India women eye series clinching victory in second ODI vs Sri Lanka women

The Indian womens cricket team would look for some stability from its toporder especially openers as the visitors aim to seal the threematch ODI series against Sri Lanka in the second game here on MondayAfter clinching the preceding T20 series 21 India have taken a 10 lead in the ODI series by winning the lowscoring first match by four wickets with 72 balls to spareDespite the comfortable win the Indian think tank would be a little concerned about the opening pair of vicecaptain Smriti Mandhana and young Shafali VermaBoth the batters have got a few runs but have not been able to translate them into big scores The duo has failed to build a decent partnership in the tour so far denying the team from electrifying starts which it is known forAnd both Mandhana and Verma would be gunning for a big score with just two matches remaining in the tour Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur on the other hand seems to be relishing her role scoring runs and providing breakthroughs with her parttime offspinThe Indian bowlers especially the slower ones are simply enjoying the low and slow Sri Lankan tracks and have played a crucial role in the teams victories on the tourRightarm medium pacer Renuka Singh excelled with figures of 3 for 29 however it was Deepti Sharmas 325 offbreaks that broke Sri Lankas backbone and restricted the hosts to 171 all out in the first ODIAlso Read Deepti Sharma Shines To Topple Sri Lanka in 1st ODIWhile the Indian bowlers have excelled on the tour the batters have been plagued by inconsistencies Verma once again squandered a promising start as the top order crumbled while chasing a modest total in the opening ODIThe middle order comprising the likes of Harmanpreet Harleen Deol Deepti who showed her allround capabilities and Pooja Vastrakar bailed India out in the openerSri Lanka on the other hand would hope skipper Chamari Athapaththu can inspire the side with the bat after a relative poor show so farThe likes of opener Hasini Perera Harshitha Samarawickrama and Nilakshi de Silva have batted well but need to stitch partnershipsOn the bowling front leftarm spinner Inoka Ranaweera has shone bright but will need more support from her colleaguesSri Lanka lost the ODI series against Pakistan last month and would look to avoid a second consecutive series loss in the formatIndia Harmanpreet Kaur C Smriti Mandhana VC Shafali Verma Yastika Bhatia wk S Meghana Deepti Sharma Poonam Yadav Rajeshwari Gayakwad Simran Bahadur Richa Ghosh wk Pooja Vastrakar Meghna Singh Renuka Singh Taniya Bhatia wk Harleen DeolSri Lanka Chamari Athapaththu c Nilakshi de Silva Kavisha Dilhari Vishmi Gunaratne Ama Kanchana Hansima Karunaratne Achini Kulasuriya Sugandika Kumari Harshitha Samarawickrama Hasini Perera Udeshika Prabodhani Oshadi Ranasinghe Inoka Ranaweera Sathya Sandeepani Anushka Sanjeewani Malsha ShehaniTharika SewwandiThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever