India women opt to bowl v Sri Lanka women

They went with the same side that won the opening game, with Harmanpreet expecting the surface to aid seam and swing. “We are going to bowl first. There is a bit of moisture on the wicket and we are going with three seamers,” she said. “I think it is a better wicket than the previous one. We always want to stay together as a team. We are going with the same XI.”

“We are looking for around 240 on this wicket, we have a good bowling lineup, an experienced bowling lineup. We lost a couple of wickets early (in the first ODI). Other batters got a good start but did not get to 240. We have to play good cricket and look to bat till the end,” Athapaththu said at the toss.

There was some overnight rain in Pallekele but the match started on time. It was a pleasant morning with hardly any breeze to speak of. The outfield is expected to be on the heavier side and with a fresh pitch being used, a bit of movement early on can be expected.

India: 1 Smriti Mandhana, 2 Shafali Verma, 3 Harmanpreet Kaur (capt.), 4 Harleen Deol, 5 Yastika Bhatia (wk), 6 Richa Ghosh, 7 Deepti Sharma, 8 Pooja Vastrakar, 9 Renuka Singh, 10 Rajeshwari Gayakwad, 11 Meghna Singh

Sri Lanka: 1 Hasini Perera, 2 Chamari Athapaththu (capt.), 3 Vishmi Gunaratne, 4 Harshitha Madavi, 5 Kavisha Dilhari, 6 Nilakshi de Silva, 7 Anushka Sanjeewani (wk), 8 Oshadi Ranasinghe, 9 Ama Kanchana, 10 Inoka Ranaweera, 11 Achini Kulasuriya