Captain chamari athapaththu

T20 World Cup: An unchanged India won the toss and elected to bat first against Sri Lanka in a crucial Group A game of ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 at the Dubai International Stadium here on Wednesday.

The last time these two sides met, Sri Lanka beat India to clinch their first Women's Asia Cup title at Dambulla in July. India need to win heavily against Sri Lanka, who are yet to register a win in their two games of the T20 World Cup, to improve their net run rate of -1.217 and maintain their slim chance of entering the semifinals.

“So far we haven't batted first so thought we would have a bat and put a decent total on the board. Feeling better (about neck injury), if we play better cricket maybe I will feel better. Asia Cup we played good cricket, one odd day (talking about the final where India lost to Sri Lanka) they played good cricket,” said India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur.