The Indian women’s team are up against Sri Lanka in the first of the 5-match T20I series on Sunday (December 21) in Vizag.
After winning the Women’s World Cup title, this is the first time Harmanpreet Kaur and her troops take the field, and it is against a spirited Lankan side.
India and Sri Lanka Squads
India Women: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Harleen Deol, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh(w), Sneh Rana, Amanjot Kaur, Kranti Gaud, Renuka Singh Thakur, Shree Charani, Arundhati Reddy, Vaishnavi Sharma, G Kamalini
Sri Lanka Women: Vishmi Gunaratne, Chamari Athapaththu(c), Hasini Perera, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Kavisha Dilhari, Nilakshi de Silva, Kaushani Nuthyangana(w), Rashmika Sewwandi, Imesha Dulani, Kawya Kavindi, Nimesha Madushani, Malki Madara, Inoka Ranaweera, Malsha Shehani, Shashini Gimhani
India vs Sri Lanka 1st T20I Toss Report
India Women captain Harmanpreet Kaur won the Toss and elected to Field first.
“We want to bowl. Dew will be factor here and secondly, we are playing with 3 pacers. So, let’s see how they are going to use these conditions. Today we have one debutant, Vaishnavi, playing her first game today. And apart from that, I think all old players are there. Everything is going well. It’s a new series for us. A new format. And hopefully we’ll enjoy ourselves here. We always talk about playing a fearless cricket. And that is something we put a lot of energy into. And today is something we really want to do. Whatever we are doing, we want to do it with a fearlessness,” Harman said at toss.
IND vs SL Women’s 1st T20I Playing 11
India: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Richa Ghosh(w), Deepti Sharma, Amanjot Kaur, Arundhati Reddy, Vaishnavi Sharma, Kranti Gaud, Shree Charani
Sri Lanka: Vishmi Gunaratne, Chamari Athapaththu(c), Hasini Perera, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Nilakshi de Silva, Kaushani Nuthyangana(w), Kavisha Dilhari, Malki Madara, Inoka Ranaweera, Kawya Kavindi, Shashini Gimhani
IND vs SL 1st T20I Live Streaming
The women’s T20I series first match between India and Sri Lanka will telecast on Star Sports network from 7 PM IST on Sunday. The match can be live-streamed via Jio Hotstar app and website.