The five-time champions Australia will look to register their first win in the tournament when they take on Sri Lanka at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on Monday.
Aussie batsman Travis Head made his return to the nets for the first time after he suffered a fractured hand in South Africa and is expected to be able to fly out to join the World Cup squad in India on Thursday.
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) on Saturday announced that skipper Dasun Shanaka has been ruled out for the remainder of the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup due to injury
Former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting has said that India will start as favourites in the Ahmedabad World Cup match but Pakistan too can be formidable
The newly launched passenger ferry service from Nagapattinam to Sri Lanka's Kankesanthurai will have a travel time of approximately 3-4 hours, sources said.
Pakistan fans, who have travelled to Ahmedabad for the World Cup clash against India, are hoping for a tantalising game and a good contest between the bat and the bowl.
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Saturday called the launch of a ferry service between Tamil Nadu's Nagapattinam and Sri Lanka's Kankesanthurai an "important step" in increasing the connectivity between the two nations.
In his virtual address at the flag-off ceremony of the ferry service between Nagapattinam and Kankesanthurai, he said that the launch of a ferry service between India and Sri Lanka is also an affirmation of the people-centric policies of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that the launch of ferry services between Nagapattinam and SrilLanka's Kankesanthurai is an important milestone in strengthening the relations between the two countries.
Ahmed Ali Al Sayegh, Minister of State, met with Dinesh Gunawardena, the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, and Ali Sabry, Minister of Foreign Affairs, on the sidelines of the 23nd session of the Ministerial Council of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA), which took place in the Sri Lankan cap