IND W vs SL W, T20 World Cup 2024: The Indian team will face Sri Lanka today in the Women’s T20 World Cup being played in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). This match between the two teams will be played at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium from 7:30 pm today. This match will be the third match of the Indian team in Group-A. The team had to face a big defeat of 58 runs against New Zealand in the first match of the tournament. After this, the Indian team made a comeback in the second match and defeated Pakistan by six wickets. Whereas Sri Lanka had to face defeat in both the matches played against Pakistan and Australia.
In today’s match, while the Indian team will enter the field with the intention of improving its position in the points table by registering its second consecutive win in the tournament, Sri Lanka will enter the field with the intention of achieving its first win in this World Cup. Before this match, let us tell who has the upper hand between India and Sri Lanka.
india vs sri lanka head to head
If we talk about head-to-head record between India and Sri Lanka women’s cricket team, India seems to have the upper hand in this. In fact, in T20 International cricket, the two teams have clashed 25 times so far, in which the Indian team has won 19 matches, while the Sri Lankan women’s team has won five matches against India. While one match remained inconclusive.
Dubai International Cricket Stadium pitch report
It is noteworthy that this will be the first match between the two teams at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. Before this, Sri Lanka has played a total of 2 matches in the ongoing T20 World Cup and they have faced defeat in both. If we talk about the pitch of this ground, it proves helpful for both batsmen and bowlers. On this pitch, fast bowlers may see light swing in the initial overs. While the batsmen will also need to be cautious in the beginning, once settled it may become easier to play big shots on the pitch.
On the Dubai pitch, teams will have to put at least 150 runs on the board in the first innings. If there is dew in the second innings, it can affect the bowlers, which can make batting easier. The team winning the toss may choose to bat first on the pitch of Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
Captain Harmanpreet Kaur returns
Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur suffered a neck strain while batting in the match against Pakistan, after which she had to leave the field mid-match. However, he is fit for Wednesday’s match which is important news from the Indian team’s point of view. Pooja Vastrakar also could not play in the last match due to injury, Sajna Sajeevan was given a chance in her place.
Let us tell you that despite winning against Pakistan, Team India’s net run rate is still -1.217, to improve which it will have to play much better. To reach the semi-finals, they will have to win big in their last two group matches.
ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 Points Table
Group AMWLPointsNRRAustralia22042.524Pakistan21120.555New Zealand2112-1.217Sri Lanka2020-1.667 Group BMWLPointsNRREngland22040.653West Indies21120.245Bangladesh2112-0.125Scotland2020-1.8 97
Probable playing 11 of India and Sri Lanka
Indian women’s team
Smriti Mandhana, Shefali Verma, Yastika Bhatia, Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Jemimah Rodriguez, Richa Ghosh (captain), Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar, Radha Yadav, Shreyanka Patil and Renuka Singh Thakur.
Sri Lanka women’s team
Vishmi Gunaratne, Chamari Athapaththu (captain), Harshitha Samarawickrama, Kavisha Dilhari, Neelakshi de Silva, Hasini Perera, Anushka Sanjeevani (wk), Sugandhika Kumari, Inoshi Priyadarshini, Enoka Ranaweera and Udeshika Prabodhini.
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