Women's Tri-series: India opt to bowl in rain-delayed opener
The Hindu
India's Harmanpreet Kaur wins toss, chooses to bowl first against Sri Lanka in rain-delayed women's Tri-series opener.
India skipper Harmanpreet Kaur won the toss and elected to bowl first against Sri Lanka in the rain-delayed women's Tri-series opener here on Sunday (April 27, 2025).
The match has been reduced to 39 overs per side after thundershowers led to a delay of three hours.
Teams:
Sri Lanka Women: Chamari Athapaththu (c), Hasini Perera, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Kavisha Dilhari, Nilakshi de Silva, Anushka Sanjeewani (w), Hansima Karunaratne, Piyumi Wathsala, Achini Kulasuriya, Inoka Ranaweera, Malki Madara India Women: Smriti Mandhana, Pratika Rawal, Harleen Deol, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (w), Deepti Sharma, Kashvee Gautam, Arundhati Reddy, Sneh Rana, Nallapureddy Charani.
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