india women Return to international action for the first of five T20 matches in Visakhapatnam this Sunday evening. sri lanka womenThe series is serving as an important launchpad for their preparations for the T20 World Cup 2026 following their historic maiden ODI World Cup title earlier this year.
With the match starting at 7:00 PM IST at the ACA-VDCA Stadium, Team India is expected to maintain its balanced template of three fast bowlers and three spinners, with Vaishnavi Sharma likely to be handed a debut in place of the unavailable Radha Yadav, to support Harmanpreet Kaur’s powerhouse lineup. Smriti MandhanaThe Sri Lankan team they face is keen to test themselves against top opposition, relying heavily on the all-round talents of captain Chamari Athapaththu and a spin-led attack suited to the local conditions to challenge the hosts,
IND-W vs SL-W, 1st T20I: Match Details
- date and time: 21 December; 1:30 PM IST / 7:00 AM GMT
- venue: ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam
IND-W vs SL-W head to head record in T20I
Matches played: 26 | India women won: 20 | Sri Lanka Women Win: 05 | No results: 01
ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium Pitch Report
The pitch at Visakhapatnam’s ACA-VDCA Stadium is generally a hard, batting-friendly surface with genuine bounce, allowing high-scoring white-ball contests where batsmen can play freely through the line initially. However, as the match progresses, the track slows down, allowing spinners and fast bowlers into the equation, although frequent occurrences of dew in evening games often have an adverse effect on this, tilting the advantage towards the chasing team.
squads
India Women: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Harleen Deol, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (wk), Sneh Rana, Amanjot Kaur, Kranti Gaur, Renuka Singh Thakur, Sri Charnani, Arundhati Reddy, Vaishnavi Sharma, G Kamalini.
Sri Lanka Women: Vishami Gunaratne, Chamari Athapaththu (captain), Hasini Perera, Harshita Samarawickrama, Kavisha Dilhari, Neelakshi de Silva, Kaushani Nutyangana (wk), Rashmika Sewlandi, Imisha Dulani, Kavya Kavindi, Nimesh Madhushani, Malki Madara, Enoka Ranaweera, Malsha Shehani, Shashini Gimhani.
IND-W vs SL-W, 1st T20I: Today’s match prediction
Case 1:
- India women won the toss and bowled first
- Sri Lanka Women Powerplay Score: 30-40
- Sri Lanka Women’s total score: 140-150
Case 2:
- Sri Lanka women’s team won the toss and bowled first
- India Women Powerplay Score: 50-60
- India Women’s total score: 170-180
Match result: India will win the competition.
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