India will lock horns with Sri Lanka in the series finale at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune. After India's good showing at Indore which saw the hosts taking an unassailable 1-0 lead on a belter of a track at MCA, the teams would be eager to play on another deck with assists quality stroke-play.

Pitch Conditions At MCA

As per the MCA officials, the surface will hold true and help batsman get value for their shot and the bowlers would also be able to extract good bounce out of the deck, resulting in a good contest between bat and ball.

Weather Forecast At Pune

The weather forecast indicates an overcast day in Pune but the chances of rain playing spoilsport and very minimal. “It will be partly cloudy on Friday afternoon but there won’t be any rains. The maximum temperature would be around 29-30 degrees whereas the minimum would be around 15-16 degrees celsius, which is around four degrees higher than normal and ideal,” said Dr Anupam Kashyapi of the MET department which was quoted by Mumbai Mirror.

So expect an exciting encounter at the MCA later in the evening which could either witnesses India winning the series or Sri Lanka pulling back one to draw level. If India win the encounter, it will be their seventh consecutive win on the trot against the Lankans and maintain their unbeaten streak against Sri Lanka in T2OI series.

Squads:

India: Virat Kohli (c), Shikhar Dhawan, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Navdeep Saini, Shardul Thakur, Manish Pandey, Washington Sundar, Sanju Samson

Sri Lanka: Lasith Malinga (c), Dhanushka Gunathilaka, Avishka Fernando, Angelo Mathews, Dasun Shanaka, Kusal Perera, Niroshan Dickwella, Dhananjaya De Silva, Isuru Udana, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Oshada Fernando, Wanindu Hasaranga, Lahiru Kumara, Kusal Mendis, Lakshan Sandakan, Kasun Rajitha