IND Vs SL Final
India and Sri Lanka are all set to lock horns in the finals of the Women’s Asia Cup 2022 at the Sylhet Cricket Stadium on Saturday. Let us look at the IND Vs SL Final match detail.
The Women in Blue finished their spectacular group stage campaign at the top of the points table and continued their strong run in semis to beat Thailand by 74 runs.
On the other hand, Sri Lanka, who lost two games in the league stage, one against India and one against Pakistan, edged past the women in green on Thursday to reach the finals of the 2022 Women’s Asia Cup.
It was a memorable tournament for the team Thailand though. They not just reached semi-finals in the multi-team competition but also restricted the mighty India side to just 148 in 20 overs. However, they failed to win the match but they won respect.
Pakistan, who finished second at the points table lost the nail-biting semi-final game against Sri Lanka by 1 wicket.
In the low-scoring game, where Sri Lanka posted 122 on board in their 20-over quota, managed to win the exciting game by a single run. In the last over of the match when Maroof’s side needed 3 to win, the batters only managed to ran 1 while got run-out while claiming the second one to hand Sri Lanka ticket to the finals.
It will be India’s eighth entry to the finals of the continental event, having won the tournament 6 times.
While Sri Lanka on Saturday will play their fifth final since the inception of the mega event.
India Vs Sri Lanka: Probable Playing XIs
IND XI
Batters: Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues
Wicket-keeper: Richa Ghosh
All-rounders: Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Deepti Sharma, Dayalan Hemalatha, Sneh Rana
Bowlers: Pooja Vastrakar, Renuka Singh Thakur, Rajeshwari Gayakwad
SL XI
Batters: Harshitha Madavi, Hasini Perera, Nilakshi de Silva,
Wicketkeeper: Anushka Sanjeewani
All-rounders: Chamari Athapaththu (c), Kavisha Dilhari, Malsha Shehani, Oshadi Ranasinghe
Bowlers: Sugandika Kumari, Inoka Ranaweera, Achini Kulasuriya
IND Vs SL Final: When and where to watch?
The nineteenth match of the Women’s Asia Cup 2022 between India and Thailand will be played on October 10 at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium in Sylhet.
Live telecast of the match will be available on Star Sports in India. The live streaming of the match will be available on Disney+Hotsar app.
You can also track live updates on the stumps and bails website as well.
IND Vs SL Who will win?
Both teams already met four times in the final clash of the marquee event, in which India won 4 out 4. With the kind of form Indian players are in, it will be tough for the Athapaththu-led side to beat the Harmanpreet’s India.
But, you never know in cricket, and Sri Lanka is not a weak team either. They too have some influential players who hold the ability to change the course of the game at any point of time. So, it will be a nail-biting game for sure. But if we have to choose the one team, then India will have a slight edge over Sri Lanka to win the trophy.
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