India Tour of Sri Lanka

SL-W vs IND-W, 1st T20I

Preview

Sri Lanka Women and Indian Women will lock horns in the first T20I of the bilateral series at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla. The Sri Lankan team were thrashed 3-0 by Pakistan in their last series and will expect to put on a much improved show. Oshadi Ranasinghe and Chamari Athapaththu are the key players for hosts. 

The Indian team on the other hand last played a one off T20I game against the white ferns last year and lost by 18 runs. Harmanpreet Kaur and Deepti Sharma will be the women to watch out for this encounter. 

Match Details

Match: SLW vs INDW, 1st T20I, India Women tour of Sri Lanka, 2022

Date: Thursday, June 23, 2022

Time: 2:30 PM

Venue: Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla

Pitch Report

Overall, it will be a great batting surface at Dambulla. Early on, the pacers can purchase the new ball. However, as the game progresses, the spinners will be the lethal key wicket-takers. A score of around 150 will be a strong total for the teams.

Probable Playing XIs:

SLW: Hasini Perera, Chamari Athapaththu (c), Oshadi Ranasinghe, Nilakshi de Silva, Harshitha Madavi, Ama Kanchana, Kavisha Dilhari, Anushka Sanjeewani (wk), Sachini Nisansala, Sugandika Kumari, Udeshika Prabodhani

INDW: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Yastika Bhatia (wk), Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Deepti Sharma, Poonam Yadav, Richa Ghosh (wk), Pooja Vastrakar, Meghna Singh, Rajeshwari Gayakwad

Match Prediction

Keeping the current form and balance within the squads, IND-W look more potent. We fancy the women in blue to emerge victorious. 

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