Women’s T20 WC: Harmanpreet’s fifty in vain as Australia beat India to reach semis
Captain Harmanpreet Kaur's unbeaten 54* went in vain as Australia beat India by nine runs in Group A match to reach Women's T20 World Cup semi-finals on Sunday.
In the 12th match of the Women’s Asia Cup 2018, Sri Lanka skipper Hasini Perera won the toss and invited Harmanpreet Kaur -led India to field at the Royal Selangor Club, Kuala Lumpur, on Thursday.
In the Thursday’s match, Women-in-Blue will aim for the top spot in the points table, Sri Lanka, on the other hand, will fight for survival in the series.
On the points table, while the Women-in-Blue is at the third spot with two consecutive wins and one loss in three games. On the other hand, Islanders are at the fourth spot with two wins and one loss.
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After Sri Lanka, the Indian team will play their next game and 13th match of the tournament against arch-rival Pakistan on Saturday.
Sri Lanka will next take on Thailand on 9 June.
Teams:
Sri Lanka Women (Playing XI): Yasoda Mendis, Nipuni Hansika, Anushka Sanjeewani, Hasini Perera(c), Rebeca Vandort(w), Oshadi Ranasinghe, Nilakshi de Silva, Shashikala Siriwardene, Sugandika Kumari, Udeshika Prabodhani, Malsha Shehani
India Women (Playing XI): Mithali Raj, Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Deepti Sharma, Anuja Patil, Veda Krishnamurthy, Jhulan Goswami, Taniya Bhatia(w), Ekta Bisht, Shikha Pandey, Poonam Yadav
India Women (From): Mithali Raj, Smriti Mandhana, Pooja Vastrakar, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Deepti Sharma, Mona Meshram, Anuja Patil, Jhulan Goswami, Taniya Bhatia(w), Poonam Yadav, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Jemimah Rodrigues, Veda Krishnamurthy, Shikha Pandey, Ekta Bisht
Sri Lanka Women (From): Yasoda Mendis, Nipuni Hansika, Anushka Sanjeewani, Hasini Perera, Rebeca Vandort(w), Oshadi Ranasinghe, Nilakshi de Silva, Shashikala Siriwardene(c), Sugandika Kumari, Udeshika Prabodhani, Inoka Ranaweera, Malsha Shehani, Achini Kulasuriya, Harshitha Madavi, Inoshi Priyadharshani
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