Defending champions India will try to continue their dominance in the Women’s Asia Cup T20 cricket tournament and win a record eighth title by winning the final against Sri Lanka here on Sunday. India has performed brilliantly so far in the tournament. In the league stage, they defeated Pakistan by seven wickets, United Arab Emirates by 78 runs and Nepal by 82 runs. In the semi-finals, they defeated Bangladesh by 10 wickets.
India’s top order batsmen and bowlers have performed very well so far. They have not given any chance to their opponents yet. Openers Smriti Mandhana and Shefali Verma have given the team a good start so far but the team management will be very happy with the performance of the bowlers, especially Deepti Sharma and Renuka Singh.
Deepti has taken the highest number of 9 wickets in the tournament so far while Renuka is third in the table with seven wickets. The economy rate of both of them is also excellent which means that they have not given the opposition batsmen a chance to play freely. Other Indian bowlers have also benefited from the tight bowling of these two. Left-arm spinner Radha Yadav is an example of this who has taken 6 wickets so far at an economy rate of 5.5.
There is no department of concern for the Indian team, but captain Harmanpreet Kaur and Jemima Rodrigues may be a little worried due to less chances to bat. On the other hand, Sri Lanka has also remained undefeated so far. It has also achieved the biggest victory in terms of runs in the tournament. Sri Lanka defeated Malaysia by 144 runs in the group stage. Captain Chamari Atapattu has performed brilliantly so far from Sri Lanka.
She has scored 243 runs so far but apart from her no other Sri Lankan batsman has reached 100 runs. If India has to register a win, then it will have to curb the Sri Lankan captain. Sri Lankan bowlers will be put to a tough test in front of India’s strong batting order. Except off-spinner Kavisha Dilhari (seven wickets), other Sri Lankan bowlers have failed to make an impact so far.
The team is as follows
India: Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Smriti Mandhana (vice-captain), Shefali Verma, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wicket-keeper), Uma Chhetri (wicket-keeper), Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy, Renuka Singh Thakur, Dayalan Hemalatha, Asha Shobhana, Radha Yadav, Shreyanka Patil, Sajana Sajeevan.
Sri Lanka: Chamari Atapattu (captain), Anushka Sanjeewani, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Hasini Perera, Ama Kanchana, Udeshika Prabodhani, Vishmi Gunarathne, Kavya Kavindi, Inoshi Priyadarshini, Sugandhika Kumari, Achini Kulasuriya, Kaveesha Dilhari, Nilakshi de Silva, Sachini Nissansala, Shashini Gimhani.
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