{"id":3116,"date":"2026-10-22T14:03:59","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T09:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=3116"},"modified":"2026-10-22T14:03:59","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T09:03:59","slug":"sri-lanka-elect-to-field-against-england-in-tri-series-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=3116","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka elect to field against England in tri-series clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Sri Lankan skipper Kusal Mendis won the toss and elected to field against England in the third match of the ongoing tri-nation ODI series at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Thursday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Both sides will look to put in strong performances and improve their position in the series after losing their opening match against host Pakistan.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  w-full  w-full  media--  media--embed  media--uneven media--tweet\" data-original-src=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheRealPCB\/status\/2113173020424753584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2113173020424753584%7Ctwgr%5Ed2fa141f39df474e17d173084790554e42fbf9e6%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aaj.tv%2Fnews%2F30522392\">\n<div class=\"media__item  media__item--twitter  \"><span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheRealPCB\/status\/2113173020424753584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2113173020424753584%7Ctwgr%5Ed2fa141f39df474e17d173084790554e42fbf9e6%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aaj.tv%2Fnews%2F30522392\"><\/a>\n    <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Before the match, the England and Sri Lanka squads held intensive practice sessions at the stadium, focusing on batting, bowling and fielding as they finalised their preparations.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Pakistan defeated Sri Lanka and England to go on top of the chart.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sri Lankan skipper Kusal Mendis won the toss and elected to field against England in the third match of the ongoing tri-nation ODI series at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Thursday. Both sides will look to put in strong performances and improve their position in the series after losing their opening match against host Pakistan. Before the match, the England and Sri Lanka squads held intensive practice sessions at the stadium, focusing on batting, bowling and fielding as they finalised their preparations. Earlier, Pakistan defeated Sri Lanka and England to go&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3116\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}