Explained! Why are India women’s team is wearing black armbands in 1st odi against Sri Lanka Women (Source: AP)
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India women are up against Sri Lanka Women in the First Odi of the Tri-Series, also involving south africa, at the premadasa stadium in colombo. Rain delayed the start of play, and about an hour was lost due to bad weather conditions. When play resume, the match was cut short to 39 overs. India won the toss and opted to field in overcast conditions.
Why are Indian Players Wearing Black Armbands?
The Indian Players wearing a Black Armband as They Steppeed on the Park to Field. The move was done to pay tribute to the 26 people who lost their lives in the pahalgam terrorist attack. Earlier, Bcci Had confirmed that teams in ipl will be wearing the back armbands to show solidarity with the form of the family
Key series for world cup preparations
India will be hosting the women’s world cup in September at home, and the series will serve as a good preparation for the mega event. India come into the series after Beating West Indies and Ireland in the Previous two series at home. Sri Lanka, on the other hand, sufered a defeat to new zealand in Away Series.
“We are gonna bowl first. Keeping conditions in mind, we feel sitting first was the right option. Winning the toss.
“We would have bowled first. We’ll stick with our plans, we have a good a good batting line-up. 200+ score on this wicket, we’ll have to play Play to POY POY POY POSITI POSITE CRICKET.” Lanka Captain Chamari Attapattu.
Sri Lanka Women (Playing Xi): Chamari Athapaththu (c), Hasini Perera, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Kavisha Dilhari, Nilakshi de Silva, Anushka Sanjeewani (W), Hansima Karunaratne, Hansima Karunaratne, Piumi Badalasa Kulraiyaya, inoka Ranaweera, Malki Madara
India Women (Playing Xi): Smriti mandhana, pratika rawal, harleen deol, harmanpreet kaur (c), jemimah rodrigues, richa ghosh (w), deepti sharma, kashvee gautam, arundhati reddy, sneh rana, nalaporeddy Charani
