India takes on Sri Lanka in their fourth match of the tournament post the team recorded a hat trick of victories. The Indian team is in red hot form after successive and consecutively wins over England, West Indies and Pakistan so now the team India captures the top positions in the table of the game. Hence, they will look to keep their winning momentum going as this will save the pride of India too.
The batting unit, which hesitates in the last match against Pakistan and now the match, is all set to play with the team India too. The key players around whom the batting will be revolving are Smriti Mandhana, skipper Mithali Raj, and Harmanpreet Kaur.
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India has played two matches so far in the Women’s World Cup and in these two matches consecutively Mandhana has grabbed eyeballs because of her match-winning innings of 90 and 106 respectively. Hence there are some expectations we are having from the team India and Mandhana.
While the spin attack will be led by Ekta Bisht as in the last match against Pakistan, Ekta Bisht spun the web around arch-rivals and she also helps her team to win the match.
The experienced Jhulan Goswami will continue to lead the attack and some sort of heavy expectation we can get to see from her.
For Sri Lanka, the star so far has been Chamari Atapattu and she also smashed the third highest score in Women’s World Cup against Australia. Hence, the Indian bowlers will be showcasing their talents in the today match against Sri Lanka.
Team News
India: India made a strong statement by dropping the experienced yet out-of-favour Shikha Pandey for Mansi Joshi and somehow this match was not disappointing in her dream World Cup debut. Expect Joshi to continue in the XI, and few others in the line-up, and depends on their toes.
The masterstroke to promote Susham Verma up the order gave India vitals runs and it is said to be the player Nuzhat Parween will continue to warm the bench for now. There are no injury concerns otherwise the ratio of wicket taking is also in as offer, India might tweak their bowling attack for that reason.
Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka rested regular wicketkeeper Prasadani Weerakkody but the team also dropped two most experienced players – Siriwardena and Lokusuriyage. T20I skipper and opener Hasini Perera’s promotion to the top of the order delivers them instant results and if Sri Lanka perseveres with the combination, Chamari Polgampola could continue to stay out of the team.
When: India vs Sri Lanka, Match 14, on July 5 at 9:30 am GMT, 3:00 pm IST
Venue: County Ground, Derby
Match Prediction: India will win
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