 "India vs Sri Lanka, Women's T20 World Cup: Head-to-head record, Dubai weather forecast, pitch report and predicted playing XIs")
Having lost to New Zealand in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 opener, every match is a must-win for the Indian women’s cricket team in Group A. With tournament favourites Australia at the top of Group A and the only two teams qualifying for the semi-finals, India have no option but to beat Sri Lanka on Wednesday.
So far, India have one win and one loss. Their only win came in their last match against arch-rivals Pakistan in which the Women in Blue chased down the 106-run target in almost 19 overs, doing very little favour to their Net Run Rate (NRR).
India vs Sri Lanka: 5 things to watch out for
Nonetheless, they now face Sri Lanka with not only the aim of winning the match but also to give a boost to their NRR.
Remember, Sri Lanka defeated India by eight wickets in July in the 2024 Asia Cup final, but they are also struggling for form, having lost to Pakistan and Australia so far.
IND vs SL head-to-head
Before India vs Sri Lanka gets underway in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024, here’s a look at the head-to-head record between the two teams.
India and Sri Lanka have competed in 25 women’s T20Is so far, starting from 2009 and the Women in Blue have won 19 matches. Sri Lanka have won five and one match did not have a result. In the T20 World Cups, India have a 4-1 lead against Sri Lanka.
Impact Shorts
More ShortsDubai pitch report and weather forecast
The pitch at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium has favoured the spinners. It has been slow and difficult for stroke-making. Expect the same for the India vs Sri Lanka match. Dew has not impacted the matches so far so the captain winning the toss will take a call on the basis of her team’s prowess.
Weather-wise Dubai is expected to be hot in the evening with temperatures around 32 degrees Celsius. There is no chance of rain.
Dream11 team for IND vs SL: Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Chamari Athapaththu, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wk), Deepti Sharma, Kavisha Dilhari, Udeshika Prabodhani, Arundhati Reddy, Sugandika Kumari, Renuka Singh Thakur
Predicted Playing XIs for India and Sri Lanka:
India: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wk), Deepti Sharma, Arundhati Reddy, S Sajana, Shreyanka Patil, Asha Sobhana, Renuka Thakur Singh
Sri Lanka: Vishmi Gunaratne, Chamari Athapaththu (c), Harshitha Samarawickrama, Kavisha Dilhari, Nilakshi de Silva, Hasini Perera, Anushka Sanjeewani (wk), Sugandika Kumari, Inoshi Priyadharshani, Udeshika Prabodhani, Inoka Ranaweera
Squads
India: Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Richa Ghosh(w), Deepti Sharma, Sajeevan Sajana, Arundhati Reddy, Shreyanka Patil, Asha Sobhana, Renuka Thakur Singh, Pooja Vastrakar, Radha Yadav, Dayalan Hemalatha, Yastika Bhatia
Sri Lanka: Vishmi Gunaratne, Chamari Athapaththu(c), Harshitha Samarawickrama, Kavisha Dilhari, Nilakshi de Silva, Hasini Perera, Anushka Sanjeewani(w), Sugandika Kumari, Inoshi Priyadharshani, Udeshika Prabodhani, Inoka Ranaweera, Ama Kanchana, Achini Kulasuriya, Sachini Nisansala, Shashini Gimhani
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