Sri Lanka selected to bat vs India
Under sunny Pallekele situations, Sri Lanka captain Chamari Athapaththu selected to bat first in opposition to Harmanpreet Kaur’s India within the opening fixture of a 3-match ODI sequence. Athapaththu mentioned that regardless of just a few modifications from the T20I sequence, the victory from the final T20I recreation will give Sri Lanka confidence to duplicate the identical within the ODI contest.
India captain Harmanpreet mentioned that India have been assured of a successful begin to the ODI sequence, mentioning that the 50-over format is the stronger of India’s two white-ball codecs.
For Sri Lanka, Rashmi de Silva, the legspinner, made her worldwide debut.
The pitch for the primary recreation is dry, and anticipated to help spinners from either side. For seamers to get pleasure from success, they must nail their variations.
Sri Lanka: Hasini Perera, Chamari Athapaththu (capt), Hansima Karunaratne, Kavisha Dilhari, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Nilakshi de Silva, Anushka Sanjeewani (wk), Oshadi Ranasinghe, Rashmi de Silva, Inoka Ranaweera, Achini Kulasuriya.
India: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Yastika Bhatia (wk), Harmanpreet Kaur (capt), Harleen Deol, Richa Ghosh, Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar, Renuka Singh, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Meghna Singh.
