in the UK can watch the match live on Sky Sports Cricket, Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Mix, Sky Showcase and digitally via the SkyGO and Sky Sports App.

Sri Lankan fans in the island country can watch the match live on TV1,
Sirasa TV and Shakthi TV. Live streaming of the ENG vs SL match will be available on sirasatv.lk in Sri Lanka.

Dawid Malan, Jonny Bairstow, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Harry Brook, Jos Buttler (c and wk), David Willey, Chris Woakes, Adil Rashid, Gus Atkinson, Mark Wood.

Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Perera, Kusal Mendis (c and wk), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Angelo Mathews, Dushan Hemantha, Maheesh Theekshana, Kasun Rajitha, Dilshan Madushanka.

(With PTI inputs)