Preview: Asian Subcontinent giants India Women (IND-W) and Sri Lanka Women (SL-W) face off in match 12 of the current Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 on Wednesday, October 9, at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
In their first match of the competition, India lost by 58 runs to New Zealand. However, they recovered and won by six wickets against Pakistan in 18.5 overs, chasing down a 106-run goal. India cannot afford a slip-up versus Sri Lanka since they are walking on a tightrope like a trapezist. After suffering crushing losses to Australia by six wickets and Pakistan by 31 runs, Sri Lanka is currently languishing at the bottom of Group A. They would want to defeat their neighbors right away to get things going. Sri Lanka will draw strength from their victory over India in the Women’s Asia Cup championship earlier in the year. Chamari Athapaththu and company would like to perform well in the main event, even though qualification looks challenging right now.
ICC Womens T20 World Cup, 2024, 12th T20I Match, IND-W vs SL-W
Venue: Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Date & Time: Wednesday, October 09, 07:30 PM
Pitch Report: The Women’s T20 World Cup has seen four matches played at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium so far, with an average first innings score of roughly 121. These four games have been won by chasing teams three times out of four. At this ground, though, batting first would be a better idea because tight fielding and disciplined bowling can put chasing teams under a lot of pressure.
As the game goes on, batting doesn’t get any easier, which might aid teams in scoring defense. However, getting scores of over 130 should be the first target. Because they have aimed for enormous totals when batting first, teams have significantly underperformed compared to the par scores.
PROBABLE PLAYING XI
India Women (IND-W): Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Richa Ghosh(w), Jemimah Rodrigues, Shreyanka Patil, Deepti Sharma, Sajeevan Sajana, Asha Sobhana, Radha Yadav, Renuka Singh.
Sri Lanka Women (SL-W): Vishmi Gunaratne, Chamari Athapaththu (c), Harshitha Madavi, Kavisha Dilhari, Nilakshi de Silva, Hasini Perera, Anushka Sanjeewani (wk), Sugandika Kumari, Inoshi Priyadharshani, Udeshika Prabodhani, Inoka Ranaweera.
