India Women Tour of Srilanka: Women’s Cricket in India is going to enter a new era as we play Sri Lanka in the first series after Mithali Raj’s retirement. The series includes three-T20I matches and three- ODI matches starting on 23 June. The team will play their first match in the current ICC Women’s Championship cycle in the ODI series.
The Indian Women’s Cricket Team landed in Sri Lanka for six matches. Pallekele will be the starting point for a young Indian squad, with Dambulla being the second venue. Harmanpreet Kaun is the team’s captain, and Smriti Madhana is her deputy. The Indian squad attended a camp at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru prior to their departure, where they met with NCA head VVS Laxman.
Sri Lanka Cricket named a 19-member team on Monday, captained by Chamari Athapaththy, for a three-match T20I and three-match ODI series against India. Both squads will be led by Athapaththu, who will be joined by key players such as Hasini Parera, Nilakshi de Silva, Oshadi Ranasinghe, and Inoka Ranaweera. Vishmi Gunaratne was also called up for the first time in both teams by Sri Lanka cricket. She has yet to play in an ODI for Sri Lanka.
The squad for both the teams is as follows:
India Squad
India’s T20I squad: Harmanpreet Kaur (Captain), Smriti Mandhana (VC), Shafali Verma, Yastika Bhatia (wk), S Meghna, Deepti Sharma, Poonam Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Simran Bahadur, Richa Ghosh (wk), Pooja Vastrakar, Meghna Singh, Renuka Singh, Jemimah Rodrigues, Radha Yadav.
India’s ODI squad: Harmanpreet Kaur (Captain), Smriti Mandhana (VC), Shafali Verma, Yastika Bhatia (wk), S Meghna, Deepti Sharma, Poonam Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Simran Bahadur, Richa Ghosh (wk), Pooja Vastrakar, Meghna Singh, Renuka Singh, Taniya Bhatia (wk), Harleen Deol.
Srilanka Squad
Sri Lanka Squad: Chamari Athapaththu (c), Hasini Perera, Kavisha Dilhari, Nilakshi de Silva, Anushka Sanjeevani, Oshadhi Ranasinghe, Sugandika Kumari, Inoka Ranaweeram, Achini Kulasuriya, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Vishmi Gunaratne, Malsha Shehani, Ama Kanchana, Udeshika Prabodhani, Rashmi de Silva, Hansima Karunaratne, Kaushani Nuthyangana, Sathya Sandeepani, Tharika Sewwandi.
The Schedule for the tour is as follows:
T20 Internationals
First T20I: Dambulla, June 23
Second T20I: Dambulla, June 25
Third T20I: Dambulla, June 27
One Day Internationals
First ODI: Kandy, July 1
Second ODI: Kandy, July 4
Third ODI: Kandy, July 7
While India is beginning their Championship journey, the ODI series will be crucial for the hosts, who ended at the bottom of the table in the last ICC Women’s Championship cycle. They lost the last ODI series against Pakistan by a score of 2-1, and the series at home will provide them a chance to put some crucial points on the board.
We hope to see a great contest between both the teams. All the best!
