Pallekele: A confident India will look to complete the formalities and establish its dominance by beating Sri Lanka in the third and final women’s section. ODI Here on Thursday.
Playing ODI cricket for the first time since talisman Mithali Raj retired from the game, the Indian team won the opening two games in opposite fashion to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.
The visitors had won the previous T20I series 2-1.
Chasing similar targets, India looked more confident in the second ODI as they clinched a 10-wicket win on Monday.
India controlled all aspects of the game. This was the impressive performance expected from Harmanpreet Kaur and her soldiers throughout the tour of the island nation.
After a heavy tour by his standards, the star opener reminiscence And Shefali Verma finally joined the party with an unbeaten half-century.
Struggling to build a good partnership and give a strong start in the first ODI and T20I series, the pair are looking to repeat in the final game.
The new full-time captain Harmanpreet has been India’s most consistent player in this series. The all-rounder has shined with the bat, his innings often turning out to be the difference between the two sides.
While the Indian spinners were ruling the slow tracks in T20Is, the ODI series belongs to fast bowler Renuka Singh, who has taken seven wickets in two 50-over matches, including a career-best 4/28.
In the absence of veteran Jhulan Goswami, who has often been the team’s best fast bowler, Renuka’s performance shows that the young and relatively inexperienced Indian pace unit has potential.
A 3-0 win in the series will also boost the confidence of the spectators for their next assignment – the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
Sri Lanka would once again like to win the match like in the T20 series.
Frustrated with their batsmen in this series, the Chamari Athapaththu-led side will be hoping they can better navigate the Indian bowling attack in the dead rubber.
On the bowling front, the spin duo of Inoka Ranvira and Oshadi Ranasinghe have been the stand-out players to lift the most weights.
India: Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Smriti Mandhana (VC), Shafali Verma, Yastika Bhatia (wk), S Meghna, Deepti Sharma, Poonam Yadav, Rajeshwari Gaikwad, Simran Bahadur, Richa Ghosh (wk), Pooja Vastrakar, Meghna Singh, Renuka Singh, Tania Bhatia (wk), Harleen Deol.
Sri Lanka: Chamari Athapaththu (Captain), Nilakshi D’Silva, Kavisha Dilhari, Vishmi Gunaratne, Ama Kanchana, Hansima Karunaratne, Achini Kulsuriya, Sugandhaika Kumari, Harshita Samarawickrama, Hasini Perera, Udeshika Prabodhani, Mal Oshadi Ranasinghe Inoka Ranvira Innoka, Anoushka Ranasinghe, Mal Osha Tharika Sewandi.
The match will start at 10 am IST.
Playing ODI cricket for the first time since talisman Mithali Raj retired from the game, the Indian team won the opening two games in opposite fashion to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.
The visitors had won the previous T20I series 2-1.
Chasing similar targets, India looked more confident in the second ODI as they clinched a 10-wicket win on Monday.
India controlled all aspects of the game. This was the impressive performance expected from Harmanpreet Kaur and her soldiers throughout the tour of the island nation.
After a heavy tour by his standards, the star opener reminiscence And Shefali Verma finally joined the party with an unbeaten half-century.
Struggling to build a good partnership and give a strong start in the first ODI and T20I series, the pair are looking to repeat in the final game.
The new full-time captain Harmanpreet has been India’s most consistent player in this series. The all-rounder has shined with the bat, his innings often turning out to be the difference between the two sides.
While the Indian spinners were ruling the slow tracks in T20Is, the ODI series belongs to fast bowler Renuka Singh, who has taken seven wickets in two 50-over matches, including a career-best 4/28.
In the absence of veteran Jhulan Goswami, who has often been the team’s best fast bowler, Renuka’s performance shows that the young and relatively inexperienced Indian pace unit has potential.
A 3-0 win in the series will also boost the confidence of the spectators for their next assignment – the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
Sri Lanka would once again like to win the match like in the T20 series.
Frustrated with their batsmen in this series, the Chamari Athapaththu-led side will be hoping they can better navigate the Indian bowling attack in the dead rubber.
On the bowling front, the spin duo of Inoka Ranvira and Oshadi Ranasinghe have been the stand-out players to lift the most weights.
India: Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Smriti Mandhana (VC), Shafali Verma, Yastika Bhatia (wk), S Meghna, Deepti Sharma, Poonam Yadav, Rajeshwari Gaikwad, Simran Bahadur, Richa Ghosh (wk), Pooja Vastrakar, Meghna Singh, Renuka Singh, Tania Bhatia (wk), Harleen Deol.
Sri Lanka: Chamari Athapaththu (Captain), Nilakshi D’Silva, Kavisha Dilhari, Vishmi Gunaratne, Ama Kanchana, Hansima Karunaratne, Achini Kulsuriya, Sugandhaika Kumari, Harshita Samarawickrama, Hasini Perera, Udeshika Prabodhani, Mal Oshadi Ranasinghe Inoka Ranvira Innoka, Anoushka Ranasinghe, Mal Osha Tharika Sewandi.
The match will start at 10 am IST.