Melbourne: With the semifinal berth sealed, the unbeaten Indian cricket team would look to address some of its batting issues in the final Group A match against a deflated Sri Lanka in the ICC Women's T20 World Cup here on Saturday.
Sri Lanka skipper Chamari Atapattu won the toss and opted to bat first.
India in 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup The Indians are on a roll, having easily sealed their semifinal berth with wins over defending champions Australia, Bangladesh and New Zealand. The Lankans, on the other hand, are out of the semifinal race following two losses so far.
What did the captains say?
Harmanpreet Kaur (India):It's a good opportunity to chase. It's good for us. We are sticking with the same players that played in the last match. We are doing quite well, we don't want to change anything. We are winning, we need to keep doing the right things.
India Women's Cricket Team Chamari Atapattu (Sri Lanka):We are going to bat first. I'm pretty confident about my batting group. Our main focus to play positive cricket. 120 is a good score on this wicket. We'll try to score that. We have one change.
Squads -
India (Playing XI):Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Taniya Bhatia(w), Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Deepti Sharma, Veda Krishnamurthy, Shikha Pandey, Radha Yadav, Poonam Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad.
Sri Lankan Women's Cricket Team (File Image) Sri Lanka (Playing XI):Chamari Atapattu(c), Umesha Thimashini, Hasini Perera, Hansima Karunaratne, Shashikala Siriwardene(w), Harshitha Madavi, Anushka Sanjeewani, Nilakshi de Silva, Kavisha Dilhari, Sathya Sandeepani, Udeshika Prabodhani.
