Welcome to Sportstar’s highlights of the 1st ODI match of the Women’s Tri-Nation Series between India and Sri Lanka, played at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Match report: Pratika’s fifty powers India to a nine-wicket win vs Sri Lanka in Tri-Nation Series
Sri Lanka Women vs India Women Scorecard
PITCH REPORT
It is currently muggy and humid. The ground staff have lived up to expectations. The pitch is pretty hard, and there is an even covering of grass. There’s enough moisture. It’s overcast and there will be swing on offer.
PLAYING XI
India Women: Smriti Mandhana, Pratika Rawal, Harleen Deol, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (w), Deepti Sharma, Kashvee Gautam, Arundhati Reddy, Sneh Rana, Nallapureddy Charani
Sri Lanka Women: Chamari Athapaththu (c), Hasini Perera, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Kavisha Dilhari, Nilakshi de Silva, Anushka Sanjeewani (w), Hansima Karunaratne, Piyumi Wathsala, Achini Kulasuriya, Inoka Ranaweera, Malki Madara
PREVIEW
The Indian women’s cricket team faces its Sri Lankan counterpart to kick-off the Tri-Nation ODI series in Sri Lanka on Sunday at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.
The Women in Blue return to 50-over action after clinching a dominant 3-0 home series win over Ireland in January, while Sri Lanka is coming off a 1-1 tied series against New Zealand last month.
The first time the two nations met in a women’s One-Day International was back in 2000 in December which saw India beat Sri Lanka by a massive margin of 141 runs.
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