India Women vs Sri Lanka Women, ICC Women’s T20 World Cup

The 14^th match of ICC Women’s T20 World Cup will be played between India and Sri Lanka at the Junction Oval in Melbourne. India women have already entered the semi-finals after they defeated Australia, Bangladesh and New Zealand in their consecutive matches.

The match starts at 03:00 PM local time (4:00 AM GMT) (9:30 AM IST). This match will be live on Star Sports. Live streaming will be available on Hotstar.

India will play with its regular playing X1 with no further changes to be seen. The top two batters – Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur are yet to fire in the tournament and could find their chance today against Sri Lankan women.

On the other hand, Lankans are already out of the semi-finals, for they lost both the previous matches against Australia and New Zealand.

Weather Report

The forecast is set to be clear for the clash between the Asian sides on Saturday. The sun will be out at 3 PM and it will stay the same way for the next three and a half hours. The temperature is expected to hover in the early 20s during the match.

Pitch Report

The surface at the Junction Oval has been fair for both batters and bowlers. However, spinners could dominate once again. The team winning the toss should look to bat first as the match will be played on a used pitch.

Probable Playing XIs

India Women

Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Taniya Bhatia, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur, Deepti Sharma, Veda Krishnamurthy, Shikha Pandey, Radha Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Poonam Yadav.

Bench – Pooja Vastrakar, Harleen Deol, Arundhati Reddy, Richa Ghosh.

Sri Lanka Women

Hasini Perera, Chamari Athapaththu, Umesha Thimashini, Anushka Sanjeewani (WK), Nilakshi de Silva, Ama Kanchana, Shashikala Siriwardene, Harshitha Madavi, KavishaDilhari, Sugandika Kumari, Udeshika Prabodhani.

Bench – Dilani Manodara, Hansima Karunaratne, Achini Kulasuriya, Sathya Sandeepani.