One Day International • India women's national cricket team
One Day International • India women's national cricket team • Cricket • Harmanpreet Kaur • India • Mithali Raj
SL W vs IND W 1st ODI LIVE Cricket Score and Updates: Sri Lanka lose skipper Chamari Athapaththu for 2
India Women cricket team will take on Sri Lanka Women cricket in the first of three ODI at Pallekele on Friday (July 1). Check all LIVE score and updates from IND-W vs SL-W 1st ODI here.
Hello and welcome to the LIVE coverage of India's tour of Sri Lanka. This is Lalith Kalidas bringing you the updates from the 1st ODI in Pallekale.
SL 18/1 in 4 overs: Meghna goes loose with a couple of deliveries outside the off-stump and Hasini Perera cashes in with two delectable punches through deep extra cover for FOURs.
SL 13/1 in 3 overs: Chamari attempts to take advantage of Renuka's wafty delivery by stepping out to attack but gets an inside-edge back onto the turf. A single follows, another inside-edge. Renuka to Chamari. OUT! This time Renuka slides it across the pitch to the left-hander and finds a faint outside-edge. Yastika takes a neat catch behind the stumps and India has got itself a massive wicket early on. Hansima Karunaratne in at 3.
Chamari Athapaththu c †Bhatia b Renuka Singh 2 (8b)
SL 11/0 in 2 overs: Probing start for Meghna who gets pronounced movement in her first over. She wraps the ball sharp into Chamari's pads and the fielders go up in a loud appeal which is turned down. Just the three runs from it.
Meghna Singh from the opposite end
SL 8/0 in 1 over: Runs for Perera off the second ball. Renuka pushes the ball on length outside the off-stump and Perera eases into a gentle drive through point for FOUR. Renuka touches full and Perera thumps the ball through extra cover for another FOUR. Minimal movement here for the seamer.
Renuka Singh up with the new ball. Perera on strike.
Sri Lankan openers Chamari Athapaththu and Hasini Perera walk out to the centre.
We are done with the national anthems. The Indian huddle takes shape before dispersing over the outfield.
India XI: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Yastika Bhatia (wk), Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Harleen Deol, Richa Ghosh, Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar, Renuka Singh, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Meghna Singh
Sri Lanka XI: Hasini Perera, Chamari Athapaththu(c), Hansima Karunaratne, Kavisha Dilhari, Harshitha Madavi, Nilakshi de Silva, Anushka Sanjeewani(w), Oshadi Ranasinghe, Rashmi de Silva, Inoka Ranaweera, Achini Kulasuriya
MATCH PREVIEW
Starting a new era in 50-over cricket without the peerless Mithali Raj, the newly-appointed skipper Harmanpreet Kaur will seek an improved performance across departments from his players as Indian women eye a winning start against host Sri Lanka in a three-match series, starting Friday.
India will be without its two pillars -- Mithali, who retired from cricket earlier this month, and Jhulan Goswami, who is nursing a side strain.
The absence of international cricket's most prolific duo is just one of several concerns for captain Kaur ahead of the ODI series opener.
READ: ‘Enjoying captaincy, no extra pressure’
The Indians made a positive start to the tour of the island nation by winning the T20I series 2-1 but their performance was far from perfect and while the format will change, the regulars in the side would be keen to put up a dominant display against the lowly-ranked (ninth) Sri Lanka.
"It is new journey for me also," Kaur, who was handed the ODI captaincy after Mithali retired, said at the pre-match press conference.
"My main motive is to improve our fitness and fielding. These are the two areas where I personally want the team to do well in," she added.
The batters struggled on the slow track at Dambulla, unable to breach the 140-run mark in all three T20Is and the likes of Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma would hope for a better and consistent show in the 50-over format.
The last time India played a 50-over match was during the World Cup in March, when it failed to qualify for the semi-finals. The Indian batting unit has failed to fire as a group back then and would be eager to rectify its weaknesses.
READ: Harmanpreet Kaur bats for more women's Test cricket
Kaur herself has been in good touch. After finishing as the highest run-getter for her side in the T20 series, it will augur well for India if the skipper can continue her top form alongside all-rounder Pooja Vastrakar.
Young wicketkeeper Richa Ghosh, who shone in the in the series against New Zealand earlier this year, will be on the look-out for a good show even though team management used Yastika Bhatia as a stop-gap keeper in one of the T20I games.
With the seasoned Jhulan not in the side, the young and relatively inexperienced fast bowling unit comprising Vastrakar, Simran Bahadur, Meghna Singh and Renuka Singh will be tested by the Lankan batting line-up headlined by Chamari Athapaththu.
The spinners have been largely on the mark but struggled in the third game. Poonam Yadav and Rajeshwari Gayakwad will have their task cut out in the longer format. Kaur and Harleen Doel, with her leg breaks, too can pitch in with some useful overs.
READ: Sri Lanka wants to play fearless cricket, says women's head coach Hashan Tillakaratne
The tourist will also have to work on their fielding. It has been sloppy throughout the the T20 series, missing a slew of run outs and also dropping catches.
Sri Lanka, on the other hand, will be keen to keep the winning momentum going after picking a conciliatory victory in the last T20I.
The host performed as a cohesive unit with all department firing. But the batters need to lift their game.
On the bowling front, the spin duo of Inoka Ranaweera and Oshadi Ranasinghe have been the stand-out players, doing most of the heavy lifting.
Sri Lanka lost the ODI series against Pakistan earlier this month and would be hoping to avoid a second consecutive series loss in the format.
After the T20I series, Sri Lanka Women will be all set to host India Women for the ODI series from Friday. The Indian Women had won the three-match T20I series 2-1, but Sri Lanka Women made sure to gain momentum by winning the last fixture.
READ | IND W vs SL W: Captain Harmanpreet Kaur helps India lead series 2-0 against Sri Lanka
After a disappointing World Cup campaign, this was India's first series win. India had lost their last three series against New Zealand, England, and Australia and now ranks 4th in the ICC Women ODI team chart.
Dream11 Prediction – India Women vs Sri Lanka Women – 1st ODI
IND W vs SL W Dream11 Team: Fantasy cricket predictions and tips for India Women vs Sri Lanka Women
India Women vs Sri Lanka Women My Dream11 Team
Wicketkeeper: Anushka Sanjeewani, Yastika Bhatia
Batters: Smriti Mandhana, Sabbhineni Meghna, Hasini Perera
All-rounders: Chamari Atapattu, Harmanpreet Kaur, Deepti Sharma
Bowlers: Oshadi Ranasinghe, Inoka Ranaweera, Poonam Yadav
IND W vs SL W Probable Playing XIs
Sri Lanka Women: Chamari Athapaththu (C), Hasini Perera, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Hansima Karunaratne, Kavisha Dilhari, Nilakshi de Silva, Anushka Sanjeewani (wk), Oshadi Ranasinghe, Sugandika Kumari, Inoka Ranaweera, Achini Kulasuriya.
India Women: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Yastika Bhatia, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Harleen Deol, Richa Ghosh (wk), Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar, Poonam Yadav, Renuka Singh, Rajeshwari Gayakwad
India Women vs Sri Lanka Women My Dream11 Playing XI
Anushka Sanjeewani, Yastika Bhatia, Smriti Mandhana (C), Sabbhineni Meghna, Hasini Perera, Chamari Atapattu (VC), Harmanpreet Kaur, Deepti Sharma, Oshadi Ranasinghe, Inoka Ranaweera, Poonam Yadav.
Post a Comment