After the exciting completion of the Asia Cup 2025, now the Mahakumbh of women’s cricket is going to start. The ICC Women’s ODI World Cup is going to start from 30 September. The final match will be held on 2 November. The Indian women’s cricket team, which has redeemed the benefits of playing on home grounds, will land in their first match of ODI 2025 against Sri Lanka from Tuesday. The team aims to win the first ICC title after 47 years and under the leadership of captain Harmanpreet Kaur, the team looks fully ready.
The team headed by Harmanpreet Kaur, who ranked third in the world rankings, would like to take full advantage of their home experience and recent magnificent form in this tournament. This is the 13th Women’s Cricket World Cup and is being held in India after 12 years. 28 matches will be played in the tournament, in which there will be a match between India and Pakistan on 5 October. The semi -finals and possible finals of the tournament will also be played in India.
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Indian team’s recent form
The form of the Indian team is encouraging. Recently, the team defeated England in ODI and T20 series, and broke the process of defeat against Australia. Vice -captain Smriti Mandhana remains the axis of batting at this time. She is the number one female batsman of the ICC.
Captain Harmanpreet has always performed brilliantly in big tournaments. He scored a half -century against Australia and a century against England. Jemima, who has recovered from injury, is also in rhythm.
The tournament consists of eight teams: Australia, England, India, New Zealand, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
Team India’s squad: Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Smriti Mandhana, Pratika Rawal, Harleen Deol, Jemima Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh, Uma Chhetri, Renuka Singh Thakur, Deepti Sharma, Sneh Rana, Shri Charani, Radha Yadav, Amanjot Kaur, Arundhati Reddy, Kranti Gaur.
Squad of Sri Lanka: Chamari Atapattu (Captain), Hasini Perera, Vishmi Gunratne, Harshita Samarvikrama, Kavisha Dilhari, Nilakshi Disilva, Anushka Sanjeevani, Emisha Dulani, Dumi Vihanga, Piyumi Vatsala, Inocala, Inocala Ranvira, Sugandika Kumari, Udeshika Prabodhani, Malaki Malki, Malki Madara, Achahin Kullasyaya.
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