Women’s T20 World Cup 2024/25, IND-W vs SL-W 12th Match, Group A Match Report, October 09, 2024

Harmanpreet, who arrived at the toss with a pain-relief patch on the right side of her neck, had walked back retired hurt while batting on 29 clutching her neck in the match against Pakistan. She confirmed that she has recovered from the neck injury. Having batted second in both their matches so far, she said she wanted the batters to “bat freely” and set a “decent total on the board”. Pooja Vastrakar continued to miss out due to a niggle with India going in unchanged.

The square boundaries at the Dubai International Stadium are 57m and 63m, with the straight hit being the longest at 73m. The temperature in Dubai had reduced and in the evening game, the ball would skid more and make it better for batters, former India head coach WV Raman said on the broadcast.

India: 1 Shafali Verma, 2 Smriti Mandhana, 3 Harmanpreet Kaur (capt), 4 Jemimah Rodrigues, 5 Richa Ghosh (wk), 6 Deepti Sharma, 7 S Sajana, 8 Shreyanka Patil, 9 Arundhati Reddy, 10 Asha Sobhana, 11 Renuka Singh

Sri Lanka: 1 Vishmi Gunaratne, 2 Chamari Athapaththu (capt), 3 Harshitha Samarawickrama, 4 Kavisha Dilhari, 5 Nilakshika Silva, 6 Anushka Sanjeewani (wk), 7 Ama Kanchana, 8 Sugandika Kumari, 9 Inoshi Priyadharshani, 10 Udeshika Prabodhani, 11 Inoka Ranaweera