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It has become a difficult situation for the Indian team to remain in the race for the semi-finals of the Women's T20 World Cup 2024. The team will face Sri Lanka in its third match today. If India wants to reach the semi-finals, it will have to win both its remaining group matches by a big margin. After Sri Lanka, the team will face Australia on October 13.
This is how India has dominated Sri Lanka in Women's T-20 cricket. But, Sri Lanka won the title by defeating India by 8 wickets in the final of the Women's T-20 Asia Cup in July this year. In such a situation, the Indian team will have to be cautious.
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 this, India has won 4 matches and Sri Lanka has won 1 match.
Match details before interesting facts and records of both the teams…
match details India vs Sri Lanka When: 9 October Where: International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Toss: 7 PM Match Start: 7:30 PM
Top-2 teams of both groups will enter the semi-finals. Only 10 teams are participating in the Women's T20 World Cup. 5 teams each 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 end of the group stage, the two teams that top the points table will enter the semi-finals.
importance of the match This will be the third match of both the teams in this World Cup. India had to face defeat from New Zealand in the first match. The team had defeated rival Pakistan in the second match. On the other hand, Sri Lanka is at the bottom 5th position in the points table of Group A after losing both its matches. This match will be very important for India. Because the top-2 teams from this group will qualify for the semi-finals, the Indian team would like to stay in the race by winning this match by a big margin. India is at fourth position.
India dominates Sri Lanka The Indian women's team has dominated Sri Lanka in T-20 cricket. 25 matches have been played between the two since 2009. In this, India won 19 matches and Sri Lanka won 5 matches. While 1 match remained inconclusive. The last T20 match between the two was the final of the Asia Cup 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 had retired hurt after scoring 29 runs in the last match. Arundhati Reddy is on top in bowling. Smriti Mandhana is the highest run-scorer Indian batsman in T-20 cricket this year with 514 runs. But his bat did not work against New Zealand and Pakistan. India has depth in its batting line-up, but no batsman could play big innings in the last two matches. To win today, the team will have to give top class performance in both 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 injured Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur was injured in the last match. Because of this he had to retire hurt. The team management has not yet given any update about his injury. Fast bowler Pooja Vastrakar is also injured. Pooja could not play even in the last match.
Pitch Report and Records India's third match of this tournament is also to be played at Dubai International Stadium. The pitch here is batting-friendly. Fast bowlers can also get help in the beginning. So far 9 Women's T-20 matches have been played in this stadium. In this, the team batting first has won 3 matches and the team chasing has won 6 matches.
weather condition There will be very bright sunshine and heat in Dubai on Wednesday. The temperature here will be between 29 to 37 degrees Celsius on the match day. There is no chance of rain. The wind speed will be 15 km/h.
Possible playing-11 of both the teams India: Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Smriti Mandhana, Shefali Verma, Jemimah Rodriguez, Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), Sajna Sajeevan, Deepti Sharma, Arundhati Reddy, Shreyanka Patil, Asha Shobhana and Renuka Singh.
Sri Lanka: Chamari Atapattu (captain), Vishami Gunaratne, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Kavisha Dilhari, Nilakshika Silva, Hasini Perera, Anushka Sanjeevani, Sugandhika Kumari, Inoshi Priyadarshini, Udeshika Prabodhini and Inoka Ranaweera.
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