Indian women’s team to tour Sri Lanka in September

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The 4th ranked team in International Women’s Cricket, India, will tour Sri Lanka for 3 ODIs and 5 T20s starting on the 11th of September. The tour is scheduled to run through 2 weeks and conclude on the 25th of September.

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The lasses of the 2 neighbouring countries last met each other in the Women’s Asia Cup in June, which was comprehensively won by the Indians by 7 wickets. The Asia Cup is in fact the last time both teams played International cricket.

Since then both teams have gone through some major changes with new coaches being appointed. Former Indian Cricketer Ramesh Powar took over the Indian job while former Sri Lanka Women’s coach Harsha de Silva was reappointed to the position after Hemantha Devapriya stepped down after the Asia Cup defeat.

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Sri Lanka will be desperate to do well in this series as it has been a while since they have tasted any kind of success in international cricket. On the other hand, the Indians will start as favourites despite losing the Asia Cup final to underdogs Bangladesh, which they started as favourites after beating World Champions England in a home ODI series in April.

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The 8-match tour will be played across 4 venues. The 3 ODIs which will be played in Galle and Katunayake will be part of the ICC Women’s Championship.

Fixtures:

Sep 11, Tue 1st ODI Galle International Cricket Stadium
Sep 13, Thu 2nd ODI Galle International Cricket Stadium
Sep 16, Sun 3rd ODI Chilaw Marians Ground, Katunayake
Sep 19, Wed 1st T20 Chilaw Marians Ground, Katunayake
Sep 21, Fri 2nd T20 Colts Cricket Club Grounds, Colombo
Sep 22, Sat 3rd T20 Colombo Cricket Club Grounds, Colombo
Sep 24, Mon 4th T20 Colombo Cricket Club Grounds, Colombo
Sep 25, Tue 5th T20 Chilaw Marians Ground, Katunayake