It has become a difficult situation for the women's team India to be in the race for the semi-finals of the Women's T20 World Cup 2024. The team will face Sri Lanka in their third match today. India will have to win both their remaining group matches by large margins if they want to reach the semi-finals. After Sri Lanka, the team will face Australia on October 13.
India have dominated Sri Lanka in women's T-20 cricket, but in the final of the Women's T-20 Asia Cup in July this year, Sri Lanka defeated India by 8 wickets to win the title. In such a situation, the Indian team has to be careful.
The Indian women's team has dominated Sri Lanka in the T-20 World Cup. So far 5 matches have been played between the two in the World Cup. In which India has won 4 matches and Sri Lanka has won 1 match.
Read match details before interesting facts and records of both teams…
Match details Women's T20 World Cup: India Vs Sri Lanka When: October 9 Where: International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Toss: 7 PM / Match Start: 7:30 p.m.
The top 2 teams from both groups will enter the semi-finals Only 10 teams are participating in the Women's T20 World Cup. Each 5 teams are divided into 2 groups. Indian team is in Group-A. Apart from India, this group includes New Zealand, Australia, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. A team will play 4 matches in the group stage. After the conclusion of the group stage, the top two teams in the points table will enter the semi-finals.
Importance of the match This will be the third match between the two teams in this World Cup. India had to face defeat against New Zealand in the first match. The team defeated rivals Pakistan in the second match. On the other hand, Sri Lanka are bottom fifth in the Group-A points table after losing both their matches.
This match will be very important for India. The top-2 teams from this group will qualify for the semi-finals, in which case the Indian team will want to win this match by a big margin and stay in the race. India is at the fourth position.
Indian team dominated Sri Lanka Indian women's team has dominated Sri Lanka in T-20 cricket. 25 matches have been played between the two since 2009. In which India won 19 matches and Sri Lanka won 5 matches. While 1 match was inconclusive. The last T20 match between the two was the Asia Cup final played in July this year, in which Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets.
Harmanpreet Kaur top scorer Captain Harmanpreet Kaur is the top scorer from India. Harmanpreet retired hurt after scoring 29 runs in the last match. Arundhati Reddy is on top in bowling. Smriti Mandhana is the highest run scorer in T20 cricket this year with 514 runs. However, his bat did not work against New Zealand and Pakistan.
India has depth in its batting line-up, but none of the batsmen have been able to play big innings in the last two matches. To win today, the team will have to give a top class performance in both the batting and bowling departments.
Nilakshika Silva scored the most runs Nilakshika Silva has scored the most runs for Sri Lanka in this World Cup. He has scored 51 runs in two matches. Sugandhika Kumari has taken the most wickets.
Harmanpreet Kaur and Pooja Vastrakar injured Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur was injured in the last match. Due to which he had to retire hurt. The team management is yet to give any update on his injury. Fast bowler Pooja Vastrakar is also injured. Pooja could not even play in the last match.
Pitch report and records India's third match of this tournament is also to be played at the Dubai International Stadium. The pitch here is suitable for batting. Fast bowlers can also get help early on. So far 9 women's T20 matches have been played in this stadium. In which the team batting first has won 3 matches and the chasing team has won 6 matches.
Weather conditions It will be very sunny and hot in Dubai on Wednesday. The temperature here on the day of the match will be between 29 and 37 degrees Celsius. There is no chance of rain. Wind speed will be 15 km per hour.
Possible Playing-11 of both the teams
India: Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Smriti Mandhana, Shefali Verma, Jemimah Rodriguez, Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), Sajna Sajivan, Deepti Sharma, Arundhati Reddy, Shreyanka Patil, Asha Shobhana and Renuka Singh.
Sri Lanka: Chamari Atapattu (captain), Vishami Gunaratne, Harshita Samarawickrama, Kavisha Dilhari, Nilakshika Silva, Hasini Perera, Anushka Sanjeevani, Sugandhika Kumari, Inoshi Priyadarshini, Udeshika Prabodhini and Inoka Ranveera.
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