Women’s Asia Cup: Harmanpreet Kaur’s India gear up for Sri Lanka problem, eye seventh title

India would eye to clinch their seventh title once they tackle Sri Lanka within the closing of the Women’s Asia Cup on Saturday, October 15.

New Delhi ,UPDATED: Oct 14, 2022 22:39 IST

India and Sri Lanka captains pose with Women’s Asia Cup trophy. (Credits: Twitter/ACC)

By India Today Web Desk: India would look to regain supremacy within the continent and clinch seventh title once they tackle Sri Lanka within the Women’s Asia Cup closing on Saturday (October 15).

The T20I event helped India to unleash their depth as children shouldered group’s accountability alongside captain Harmanpreet Kaur. The showpiece occasion confirmed that India’s younger gamers can deal with strain conditions because the likes of Harmanpreet and vice-captain Smriti Mandhana did not have to contribute a lot.

Seasoned cricketers Deepti Sharma (94 runs and 13 wickets), Jemimah Rodrigues (215 runs) and Shafali Verma (161 runs and three wickets) rose to the event in several matches. The solely hiccup that India needed to face was a defeat in opposition to Pakistan owing to backfire of a weird plan by captain Harmanpreet and coach Ramesh Powar.

India despatched their inexperienced crop forward of senior gamers, resulting in the mockery of a chaseable whole. Harmanpreet-led aspect is not going to get an opportunity to sq. off with Pakistan as Sri Lanka knocked Bismah Maroof’s Pakistan within the semi-final.

When India and Sri Lanka are in contrast on paper, India begin favorite. Sri Lanka’s Oshadi Ranasinghe is the one batter from her group who’ve managed to bat at a strike charge of above 100. Harshitha Madavi (201 runs) and Nilakshi de Silva (124 runs) have been ticking the scoreboard for Sri Lanka, whereas star participant Chamari Athapaththu has managed to amass solely 96 runs.

Sri Lanka would want to place up an excellent present in the event that they wish to upset India. Women in Blue received six consecutive titles earlier than Bangladesh surprised Harmanpreet’s group in 2018. India’s Jemimah Rodrigues, who did not get a lot probabilities this 12 months, is in good kind as she grew to become the one third India batter to attain 200-plus runs in a single version after Mithali Raj and Harmanpreet Kaur.

A view we would not wish to miss! 😍

The Indian 🇮🇳 and Sri Lankan 🇱🇰 captains pose with the trophy within the picturesque metropolis of Sylhet, earlier than dealing with one another tomorrow.#INDvSRL #WomensAsiaCup2022 #AsianCricketCouncil #ACC pic.twitter.com/5NVURH5QU3— AsianCricketCouncil (@ACCMedia1) October 14, 2022

Squads (from):

India- Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, S Meghana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh, Dayalan Hemalatha, Sneh Rana, Radha Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Renuka Thakur, Meghna Singh, Kiran Navgire and Pooja Vastrakar.

Sri Lanka- Chamari Athapaththu (c), Nilakshi de Silva, Kavisha Dilhari, Achini Kulasuriya, Sugandha Kumari, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Madhushika Methtananda, Hasini Perera, Odhadi Ranasinghe, Inoka Ranaweera, Anushka Sanjeewani, Kaushani Nuthyangana, Malsha Shehani and Rashmi Silva.